Lodi California FamilySearch Center

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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.

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, Tuesday, Thursday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm; Wednesday 7-9 pm; Saturday 9am-12pm

Wednesday, August 31 at 1 pm: Digital imaging software for genealogists, part 2

Wednesday, September 7 at 1 pm: Digital imaging software for genealogists, part 3

Wednesday, September 28 at 1 pm: Using local histories

Wednesday, October 19 at 1 pm: Introduction to land records

Wednesday, November 2 at 1 pm: Military records

Staff Training Meetings

Staff meetings are generally held the first Friday of every month at 6:30 pm. Next FHC Staff Meeting is September 2.

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.
An index of births, deaths, marriages extracted from the Lodi News-Sentinel from 1881-2005, and from the Valley Review, a defunct newspaper.

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.
Genealogy Bank offers collections of digital images of newspapers.
New England Historic Genealogical Society web site.
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.
Installed pedigree software includes PAF, Legacy, RootsMagic, and Family Insight.

Approximately ten computers are available for patrons.
Use of the 14" scanner and other equipment is free. Printouts or making copies costs ten cents a page.
There are three microfilm readers, three microfiche readers, and a film/fiche reader printer for which the charge is 25 cents a page.