Klein Texas Family History Center

'''The Klein Texas Family History Center is an extension of the world's largest genealogical library, the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Our mission is to provide for Family History research, Free of Charge, in the Spring, Klein, Tomball, and Magnolia, Texas areas. Come find your ancestors with us.'''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address: 16535 Kleinwood Dr Spring TX 77379 United States


 * From Louetta Road, turn south onto Kleinwood Drive.
 * Look for the green Family History Library signs on Louetta Rd and Kleinwood Dr.

Phone: 281-251-5931

E-mail: KleinFHC1@gmail.com or TX_Klein@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday/Wednesday:10 am-4 pm and 7-9 pm
 * Thursday:10 am-1 pm - Classes/Workshops 7-9pm
 * Saturday:10 am-1 pm

Holiday Schedule (FHC Closure Dates)

Easter Weekend, First Saturday in April, Memorial Day, July 4th, First Saturday in October, Thanksgiving week, last 2 weeks in December.

Facebook - Notifications, Calendar, Files, Questions, Answers, etc.

Twitter

2017 Classes &amp; Workshops (Thursdays 6:59pm - 9pm)
'''NOTE: Class schedule subject to change. Check our Facebook Group for latest information.'''

January 5 - Beginning Genealogy

January 12 - FamilySearch and Ancestry Apps

January 19 - Checklists

January 26 - Mopping Up The Mess

February 2 - Church Records

February 9 - African American Genealogy

February 16 - Publish Your Book

February 23 - FamilySearch Wiki

March 2 - Elusive Women

March 9 - Using IrfanView As A Genealogy Productivity Tool

March 16 - Googling Your Genealogy

March 23 - RootsMagic

March 30 - Obituaries-Yours And Your Ancestors

April 6 - Land Records

April 13 - Descendancy Research

April 20 - DNA-What Do You Want?, Who Do You Test?

April 27 - Photo To DVD

May 4 - NO CLASS

May 11 - Military Records

May 18 - Beginning Genealogy

May 25 - Roots Magic

June 1 - Intro to DNA

June 8 - FamilySearch Wiki and Using Documents as sources

June 15 - You Found It Where? Unusual Records

June 22 - Using the Genealogical Proof Standard

June 29 - Advanced Techniques for Using the Autosomal DNA Test

July 6 - Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records

July 13 - Next Steps in British Research

July 20 - TBA

July 27 - TBA

August 3 - TBA

August 10 - TBA

August 17 - TBA

August 24 - TBA

August 31 - TBA

September 7 - TBA

September 14 - TBA

September 21 - TBA

September 28 - TBA

October 5 - TBA

October 12 - TBA

October 19 - TBA

October 26 - TBA

November 2 - TBA

November 9 - TBA

November 16 - TBA

November 23 - TBA

November 30 - TBA

December 7 - TBA

December 14 - TBA

December 21 - No class

December 28 - No class

FamilySearch Catalog:

 * This center has all films ordered online by patrons and requested to be sent to this center. See films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog at FamilySearch.org.
 * We have inhouse over 1000 microfilms and 3500 microfiche on indefinite loan. An index of these is available in the Family History Center.
 * We have numerous genealogical reference books

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal: Family History Centers provide free access to many subscription genealogy websites, including:
 * 19th Century British Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press (American Civil War Collections)
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition)
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * findmypast
 * Fold3.com
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * HeritageQuest Online
 * Historic Map Works (Library Edition)
 * MyHeritage
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * WorldVitalRecords.com

Hardware and Equipment

 * 12 Internet-connected workstations
 * Wireless internet access for laptops and mobile devices
 * Work tables for 9 laptops
 * 1 - 16mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - 35mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - Cannon 300II Microfilm/Microfiche Reader and Digital Imaging System
 * 1 - Lexmark High Speed Laser Scanner/Printer
 * 1 - Canon USB Scanner
 * 1 - Projector (HDMI &amp; VGA), Laser Pointer
 * 1 - Pulldown Projection Screen for Instruction

Staff Research Specialties
A friendly helpful staff always willing to help you with your genealogical interests. If we don't have a solution to your questions we will help you find someone who does.

Libraries
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research 5300 Caroline Houston, Texas Phone: (832) 393-2600


 * Clayton Library is part of the Houston Public Library System devoted entirely to genealogical research. Materials found in the library cover the entire U. S., as well as many foreign countries.
 * Online databases at Houston Public Library
 * Clayton Library Friends

Montgomery County Memorial Library System Location (The Genealogy Department is located on the 2nd floor) 104 I-45 North (SH 105/West Davis Street Exit) Conroe, TX 77301 Phone: (936) 788-8363

Chaparral Library Location 310 N. Live Oak Tomball, Texas Phone: 281-516-7417


 * This is a small library owned by the Chaparral Genealogical Society. The current hours are 10AM-2PM, Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat (except the 1st Sat of each month). Suggest calling first.

Genealogical Societies
Houston Genealogical Forum PO Box 271466 Houston TX 77277-1466 Voice Mail: 713-968-9750


 * Meeting Place: Bayland Park Community Center,
 * 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas

Chaparral Genealogical Society


 * Meets on 4th Saturday of each month (except December) at 10 a.m.
 * Meeting Place: Amergy Bank Building
 * Conference Room (2nd Floor)
 * Tomball, TX (on SH 249 before 4 corners)

The Humble Area Genealogical Society


 * Meets at 7 p.m. on the Second Monday of each month September - May
 * Meeting Place: Humble Senior Activity Center
 * 1401 South Houston Avenue
 * Humble, Texas

Family History Center Links

 * FamilySearch Wiki
 * Klein Texas Family History Center Facebook Group

Useful Web Sites - Visit Family History Websites the Pros Use - Many offer free information
(Note - most of these links were originally hosted by EaglequestPro.com. As of 28 February 2017, EaglequestPro has shut down their website.)

Visit Family History Websites the Pros Use - Many offer free information

 * AmericanAncestors.org New England Genealogical Society website
 * Ancestry.com Public Trees, Census, Marriage, Birth, Death, and much more. One of the best.  1890 Fed Census Substitute Databases to find families in 1890.


 * BYU- Western States Marriage Records


 * FamilySearch.org and Family Tree Records.  Must visit. Library Catalog, Family Trees, Training,  Books, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, Early four generation project, pedigrees, IGI International Genealogy Index


 * BYU and Other Libraries Family History Books  Read your family histories online. Mormon Immigration Records Individal, family, ship, voyage notes


 * Nauvoo families   EarlyLDS.com - Nauvoo family histories and sources.
 * Newspaper Obituaries deaths between 1980-2014. Huge effort by FamilySearch and GenealogyBank to find over a billion names with stories. Hint to find more: click "search our historical records"  link--> click: Browse All Collections--> type Obit in filter--> find obits including FamilySearch/GenealogyBank obits.
 * Pioneer Diaries
 * Specialty FamilySearch Wiki sites: Mexico, or African American and Native American
 * Trail records from the LDS archives. Read about your pioneer ancestors. Find your pioneers, click here
 * Training- Family Tree Getting Started. Also see Moon's class helps.
 * Beginnng Search Tips Short video to help you find more correct people in your searches
 * Wiki at FamilySearch.org Shows where to research. Also Wiki LDS Ancestors
 * US Records Table Shows where to find the records. States and countries have their own Wiki records table.
 * CensusFinder.com Most Free. Census for US, Canada, United Kingdom and Native Americans.
 * Civil War Records Free from the National Park Service.
 * Find A Grave Information on people who have died
 * GenealogyInTime Great tool for searching for your ancestors
 * GenForum at Genealogy.com - good forum to leave/find info or find researchers
 * GenWeb Sites - US and State Find Free official Genealogy Websites for any State. You can also google a Country using Google.com i.e. GenWeb Australia
 * National Archives Federal, State and County records. Click Here to see Online forms.
 * National Archives search immigration, countries, states, counties, wars: WWII, Korean, Vietnam... Naturalization
 * National Archives Cross-reference to Family Search Library Films
 * Newspapers - To access free Newspapers see Research Links by State section below.
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) This site has volunteers to help you find records in United States and around the world.
 * Riverton FamilySearch Library Excellent Handouts and Guides
 * Rootsweb's U.S. Resources by State and County One of the earliest places that people have posted info.
 * War of 1812 Pension Records Ongoing effort to put these online. (part of Fold3.com)

Maps and Location Finders

 * Build your own maps. Use BLM's Geocommunicator to choose ownership, change scale, add street layer, digital orthos, satellite or other. If you click on Identify button, then on the map...the Principle Meridian, Township, Range, State, and County will show; zoom in to show Section number (for any of the 30 PLSS states). You can also show a map of any Township/Range/Section info by clicking on     Township icon at top--> choose state, meridian (if you know it), Township, Range--> Click Search--> Select, Zoom. Then look at map. Show Lat/Longitude of any place or map feature OR use Google Maps and click, hold for a second, let go on any location
 * County Boundary Formations Choose a state. Then click "View Interactive Map"
 * Earth Point - Fly to a legal description Uses free Google Earth and a legal description or Lat/Longitude to virtually plot and show you what it looks like today. Great site!
 * Land Ownership Maps Pick your State, County, Year and Zoom in. First, find your person on a census, see if a farmer that owned land. If he bought the land from the Federal Gov't, good chance to get a folder of information on him from the Nat'l Archives if state is one of the 30 Public Land Survey States..
 * State and County Maps Click on State to see all counties. Then click on county.


 * USGS site: #1 Search for Geographic Sites or Features Good, Choose ACME Mapper (or Home Town Locater) to display map with county boundaries. Then choose Topo. Find cemeteries, rivers, creeks, ghost towns, populated places, mountains, trails, etc. Find latitude and longitude of any place. View in many map formats such as Satellite or Quad or street maps and more.

Specialty Sites

 * BLM National - Government Land Office Records View original settlers and land descriptions for counties of the 30 Public Domain states. It has 5 million Land Warrant and Land Records from 1820 to the present.
 * Historic Maps Find legal land descriptions to get ancestor's land records from the Nat'l Archive.
 * Google Books Search historical books for a Person or Place. Many town histories are researchable.
 * Google Language Translator Translates 90 languages to and from English. Can't read a web page? Type in its address. Translates entire web pages.
 * Immigration 1820-1957 Ports/Passengers Lists - includes Canadian and Mexican Border Crossings    -some $. Searchable by state.
 * Immigration 1492-1964 Ships, Ports and Passengers Lists. Hint: in search box try last name or ship name or year
 * Immigration - Castle Garden 1855-1891 Partial indexes and passenger lists.
 * Immigration - Ellis Island 1892-1924 Original images of records at port of New York
 * Immigration and Naturalization Immigration and Naturalization indexes, records, images
 * Mormon Immigration Records 1840 - 1890
 * Naturalization Records Good - Naturalization Records searchable by State.... also has link to USCIS.gov click 'Order Online Now'
 * Nickname List Nicknames for your ancestors. Also, see Behind the Name
 * Online OCR Change an image (or PDF) to a MS Word or txt document. Do not login, just browse to your image, Upload, type in number that appears, click Recognize. Text will appear under the Recognize button.
 * Relative Finder See how you are related to famous people.
 * Steve Morse Search Tool i.e. ship passenger lists, Social Security Death Index


 * TreeSeek.com Make large fan and pedigree charts and more.

Software for the Family History Researcher

 * RootsMagic Has Free version called Essentials that downloads generations from FamilyTree - tutorials
 * Ancestral Quest $, has a Free version that downloads generations from Family Tree. Tutorials.
 * Family Tree Maker Quickly and easily build your family tree
 * Free Kingsoft Office Software Compatible with MS Word files, Powerpoint, and Excel spreadsheets. Free!
 * Irfanview a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
 * GIMPGNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Provides the tools needed for high quality image manipulation. From retouching to restoring to creative composites.
 * Paint.NET graphics program zipped folder containing the install file for FREE Paint.net and its plug-in files: Feather.dll and Perspective.dll.  Cnet.com gives it 5 stars and a great review. Download it, install it, copy the two dll files to the Effects folder.

Volunteer at the Center
Call, stop in, or write for more information. Phone number, address and email address are listed at the beginning of this page.