Difference between revisions of "Las Vegas Nevada FSL/Resources"

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Whats New!!

• Brand new Lenovo 23" screen Windows 7 computers
• Computer Lab classroom with 12 networked computers
• New classes-growing monthly

Hardware & Equipment

• 28 networked computer workstations with printer access
• 14 networked computer workstations with printer access in a dedicated classroom setting
• Paper copier
• 10 microfilm readers
• 3 microfiche readers
• 3 microfiche/film scanners
• 1 flatbed scanner

Class/Training Rooms

• Classroom has seating for 15 students plus a computer, projector and teaching station for the instructor.
• Computer Lab with 12 networked computers for training.
  

Multimedia Center

Las VegasFamily History Center has a copier/scanner where you have the ability to:

• Scan photos and transfer them to a flash drive.
• You can also make printed copies.

Databases & Software

• Genealogy database software (PAF, RootsMagic, Legacy, Ancestral Quest, Family Insight, Family Tree Maker,)
• Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software using OpenOffice
• Free access to several subscription sites through the FamilySearch Portal such as Ancestry.com, British Newspapers, Find-My-Past (UK), Fold3, Genline (Swedish), Heritage Quest, World Vital Records and others.
• Free internet access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEGHS) website 

Free Access to membership websites:

NOTE-subscriptions change from time to time, so these may vary as those changes occur. 

• Ancestry.com offers the largest collection of databases of any genealogy site on the Internet with over three billion names search-able in its data files.
• Access Newspaper Archives – world's largest online newspaper archive featuring billions of article from historical newspapers of US and world.
• Alexander Stree Press, American Civil War – Research data, letters, diaries, images, photographs, posters and ephemera. 
• ArkivDigital Online – Swedish Church records and other historical records.
• Find-My-Past – Research UK, census records, trace births, marriages and deaths.
• Fold3 – Best online military records and stories. most noted for their association with NARA, National Archives. Footnote features search-able original historical documents, from the National Archives and other content providers.
• The Genealogist – English parish records, directories, census, civil registration, surname mapping and selected army and navy lists.
• Heritage Quest-Search census, books, Revolutionary War-select pensions and bounty-land warrant applications, Freedman’s Bank-freed slaves, PERSI-PERiodical Source Index, and US Serial Set- Search.
• Historical Map Works Library Edition – One of the most extensive digital map collections available to track the “residential genealogy” of families and locations.
• Origins.net – Comprehensive and exclusive British and Irish record collection dating back to the 13th century as well as rare and unique photos and books to browse.
• World Vital Records-  Access to birth, marriage and death records, Social Security Death Index, family trees, census records, immigration records, court, land and probate records; military records directory lists; newspapers, family histories, biographies, wills, ship manifests, map collection and yearbooks.