Aurora Colorado FamilySearch Center

This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library.

Center Contacts and Hours[edit | edit source]

Location Map:

Location Map

Address:

950 Laredo
Aurora, CO 80011
United States
(This is a physical location address. Mail cannot be received here).

Language: English

Phone:

1-303-367-0570

E-mail:

CO_Aurora@familyhistorymail.org

FSC Director: Vickie Smejkal

NEW Current hours are:

Wednesday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm and
Wednesday: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

We strive to staff our center; however, it is best to call ahead, especially during the winter season. We will post closures as soon as possible on this site, Face Book, and on the center's phone line.

You may call the center phone 303-367-0570 where a message is also posted as to openings, closures, and Hours of Operation.

Illness, weather, or technical related closures:

None at this time.

Special Event Closure: None at this time

Closures for the year 2024/2025:

February 14, 2024; November 27, 2024; December 18 & 25, 2024; and January 1, 2025

Presentation / Class Schedule for 2024 -- FREE[edit | edit source]

Family Search related classes.

Classes are at 7 p.m. every 2^nd Friday of the month, via ZOOM only. We will attempt to record our session so that a video can be provided for your later viewing pleasure. Classes are scheduled through May 2024.

If you are interested in attending any of these classes, please provide us with your name and email address. We will place you on our class email list and provide you a ZOOM link from month to month so that you may attend any or all of the classes as you desire.

Send request to CO_Aurora@FamilyHistoryMail.Org

Classes:

Jan 12, 2024 Search via Genealogies, Catalog, and Images

These other resources can be very useful tools for finding records, consider this as: digging deeper than just searching for records

Feb 09, 2024 two items here -- FamilySearch Wiki, and, Adding Sources, Creating Sources; to include, Creating from scratch versus RecordSeek

We will briefly discuss the benefit of the Research Wiki and then we will discuss the how-to of these other items sitting on the detail page of your ancestors

Mar 08, 2024 FamilySearch Memories

We will discuss how to add photos, stories, documents, how to organize your gallery, create albums, edit album titles, rearranging photos in an album and much more

Apr 12, 2024 Censuses / Mortality Census Records

We will look at what various censuses tell us, to include, mortality census records – lots of hints in these records

May 10, 2024 -- Find a Grave

CURRENT PRESENTATIONS: We hope you will enjoy these Family History presentations we have put together for you (or linked from other sites in you behalf) -- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ng-j_iTrAQ-JEGv_Vxl15wzNkZg8Q7BH?usp=sharing If this site does not load up, copy and paste this site address into your browser.

Looking for some online Family History classes and or online consultation? Check out our sister site in LA California at Los Angeles FamilySearch Center.

And the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (they provide free look-ups and 20 minute consultation sessions) - Welcome to the FamilySearch Library.

To sign up for Webinar classes hosted by the FamilySearch Library in Utah - FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars

Center Resources[edit | edit source]

Collections[edit | edit source]

The Aurora FamilySearch Center has a collection of microfilms and microfiche on indefinite loan from the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Databases and Software[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which provides free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that otherwise charge for subscriptions. Our free Premium Family History Websites portal provides patrons access to the following:

19^th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive – Site provides News Articles, Obits, marriage records, death records, military records, etc. by topic, name, and more.NewspaperArchive.com – Online Newspaper Archive; from 1700s to 2000s
Alexander Street Press - The Civil War – (The following are links within this site): Research Database / Letters and Diaries / Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera / Social and Cultural History (Letters and Diaries Online) / Women and Social Moments in the United States, 1600-2000.
AmericanAncestors.org - records spanning twenty-two countries, covering the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and more
Ancestry.com - Records, state and federal censuses, news articles, military records, travel records, marriage records, books, and more
ArkiDigital - Swedish records
FamNet - New Zealand roots
Findmypast - Millions of records, largest online collection of Irish records and UK parish records, most comprehensive archive of British military records online
Fold 3 - Owned by Ancestry.com. This site has Military records; Crews Registers (Ship Registers); and Civil War Pension records
Geneanet.org – “Geneanet offers every kind of genealogy record published by researchers, genealogy societies, commercial companies, etc.”
Irish Ancestors - Ancestral research, mapping surnames and surname variants in all major sources and easy links back to all underlying records
MyHeritage – Largest online collection of European records and much more
Newspapers.com - largest online Newspaper archive
Paper Trail - 19th century westward American migration documents, mostly information of the Oregon Trail
Puzzilla.Org – This site offers both “Free and Premium Service” subscription. The site does have a tutorial, which lasts about 15 minutes and is extremely helpful. Puzzilla lets you see your line and cousin lines too. The colors found at the tips of the lines indicate if there is a possible duplicate; if a person died before reaching age 16; if a hint exists; and much more.

Hardware and Equipment[edit | edit source]

There are personal computers, printer, microfilm and microfiche readers available in this Center for patron use on a first come, first served basis.
Wireless connections are available for personal laptops and tablets.

Center Services[edit | edit source]

Staff Research Specialties[edit | edit source]

Resources in the Local Area[edit | edit source]

Denver Public Library, 10 West Fourteenth Ave. Pkwy, Denver, Colorado 80204 -- Western History & Genealogy Dept located on the 5th floor.

National Archives Records Administration, 17101 Huron Street, Broomfield, CO 80023

Black Genealogy Search Group, 2401 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado 80205 -- 1st floor of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

Links[edit | edit source]

Volunteer at the Center[edit | edit source]

Yes, we are in need of 4-6 volunteers to assist at the FamilySearch Center. If you are familiar with doing family history and/or genealogical research, we would love to have you join us. Not familiar with the FamilySearch Program, not to worry -- we will be happy to introduce you. Who knows, perhaps in the process you will see your own family tree grow.