Lansing Michigan FamilySearch Center

This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library.

 

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Special Announcements

• All ordering of Microfilm and Microfiche must now be done online.  Please go to https://film.familysearch.org.  Also, you must make payment online.  You will need to create either an LDS account (for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) or a FamilySearch account (for those who are not a member of the Church) before you can begin ordering online.  You will also need an e-mail account to create your LDS or FamilySearch account.  Please remember to write down you username and password.
• The next Family History Seminar is scheduled for May 5, 2012.  Watch for online registration beginning after January 1, 2012

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 Center Contacts and Hours

Location & Map:

1. 431 East Saginaw St., East Lansing, MI 48823 (P. O. Box 1610, East Lansing, MI 48826)
2. The Family History Center is located approximately 1 1/2 blocks east of Abbott Road on the north side of the road.  The Family History Center is in the church building of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Entrance is at the back of the building.  There is plenty of free parking.
3. Google Map to: Lansing Michigan Family History Center 

Phone: 517-332-2932

Open Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Holiday Schedule:

The Family History Center is closed on the following holidays:

• New Years Day and possibly the days following.  Please call to confirm dates.
• Memorial Day Weekend
• July 4th and possibly the days following.  Please call to confirm dates.
• Labor Day weekend
• Thansgiving and the following Saturday
• Christmas - Closed for two weeks.  Please call to confirm dates.

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Calendar and Events

Staff Training Meetings

• Staff training is offered on the second Saturday of each odd numbered month at 8:30 a.m.

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Center Resources 

Collections

• Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order most (some are restricted) of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.  All ordering can now be done online from any location that has internet access (including your home).
• 11,000 Microfiche
• 3,700 Microfilm

Databases and Software

• 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.  These premium subscriptions are:

  • 19th Centruy British Library Newspaper Digital Archive

    • 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century.

  • Access Newspaper Archive

    • Features billions of historical newspaper articles from the U.S and world.

  • Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War

    • Indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers, thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs.

  • Ancestry.com

    • Thousands of collections of records from around the world. Ancestry.com is the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world.

  • Find My Past

    • Research UK census, birth, marriage and death records. Includes the 1911 British Census.

  • Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)

    • Search millions of historical documents and photos. Fold3.com has refocused its efforts on gathering the best online collection of military records and stories.

  • The Genealogist

    • English Parish records, directories, census, civil registration, surname mapping and selected Army and Navy lists.

  • Genline Family Finder (launcher)

    • Access to images of the original Swedish Church records from the 1600s to 1897. Also includes civil registration between 1860 and 1897 for births, marriages and deaths. They will also be adding newer records up to the 1930s.

  • Godfrey Memorial Library
  • Heritage Quest Online
  • Historical Map Works Library Edition
  • Paper Trail
  • World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment

• 10 Computers
• 12 Microfilm readers
• 4 Microfiche readers
• 1 Microfilm / Microfiche printer
• 1 photocopier (librarians do the copying)

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Center Services

Staff Research Specialties

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Resources in the Local Area

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