McKinney Texas Family History Center

Come and enjoy access to many wonderful resources for your research.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of McKInney, Texas Family History Center on map

Address:


 * 2801W Eldorado Pkwy McKinney TX 75070 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-972-547-0019

E-mail:


 * TX_McKinney@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:10:00am-2:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm (Needs Appointment)
 * Wednesday:10:00am-2:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm
 * Thursday: 10:00am-2:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed all major holidays: Closed one week for Thanksgiving: Closed two weeks for Christmas:

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog:

Databases and Software

 * Software:
 * RootsMagic


 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * 19th Centry British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online - Swedish Genealogy
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Hertiage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment

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Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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Links
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Online Forms

 * Pedigree Chart
 * Family Group Record Chart

Online Training Courses

 * How to Start Your Family History - 6 Basic Steps

Online Research Training Videos

 * Learning Center Home Page and Index of all Research Training Videos

The following list is just a sampling of many of the ResearchTraining Videos that are available from the above link at the Learning Center Home page.


 * England and UK Research
 * Getting Started
 * Understand Census Records


 * Basic French Research


 * Scandinavian Research


 * German Research
 * Basic Research
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 1
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 2


 * Ireland Research
 * Church Records
 * Civil Registration


 * Italian Research
 * Italian Research Training Videos
 * Basic Italian Research


 * Latin American


 * United States
 * United States Research Training Videos

Online Training Videos

 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series . This video series is all about helping you quickly discover your family history. Each episode will guide you through basic research principles that will help you have success finding your ancestors.
 * Getting help at a Family History Center
 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series

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