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The Roseburg Family History Center is located at the Roseburg Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a large red brick building with a white steeple on top. The entrance to the FHC is on the west side of the building and is accessible from the west parking lot.
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Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:
Address: 2001 West Bertha, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States
Phone: 541 672-1237
E-mail: OR_Roseburg@ldsmail.net
Open Hours:
- Tuesday: 9am-9pm
- Wednesday:9am -5pm
- Thursday: 9am-5pm
- Friday Evening by appointment
Holiday Schedule:
Closed:
- January 1
- July 4
- Fair Week (August - varies)
- Spring Break - (March - varies)
- Thanksgiving week
- Two weeks for Christmas
2012 Class Schedule
No pre-registration or fees required for classes listed below. However, please RSVP by phone (541-672-1237) or e-mail (OR_roseburg@ldsmail.net) if you would like class handouts and class size may be limited.
DATE & TIME CLASS TEACHER
Thursday February 14th 7pm FamilySearch Portal Overview Shannon Agee
Friday February 15th 10am FamilySearch Portal Overview Shannon Agee
NO CLASSES IN March - Come to the Genealogy Fair - 9th March
Upcoming Events
- Community Genealogy Workshop
Visit our website to register for classes at comgen.weebly.com
March 9th 2013 – 9 am to 5 pm
We will offer classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced participants. Participants will have choices of a number of different classes in each class period. Some will be offered more than once to accommodate more students.
Registration will start at 8:30am and classes at 9am. There will be a break at noon which will include Keynote Speaker Randy Burnham and snacks provided for your enjoyment. Bring your own sack lunch or there are a number of near-by restaurants to choose from.
The following is a list of classes:
9:00 am
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Genealogy - by Laraine Clark
Gathering Low-hanging Fruit from your Family Tree - by Sherrie Wieland
Using the Family Search Wiki - by Shannon Agee
Genealogy Boot Camp - by
10:15 am
Write Your Family History - by Judy Hoppe - Part 1 of 2
Family History - Fact or Fiction? - by Laraine Clark
Jumping from Family Tree to Family Search and Back Again - by Sherrie Wieland
How to get the Most out of Your Ancestry.com Searches - by
11:30 am
Citing Sources by Shannonn Agee
Write Your Family History - by Judy Hoppe - Part 2 of 2
Genealogy versus Family History - by Bev Wellington
Baby Steps to Beginning Genealogy - by Carolyn Arnette
1:30 pm
The Google Gold Mine Awaits! - by Shannon Agee
Genealogy versus Family History - by Bev Wellington
Cloud Computing - by Randy Burnham
Baby Steps to Beginning Genealogy- by Carolyn Arnette
2:45 pm
Gathering Low-hanging Fruit from your Family Tree - by Sherrie Wieland
Family History or Historical Fiction? by Laraine Clark
Cloud Computing by Randy Burnham
Upload Your Photos to Family Tree - by Gary and Sheril Pearson
4:00 pm
Jumping from Family Tree to Family Search and Back Again! - by Sherrie Wieland
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Genealogy - by Laraine Clark
Native American Research - by John Read
How to get the most out of your Ancestry.com Searches - by
Mark this on your calendars now so you won’t miss a great opportunity to learn more about genealogy research!
Where else can I go to learn to do family history?
There is a series of excellent videos and powerpoint presentations on getting started with your family history: Learning Center It is helpful to print the handout at the end of each lesson. Many of the genealogy software companies have online tutorials and webinars.
Staff Training Meetings
The meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, except for August and December, at 10:00am in the Family History Center. A potluck luncheon for the staff follows each meeting.
What software do I need and where can I get it?
The Roseburg Family History center does not recommend any particular program. In fact, many different programs are used by the staff.
This is a link that will help you learn more about the various programs to help in your choice: FamilySearch Products Here is a link that lists the Top Ten genealogical software programs: Software Reviews These all offer a free version but also have a more enhanced version you can purchase.
Links to useful and fun sites.
Discover technologies that will improve your family history research and knowledge. This is a very, Very, VERY cool place. Try Tech Tips
Here is a little magnifier that sits on your computer desktop to enable your poor ol' tired eyes to see things on your screen better.....it does not replace sleep. Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows and Linux: Virtual Magnifying Glass. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use. The program shows a magnifying glass lens that follows the mouse movement. You can move the lens around the screen to view magnification of any screen area. To close the lens, click the left mouse button. Virtual Magnifying Glass also adds it's own taskbar icon. Left-click on the icon offers a shortcut for launching the lens again.
Irfanview, Irfanview, is an image viewer that we use a lot at the FHC. It will even make panoramas from multiple jpeg images.
Faststone Capture, Faststone will very quickly and easily capture all of your screen or just a few words. This is version 5.3 which is free.
Use Drop Box to replace your flash drive! DropBox
Center Resources
Collections
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
- Microfilm and Microfiche Collection: The center has a large collection of these films on indefinite loan, with indexes explaining the sources contained therein.
- Books and Periodicals: The center has a collection of these with a card catalog describing them.
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.
Hardware and Equipment
Eight computers, all with high speed internet and attached to printers.
- Two microfilm readers
- One microfiche reader
- One copy machine
- Two scanners
- One digital camera with accessories for uploading photos to computers and printing them.
Microfilm Orders
Links
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orgsdc/ - local genealogical society of Douglas County, Oregon http://www.nrtoday.com - local newspaper for obituary, marriage, birth lookups in archives
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/OR_Douglas.htm - local Douglas county court house records, free to search online!
Volunteer at the Center
If you have interest in volunteering your research skills and expertise to help other researchers, please contact us or drop by the center. We welcome genealogy enthuasists.
Need additional research help? Contact our research help specialists.
Need wiki, indexing, or website help? Contact our product teams.
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