Fredericksburg Virginia Family History Center

= Center Contacts and Hours =

Location &amp; Map: 

20 Boscobel Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia (in southern Stafford County near the corner of Brooke &amp; Ringgold Roads)


 * This is not a mailing address. Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries. Feel free to call during the hours we are open if you have any questions, however.
 * The entrance to the Family History Center is at the back of the building across from the satellite dishes. Please ring the doorbell.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 540 361-7494 (Call during Family History Center hours)

Email: [mailto:va_fredericksburg@ldsmail.net va_fredericksburg@ldsmail.net]

Hours:


 * Tue-Wed: 10 am - 8:30 pm
 * Thu: 10 am - 2 pm
 * Fri-Sat: 10 am - 3 pm

Holiday Schedule:


 * Closed on all Federal holidays
 * Center may be closed when Spotsylvania or Stafford County schools are closed due to inclement weather. Please call to determine this.

= Special Event =

Saturday, March 1, 2014

 * 1710 Bragg Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407 
 * Attendance is free. 
 * Doors will open at 8:30 am on March 1. 
 * Keynote speaker will start at 9 am. 
 * Classes will run from 10 am - noon &amp; from 1 pm - 3 pm.
 * Bring your lunch and spend all or part of the day with us.
 * Lemonade, water &amp; desert will be provided.
 * Members of the community, age 12 and over, are welcome.
 * Registration is recommended, at 'FredVAFamilyHistoryDay.com'.
 * See our 'Fredericksburg Family History Day'page on Facebook also.

Classes expected to be offered include
Selected RootsTech recordings

Shannon Combs-Bennett DNA in Genealogical Research

Ann Amadori - Fredericksburg Family History Center Director Genealogy 101, Genealogy 102

Jean Cooper, Librarian / Genealogical Resources Specialist at UVA Library Using the Census, Using Newspapers

Dr. Shelley Murphy, Averett University Beginning African American Research

Greg Crawford, Local Records Program Manager, Library of Virginia Pre-Civil War African American Genealogy, The Lost Records Project (keynote)

Katie Derby, Culpeper Family History Center Director Beyond Beginnings: Intermediate Research, The Price is Right: Free Online Research

Beth Gainer How to Transcribe and Record Grave Sites

Diane Briggs FamilySearch Indexing

Julie Cabitto Virginia Chancery Records

Renee Savits, Library of Virginia Civil War 150 Legacy Project  

Live demonstrations
FamilySearch Indexing

Finding free records at FamilySearch.org

Using FamilySearch Family Tree

Family Atlas

Handouts and some of the presentations will be available at FredVaFamilyHIstoryDay.com until the end of March.

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: Microfilm and microfiche may be ordered through the FamilySearch Catalog to be sent to this center.
 * The Fredericksburg Virginia Family History Center has a collection of microfilm and microfiche on indefinite loan from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * The Fredericksburg Virginia Family History Center owns about 200 books. The list can be viewed at LibraryThing.com.

Databases and Software

 * 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. See this list for details.

Hardware and Equipment

 * Six computers for patron use
 * One microfilm / microfiche scanner / copier
 * One flatbed scanner
 * Four microfilm readers
 * One microfiche reader

Resources in the Local Area

 * Fredericksburg Historic Court Records - "consists of extracts, transcripts and indices of records in repository in the Fredericksburg Circuit Court, Fredericksburg, VA. The information presented by Historic Court Records are primarily extracts of 'loole papers' - the paper trail behind Court Order Book entries... In addition to 'loose paper' records, Historic Court Records also contains a searchable database of early Fredericksburg Land Tax Records." Additional records include Apprenctice Records, Clerk's Order Books, Inquests, Marriage Records and others.


 * Fredericksburg Regional Genealogical Society


 * Central Rappahannock Regional Library Virginiana Room  

Resources for Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, Westmoreland County, King George County, Caroline County


 * Central Rappahannock Heritage Center - "The Central Rappahannock Heritage Center, Inc. is a non-governmental regional archives dedicated to preserving for research and posterity materials documenting the lives and work of the people."

Fredericksburg area resources online:

rootsweb.com/~vacfrede/fbgdb.htm - Census, Land &amp; Tax Records, Marriage Records, Government &amp; Miscellaneous Lists, Searchable Newspapers Indexes 

rootsweb.com/~vacfrede/index2.htm - Miscellaneous information and links relating to Fredericksburg

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

 * Falls of the Rappahannock Chapter, Falmouth, Virginia
 * Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia
 * Spotsylvania Chapter NSDAR
 * Washington-Lewis Chapter Fredericksburg, VA

Links
For help using FamilySearch.org

Use the Get Help link in the top right corner of the page to access the Help Home page.

For help using Family Tree, see Tree Training and Family Tree Training Lessons and Videos

Virginia

 * Library of Virginia
 * Virginia Historical Society

FamilySearch Wiki pages

 * Fredericksburg (Independent City)
 * King George County
 * King George County Genealogy
 * Spotsylvania County
 * Spotsylvania County Genealogy
 * Stafford County
 * Stafford County Genealogy
 * Westmoreland County
 * Westmoreland County, Virginia Reserves (Confederate)
 * Caroline County
 * Caroline County Genealogy
 * Caroline County Cemeteries
 * Culpepper County
 * Culpepper County Genealogy
 * Virginia County Resources
 * Virginia Court Records