Pueblo Colorado Family History Center

Pueblo Colorado Family History Center

The Pueblo Colorado History Center is available to serve community members free of charge. The Center is open to the public. We welcome all!

Location and Map 4720 Surfwood Ln, Pueblo, Colorado, 81005 United States

We are located in the building on the north east side. Entrance is at the northeast door and then half way down the hall. Ample free parking is available Please note that this is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Phone: 1 719-564-0793

Email: CO_Pueblo@ldsmail.net

FHC Directors: Bruce Tew and Muriel Tew - 1 719-251-0633

Center Contacts and Hours

Tuesday: 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm. Wednesday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm. Thursday: 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm. Friday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm. Saturday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm.

For a reservation appointment, please contact the director in advance at 1 179-251-0633.

We occasionally close unexpectedly because of inclement weather or illness. Please call for information about unexpected alterations to our normal operation hours.

2014 Closures

Our Patron Resources

4 patron computers 5 microfilm readers 2 microfiche readers 1 multi-use printers 1 printer Projector Internet access.

Free access to Premiium Online Portal websites, including •Ancestry.com, •Footnote.com, •Find My Past, • Godfrey Memorial Library, • Heritage Quest Online, •19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive, •Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War, •The Genealogist, • Historical Map Works Library Edition, •World Vital Records, and much more. •A collection of over 900 books containing biographies, research guidance materials, indexes, and databases. •A collection of over 3,000 rolls of Microfilm - indexed by State and Country Microfiche •Microfiche

Our Personnel

• We have 15 Family History Library Consultants to assist you. These volunteers donate their time and some specialize in the following areas: •U.S. Research •British Research •German Research •Family Tree •Indexing - Arbitration •Third Party Programs •Pedigree Fan Charts •Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Research

Library Background

• The Pueblo Colorado Center is a branch library of the Genealogical Library located in Salt Lake City. The main library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research. The main Library is the largest library of its kind in the world and is visited by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and groups each day. Our branch library is much more modest.

Records Collection

Through a microform circulation system, we have access to the main library's collection of many of the genealogical records of the world. • Our computers access the FamilySearch database which contains many millions of names linked into families.

Training and Assistance • We offer access to and assistance in the use of many internet research sites. We can also assist you with the use of The Family History Library Catalog, the online catalog describing the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Family History Centers • Family history centers (FHC) are branches of the Family History Library. • Over 4,000 family history centers operate in more than 88 countries. • Local family history centers are staffed by helpful volunteers. • About 100,000 rolls of microfilm are circulated to family history centers each month.

Alternate Repositories If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories. Repositories with very large genealogical collections Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.[1] National Archives, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[2] Allen County Public Library (Indiana) home of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, & German collections.[3]

Repositories with significant Utah local history and Mormon Pioneer collections

Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-present: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material[4] Daughters of Utah Pioneers, SLC, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.[5] Utah State Historical Society, SLC, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.[6]

Sources 1. ↑ Local History Genealogy Reading Room in the Library of Congress home page at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 2. ↑ National Archives home page at http://www.archives.gov/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 3. ↑ "Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx (accessed 20 February 2011). 4. ↑ "Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 20 February 2011). 5. ↑ "Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 6. ↑ "Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 20 February 2011).