Lubbock Texas FamilySearch Center/Center Resources
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This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library. |
| Lubbock Texas FSC |
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| Address |
| 3211 58th Street Lubbock Texas 79413 tx_lubbock@familyhistorymail.org |
| Open Hours |
| Tuesdays: 10:00am - 12:00pm Wednesdays: 11:00am - 1:00pm and 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
| FSC Content Pages |
| Home Page Center Information Center Resources Local and Internet Resources |
Center Resources
Collections
- FamilySearch Catalog: Patrons who use this center have access to various films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
- Lubbock Texas FamilySearch Center Catalog Searchable catalog of books and resources available at the Lubbock Texas FamilySearch Center
- On-site Microfilm/Microfiche: Over 400 microfilm from various states and countries; also more than 1,000 microfiche of various states and countries.
Databases and Software
- Software:
- Ancestral Quest 14
- Legacy 8
- Roots Magic 7
- Databases:
This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.- 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive – Searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings with a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century (from 1800 to 1900)
- Access Newspaper Archives – Searchable newspaper archive, featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world
- Alexander Street Press - Focused on records from the American Civil War. Searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs. Includes images, photographs, posters, and ephemera
- American Ancestors
- Ancestry.com – Searchable collections of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court, land, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership
- ArkivDigital Online – Images of Swedish Church Records and other historical records. Indexed by locality
- Findmypast – Searchable collections of records from the United Kingdom and Ireland, including the 1911 Brish Census. (Not all of the content from Findmypast is available in FamilySearch centers)
- Fold3 – Search or browse millions of historical documents and photos, focused on military records and stories
- Historic Map Works Library Edition - Digital map collections available, with high-resolution, full color historic and antique maps
- Kinpoint.org
- MyHeritage
- Paper Trail – Provides access to 19th-century westward American migration documents
- Proquest Obituary Listings
- Puzzilla.org
- World Vital Records – Access to birth, marriage, and death records; Social Security Death Index; family trees; census records; immigration records; court, land, and probate records; military records directory lists; newspapers, family histories, reference materials, biographies, wills, gravestone photos, ship manifests, map collections, and yearbook collections
Hardware and Equipment
- Computers with internet access
- Microfilm/Microfiche readers
- Scanner/printer to save to digital .jpg, etc.
Temple and Family History Consultant Training
- Local Training
- FSC Resource Training Links