Roberts Roots & Branches

The Value of the local Family History Center Do you have a local Family History Center by you? There is a great valuable resource for family history enthusiasts, hidden in the local Family History Centers throughout the world.   According to FamilySearch.org, “As of April 2011, there were more than 4,600 FSCs in 134 countries.”(1)   The Centers are free and most are located in LDS Church houses, but you do not have to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to use the centers.      You may find a local center here:   https://familysearch.org/locations/   “Family History Centers are locally operated and supervised. The facilities and resources of the centers differ by location, and range from small, ‘Computer-only’ facilities that do not circulate film and are open only a few hours a week, to large centers open typical business hours with dozens of volunteers, computers, digital film readers, scanners, and printers to...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, for every person in our genealogy database, we had the following documents: 1.      birth certificate or christening record 2.      marriage certificate 3.      death certificate 4.      census records for their entire life span An added bonus would be if we had the various accompanying documents: ·        passenger records for those who immigrated ·        naturalization certificates for those who became citizens ·        military records for veterans ·        probate records for everyone who owned land ·        and a will for everyone who died In the land of genealogy-make-believe all of these documents would not only be available, but there would be a copy online, or at the very least, a copy available ...

The following is from a handout at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Did you Know… ·          The Family History Library is the largest genealogical library in the world. ·          Our resources and services are open to everyone free of charge. ·          We have both professional research consultants and trained volunteers to assist you. ·          Many of them have expertise in languages other than English. ·          We are wheelchair accessible, have reader equipment for the visually impaired, and deaf services are available 9:00 AM-4PM each day the library is open. ·          We have photocopy areas including facilities for scanning photos and documents. ·          ...