Plano Texas Family History Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map: Location Map

Address:  2700 Roundrock Trail Plano, Texas 75075


 * Language: English

Phone:  972-867-6479

E-mail:  TX_Plano@familyhistorymail.org

Hours Open:


 * Tuesday: 9:15am-8:30pm
 * Wednesday:  9:15am-1:00pm
 * Thursday: 9:15am-8:30pm

Closure Schedule:

2019: November 26-28, December 24-Jan 2, 2020

2020: March 10-12, July 7-30, November 24-26, December 22-31

Consultant Training Meetings

 * 4th Thursday of January - May, August - September.

Collections

 * Book Collection:  In excess of 400 books are available for use covering genealogical instructional and research aids, county histories and records; church records; family histories; foreign language dictionaries and other research aids are included in the collection at the FHC.


 * Indefinite Film Collection - Patrons may select from more than 1400 rolls of microfilm covering original and collected records which make up the permanent collection of microfilms in the Center. Films may be viewed on one of the microfilm readers in the Center.


 * Patrons' Microfiche Collection - Patrons may select from our current collection of more than 3600 sets of microfiche from the collection of more than 1,000,000 fiche in the FamilySearch Library collection for viewing in the Family History Center on the fiche reader.

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. The websites are:


 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press, American Civil War
 * American Ancestors
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * FamNet
 * Find My Past
 * 1911 British Census
 * Fold3
 * Geneanet
 * The Genealogist
 * Kinpoint Premium
 * MyHeritage-Library Edition
 * Newspapers.com
 * Paper Trail
 * Puzzilla
 * Military Index - Includes US military personnel who died in combat in Korea or Vietnam between 1850 and 1975 
 * Scottish Church Records - An event oriented index of approximately 10 million births or christenings and marriages (1580s-1850s) recorded in all extant Church of Scotland (Presbyterian Church) parish registers
 * Scottish Church Records - An event oriented index of approximately 10 million births or christenings and marriages (1580s-1850s) recorded in all extant Church of Scotland (Presbyterian Church) parish registers

Hardware and Equipment

 * 7 Computers with internet connection.
 * 3 Microfilm readers
 * 1 Microfiche reader
 * 1 Microfilm/fiche reader/copier to paper
 * 1 Microfilm/fiche digital reader/copier to flash drive, CD or paper

Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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Links
Genealogically helpful web sites

Collin County, Texas Courthouse - Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

Plano Public Library - Research Databases

Collin County Genealogical Society

Genealogy Friends of the Plano Library