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== '''Holiday Schedule 2017''' ==
== '''Holiday Schedule 2018''' ==
'''Closed in observance of the following holidays:'''<br>Christmas/New Year's (December 19, 2017 - January 1, 2018)
'''Closed in observance of the following holidays:'''<br>Christmas/New Year's (December 19, 2017 - January 1, 2018)
== '''Center Services''' ==
== '''Center Services''' ==
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=== '''<u>''Handouts from classes''</u>'''  ===
=== '''<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
* Land records
* Divorce Indexes
* Divorce Indexes
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* Civil Registrations
* Civil Registrations
* And more!
* 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'''  ==  
== '''Staff Training'''  ==  
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<u>'''family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including''':</u>  
<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.   
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.   
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