Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center on Map





Address:


 * 721 Paxon Hollow Rd Broomall PA 19008 United States
 * Located in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building
 * Enter in the back door labeled “Family History Center”


 * Language:English





Email:


 * broomallfhc@gmail.com

Email us to:

• Make an appointment for guided help, or to view films outside of regular hours.

• Sign up on our mailing list

• Receive a class schedule

• Be notified of weather closures or delays

Phone: 1-610-356-8507 only answered when we are open. There is no message machine.

Regular Open Hours: Every Wednesdays 9:30-3:30pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday 9:30-12:30

Holiday Closures:

== '''!!!!!!! WEATHER FORECAST CLOSURE !!!!!! The Valley Forge Family History Center will be closed Wednesday March 15th due to the predicted storm coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since we have many patrons/staff who come from a larger area surrounding the center and may have difficult traveling conditions due to snow, ice and wind. See the schedule below for updated winter discussions.''' ==

Additional Hours: By appointment

You may request to have the center open at other times by appointment. For a timely and quick response, please email broomallfhc@gmail.com to request a time. Appointments are not needed during regular hours unless you need a guided practice lab time. As usual I appreciate your replies that you have moved or are not interested etc. and would like to be removed from our list. I add and remove people promptly. If you have friends that would like to stay informed and be added to the list they may email broomallfhc@gmail.com with their request.

Events:

Hello Patrons of the Valley Forge Family History Center,

If you are into FREE! See the schedule below for some opportunities to learn more about genealogy.

1. 10 am on the Wednesdays listed below we are having Winter Discussions in the Valley Forge Family History Center located at 721 Paxon Hollow Rd. Broomall, PA, start Wednesday Jan. 25th. See schedule below for current topics and dates. (no registration required) Check out this Wiki page for other updates as we go along. Discussions last about an hour or an hour and a half depending on the topic. You may also stay and use our computers in the center to try out new things you have learned.

Winter Discussion Current Schedule:

January 25th: Beginning your Research and what do you do when you need to start in a Foreign Country by Shelli Nye, FHC director. Some basic research methods and general guiding principles, and then places to go to help you learn and get started in other countries.

February 1: Czechoslovakia - examples of how to read records and free websites to check out by John Stefl, our Wednesday am staff member with lots of experience helping all of us!

February 15: Hungary - slides of the area and websites to help your research. If there is time we will also have slides from Lithuania and how to hire a professional to help with the difficult language of this area's records by Loretta Kukkels. Loretta is a long time experienced patron who has traveled to lots of interesting countries to research.

March 1: Italy - Civil vital records by Bob Sava, a new to our center patron who has teaching experience and who has been researching civil vital records in Italy.

March 15: The Sleuth, the Hunt, and the Mystery Solved by Sharon P. Simson our Wednesday afternoon staff member and retired research sociology professor from University of Maryland. Starting with just a few clues and utilizing social scientific methods, we will trace the thinking and research process that uncovered information that led to a revolutionary discovery. The subject matter of this interactive session is generalizable and can be applied to your own genealogical research. Examples include Hungarian and United States records.

March 29: New FamilySearch Apps are Fun! by Shelli Nye, FHC Director

April 5: Searching Google Books to find your Ancestors by Shelli Nye FHC Director

April 12th - Marianna Curan - Using Forever.com to pass yours and your ancestors' stories down through many generations with both print and digital media in the cloud. See how you can link your full resolution photos and documents to your FamilySearch research with no limitations. Free FamilySearch.org account holders get 10% off!

April 19: Germany - Records examples and how to find them and gather information from them by Robert Danovich. A long time patron and microfilm researcher who gave our DNA discussion last year.

May 3rd: John Mitchell - Lesser Known and Obscure Genealogy Resources - an update from last yearWe can add more countries or different topics!

We look forward to a good attendance like we had last year. Invite your friends!

Film reading capabilities will still be available during the discussions in the adjoining room. Center computer usage may or may not be available. Depending on the size of the group we may move to another room.

'''2. Friends of the Delaware Archives presents a free spring 2017 Conference. "Genealogy-Beyond Bare Bones, Building your Skills" by Dr. Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG. FUGA. Registration required and is filling up quickly, so act fast if you want to go. This is a unique opportunity to see a well known and respected genealogist and see how he thinks!''' Call Donna Josefowski (302) 222-0694 or email her at djosefowski@gmail.com to register. Include the event,  your name, email and phone number.

If you are new to Inferential Genealogy, or want a refresher, I recommend that you take the time before the conference to walk through both of his free 2 classes on FamilySearch.org. I have provided the links below, (note that there is a handout link for both classes as part of the class links.) – examples of great classes in the learning center

Beginning Genealogy by Tom Jones

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/principles-for-beginning-genealogy/253

Inferential Genealogy by Tom Jones

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/inferential-genealogy/251

'''3. Quarterly Meeting of the Italian Group - this Saturday April 29th at 10-12pm in the Valley Forge Family History Center located in Broomall,PA. Contact Bill Nichols at billyn48@msn.com more information'''

See you soon,

Shelli Nye Director

Resources in the Local Area
The Mainline Genealogy Club meets at the Easttown library.
 * http://mainlineroots.org/

Links

 * Delaware County, Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania

Volunteer at the Center
We would love to have more volunteers!

We look forward to seeing you at the center!