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'''Open Hours:''' Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm; Wednesday 7-9 pm; Thursday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm, Saturday 9am-12noon'''<br>''' | '''Open Hours:''' Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm; Wednesday 7-9 pm; Thursday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm, Saturday 9am-12noon'''<br>''' | ||
'''Holiday Closures: '''The Lodi California FHC is closed | '''Holiday Closures: '''The Lodi California FHC is closed for federal holidays; General Conference weekends; Thanksgiving weekend; and Christmas break (December 19 - January 1). Open ''by appointment only'' during holidays. Contact your Ward Family History Consultant or the FHC Director, Kathryn Marshall to make an appointment. | ||
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Tuesday, August 28 at 7 pm: "How to Use the Family Tree Source Box" | Tuesday, August 28 at 7 pm: "How to Use the Family Tree Source Box" | ||
Tuesday, September 18 at 7 pm: "Clearing Temple Ordinances with Family Tree" | Tuesday, September 11: Live Webinar from Sacramento Regional FHC -- "Maiden Names." Details to be announced. | ||
Tuesday, September 18 at 7 pm: "Clearing Temple Ordinances with Family Tree" | |||
==== Next FHC Staff Meeting ==== | ==== Next FHC Staff Meeting ==== | ||
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This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library. |
The Lodi California Family History Center is located in San Joaquin County, California, north of Stockton.
Center Contacts and Hours[edit | edit source]
Location & Map:
- 731 North Ham Lane, Lodi, CA 95240 (Google Maps)
- Parking is accessible from Daisy Avenue, on the church's west side. Please ring the doorbell if the door from the parking lot is locked.
Phone: (209) 369-4148
Open Hours: Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm; Wednesday 7-9 pm; Thursday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm, Saturday 9am-12noon
Holiday Closures: The Lodi California FHC is closed for federal holidays; General Conference weekends; Thanksgiving weekend; and Christmas break (December 19 - January 1). Open by appointment only during holidays. Contact your Ward Family History Consultant or the FHC Director, Kathryn Marshall to make an appointment.
Calendar and Events[edit | edit source]
Scheduled Classes[edit | edit source]
Tuesday, August 28 at 7 pm: "How to Use the Family Tree Source Box"
Tuesday, September 11: Live Webinar from Sacramento Regional FHC -- "Maiden Names." Details to be announced.
Tuesday, September 18 at 7 pm: "Clearing Temple Ordinances with Family Tree"
Next FHC Staff Meeting[edit | edit source]
Friday, September 14 at 6:30 pm
Center Resources[edit | edit source]
Collections[edit | edit source]
- Family History Library Catalog: This center receives any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
- For Lodi's large German from Russia population, the Lodi center has a number of resources relevant to that community, such as the 81 microfilm set of the Saint Petersburg Lutheran Consistory parish records. Dictionaries, gazetteers, and other books relevant to a variety of locations are also available.
- Over 200 microfilms with Finnish church and vital records
- An index of births, deaths, marriages extracted from the Lodi News-Sentinel from 1881-2005, and from the Valley Review, a defunct newspaper.
Databases and Software[edit | edit source]
- FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions (such as Ancestry.com, Fold3, HeritageQuest, FindMyPast, and other great sites).
- Genealogy Bank offers collections of digital images of newspapers.
- New England Historic Genealogical Society web site is provided for free access.
- AniMap displays and prints changing county and state boundaries over time.
- DeedMapper plots maps from metes and bounds descriptions in land records.
- Photoshop Elements enhances readability of old documents and restores family photos.
- PAF, Legacy, RootsMagic, and Family Insight are available.
- FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions (such as Ancestry.com, Fold3, HeritageQuest, FindMyPast, and other great sites).
Hardware and Equipment[edit | edit source]
- Ten computers are available for patrons.
- Use of the 14" scanner and other equipment is free. Printouts or making copies cost ten cents per page.
- There are three microfilm readers, three microfiche readers, and a film/fiche reader printer, for which the charge is 25 cents per page.