Columbia Maryland Family History Center



The Columbia Maryland Family History Center is convenient for people in Columbia, Ellicott City, and surrounding towns, but people from anywhere are invited to visit and use our facilities.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * Address: 4251 Columbia Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
 * Located in the basement of the church building at 4100 St Johns Lane, Ellicott City, MD but entered from the church's lower parking lot at 4251 Columbia Road, Ellicott City.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 410-465-1642

E-mail: [mailto:md_columbia@ldsmail.net md_columbia@ldsmail.net]

Open Hours:


 * M, Tu, We, Th: 9 am - 2 pm.
 * Tu &amp; Wed: 7 - 9 pm.
 * Saturday: 9 am - noon.

The center will be closed if Howard County schools are closed due to inclement weather.

2012 Holiday Closings: May 28 - Memorial Day July 4 - Independence Day September 3 - Labor Day November 22 - Thanksgiving December 24-January 1, 2013 - Christmas/New Year's Break

Databases and Software
The center's Family History Center Portal page gives free access to 15 premium family history websites which generally charge for subscriptions, including Ancestry.com, Find My Past, Access Newspaper Archive, Fold3, and Heritage Quest.

Hardware and Equipment [[Image:Col Film.JPG|right|224x179px|Microfilm and Microfiche Machines in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center]]
The center has ten personal computers with high speed Internet access, a microfilm scanner, four laser printers, ten microfilm readers, two microfiche readers, and a photocopier.

Family History Library Catalog: Any microfilms and microfiches that you order online from the Family History Library Catalog can be sent to the Columbia Maryland Family History Center for your viewing.

Reference Library:
The center has more than 1500 genealogy books, more than 1500 long-term microfilm, and more than 1800 microfiche. To search one of our center's collections, click on the link, then use "Edit &gt; Find &amp; Replace". Enter the search term, such as "Jefferson County", then search.

Books in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center

Books A thru M

Books N thru Z

Short term microfilm in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center

Short Term Microfilm

Long term microfilm and microfiche in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center

Long Term Loans

Resources in the Local Area
Howard County Genealogical Society http://www.hcgsmd.org/schedule.html Howard County Historical Society http://hchsmd.org/ Howard County Library http://www.hclibrary.org/ Genealogy Courses Howard County Community College Continuing Education, Non-Credit Courses http://coned.howardcc.edu/Courses/lifestyle_and_leisure/history_culture.html Maryland State Archives http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=topviewed Maryland Historical Society http://www.mdhs.org/ Anne Arundel County Genealogical Society http://www.aagensoc.org/ Baltimore County Genealogical Society http://users.datarealm.com/bcgs/bcgs.html Daughters of the American Revolution Library http://www.dar.org/library/ Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/ Genealogical Publishing Company http://www.genealogical.com/ Heritage Books http://www.heritagebooks.com/

Staff Research Specialties Several of our staff members teach college classes in family history research. Others have decades of experience with their own family history research and with helping others.

Volunteer at the Center
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can send an email to md_columbia@ldsmail.net.