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 '''Saturday:'''  10:00 am - 2:00p m
-== '''Holiday Schedule 2017''' ==
+== '''Holiday Schedule 2018''' ==
 '''Closed in observance of the following holidays:'''<br>Christmas/New Year's (December 19, 2017 - January 1, 2018)
 == '''Center Services''' ==
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 === '''<u>''Handouts from classes''</u>'''  ===
-'''Searching Unindexed Collections on Family Search'''
-As of June 2017, there are 2230 record collections available for searching on FamilySearch.org.
+The following kinds of records are available in the Family History Center
-Many record collections are searchable, meaning that they have been indexed.  However, about 70% of the record collections are not yet indexed – but you can still “browse” the record collection.
-'''Some of the following countries have the largest amounts of records that are on FamilySearch as unindexed collections:'''
-'''Italy''':  129 record collections
-'''Germany''':  45 record collections
-'''Brazil, England, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Ohio, Portugal, U.S. General''':  between 20 – 30 record collections each
-'''Idaho, Indonesia, Maine, New York, Oregon, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wales, Washington''':  between 10 – 19 record collections each
-'''Many other interesting collections are available, from diverse locations such as:'''  Albania, American Samoa, Armenia, Benin, Cook Islands, Guam, Haiti, Hungary, Micronesia, Korea, Newfoundland, Slovakia, Wales, and more!!
-'''Note:'''  dates found in these record collections span from before 1000 AD through as late as 2012.
-The following kinds of records are available in these “browseable” collections:
 * Land records
 * Divorce Indexes
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 * Civil Registrations
 * And more!
-'''Case Study'''
-If I’m looking for Samuel Osborn, who I believe was granted land in around 1888 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, where would I go to find this record?
-If I’m looking for a relative, who lived in Stark County, Ohio at the time of his death in 1973, where would I go to look for the records?  What record collection could I search?
 == '''Staff Training'''  ==
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 <u>'''family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including''':</u>
-The 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive–[http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/ Find.galegroup.com]<br> Access Newspaper Archives–[http://www.newspaperarchive.com Newspaperarchive.com]<br> Alexander Street Press, American Civil War–[http://alexanderstreet.com/ Alexanderstreet.com]<br> Ancestry.com–[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]<br> ArkivDigital Online–[http://www.arkivdigital.net/ Arkivdigital.net]<br> Find My Past–[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ Findmypast.co.uk]<br> 1911 British Census (accessed through the Find My Past website)<br> Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com)–[http://www.fold3.com/ Fold3.com]<br> Historic Map Works Library Edition–[http://www.proquest.historicmapworks.com/ Proquest.historicmapworks.com/]<br> Kinpoint Premium-[https://kinpoint.com Kinpoint.com]<br> Legacy Stories - [https://www.legacystories.org/about/familysearch-tutorials Legacystories.org]<br> MyHeritage-Library Edition-[http://myheritagelibraryedition.com/research MyHeritageLibraryEdition]<br> Paper Trail–[http://www.genealogytoday.com/ Genealogytoday.com]<br> ProQuest Obituary Listings-[http://obituaries.proquest.com/obitsweb/obits/do/home Obituaries.proquest.com]<br> Puzilla-[https://puzzilla.org Puzzilla.org]<br> World Vital Records–[https://www.worldvitalrecords.com/ Worldvitalrecords.com]
+The 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive–[http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/ Find.galegroup.com]<br> Access Newspaper Archives–[http://www.newspaperarchive.com Newspaperarchive.com]<br> Alexander Street Press, American Civil War–[http://alexanderstreet.com/ Alexanderstreet.com] <br> Ancestry.com–[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]<br> ArkivDigital Online–[http://www.arkivdigital.net/ Arkivdigital.net]<br> Find My Past–[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ Findmypast.co.uk]<br> 1911 British Census (accessed through the Find My Past website)<br> Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com)–[http://www.fold3.com/ Fold3.com]<br> Historic Map Works Library Edition–[http://www.proquest.historicmapworks.com/ Proquest.historicmapworks.com/]<br> Kinpoint Premium-[https://kinpoint.com Kinpoint.com]<br> Legacy Stories - [https://www.legacystories.org/about/familysearch-tutorials Legacystories.org]<br> MyHeritage-Library Edition-[http://myheritagelibraryedition.com/research MyHeritageLibraryEdition]<br> Paper Trail–[http://www.genealogytoday.com/ Genealogytoday.com]<br> ProQuest Obituary Listings-[http://obituaries.proquest.com/obitsweb/obits/do/home Obituaries.proquest.com]<br> Puzilla-[https://puzzilla.org Puzzilla.org]<br> World Vital Records–[https://www.worldvitalrecords.com/ Worldvitalrecords.com]
 See [https://familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Free-premium-family-history-websites-available-in-the-Family-History-Center-Portal-1381815050504&lang=en this link] for more information on these collections.