Parktown South Africa Family History Centre

''The Parktown Family History Centre is located adjacent to the Johannesburg Temple of the Church o Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The primary function of the Centre is to help temple patrons prepare family ordinance requests for submission to the temple.''

The Centre also houses a large holding of South African Death Notices on microfilm which are scanned and emailed to family history centres thorughout Africa and elsewhere.

''Genealogists and temple patrons come to this Centre o research family histories in printed, mcrofilm and microfiche formats. Patrons may rent fillms that are not already in our holdings from church headquarters through themicrofilm online odering system:    o teh It are one and the same facility.(Add a brief paragraph about your centre here and the area it serves. Information in italics below is guidance for you and should be deleted as you fill out the page. Remove italics from other text by selecting the text and clicking the "I" box in the Toolbar above.)''

Centre Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 1) 5a Jubilee Road, Parktown, Gauteng 2193, Johannesburg, RSA
 * 2) The Centre is on the 1st Floor of the Africa Southwest Area Office, adjacent to the Johannesburg Temple. The Centre is nomally open Tuesday thorugh Saturday, and is closed Sunday and Monday and any day the Temple is closed for Holiday or Maintenance.  Limited parking is available in the guarded Area Office car park immediately west of the Temple car park on Jubilee Road. Use the lift from Ground Floor near the Cafeteria enrance, or buzz for admittance at the 1st Floor entrance near the upper car park.  Families are welcome.  Organized goups of 10 - 15 patrons are welcome by prior notice.  Additional hours may be arranged upon pror notice. 
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Phone: 27 011 645 1461

E-mail:  FHCJHB@ldschurch.org

Open Hours: Tuesdays through Fridays:  09:00 to 16:00, Saturdays: 07:00 to 14:30

Holiday Schedule: Centre is closed on any day that the Johannesburg Temple is closed.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This centre has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This centre has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions. (Note to FHC: Not all FHCs have access to this portal. If you do not, you will want to remove this entire bullet. If you do have access to it, just remove this text in italics.)

Hardware and Equipment

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Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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