Columbia Maryland Family History Center

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The Columbia Maryland Family History Center is convenient for people in Columbia, Ellicott City, and surrounding towns, but people from anywhere are invited to visit and use our facilities.

Contents 1 Center Contacts and Hours 2 Center Resources  2.1 Databases and Software 2.2 Hardware and Equipment 2.3 Reference Library: 2.3.1 A more complete description of some of the microfilms and microfiche can be found by going to https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=film_number  2.4 Staff Research Specialties 3 Resources in the Local Area  4 Links 5 Volunteer at the Center

Center Contacts and Hours

Location & Map:

• Address: 4251 Columbia Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
• Located in the basement of the church building at 4100 St Johns Lane, Ellicott City, MD but entered from the church's lower parking lot at 4251 Columbia Road, Ellicott City.
• Location on Map

Phone:  410-465-1642

E-mail: md_columbia@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:

• M, Tu, We, Th: 9 am - 2 pm.
• Tu & Wed: 7 - 9 pm.
• Saturday: 9 am - noon.
  

The center will be closed if Howard County schools are closed due to inclement weather.

2013 Holiday Closings:
May 27 - Memorial Day
July 4 - Independence Day
September 2 - Labor Day
November 28 - Thanksgiving
December 23-January 1, 2014 - Christmas/New Year's Break

Center Resources 

Databases and Software

The center's Family History Center Portal page gives free access to 15 premium family history websites which generally charge for subscriptions, including Ancestry.com, Find My Past, Access Newspaper Archive, Fold3, and Heritage Quest.

Hardware and Equipment

The center has ten personal computers with high speed Internet access, a microfilm scanner, four laser printers, ten microfilm readers, two microfiche readers, and a photocopier.

Family History Library Catalog: Any microfilms and microfiches that you order online from the Family History Library Catalog can be sent to the Columbia Maryland Family History Center for your viewing. 

Reference Library:

The center has more than 1500 genealogy books, more than 1500 long-term microfilm, and more than 1800 microfiche.  To search one of our center's collections, click on the link, then use "Edit > Find & Replace".  Enter the search term, such as "Jefferson County", then search.

Books in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center

Books A thru M

Books N thru Z

Short term microfilm in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center 

Short term microfilm

Long term microfilm and microfiche in the Columbia Maryland Family History Center

Long term microfilm and microfiche

A more complete description of some of the microfilms and microfiche can be found by going to https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=film_number 

Staff Research Specialties

Several of our staff members teach college classes in family history research. Others have decades of experience with their own family history research and with helping others.  Staff specialties include the following areas:
Canadian (especially Ontario)
French
German
Maryland
Polish
Welsh

Resources in the Local Area 

Howard County Genealogical Society
http://www.hcgsmd.org/schedule.html
Howard County Historical Society
http://hchsmd.org/
Howard County Library
http://www.hclibrary.org/
Genealogy Courses at Howard County Community College Continuing Education, Non-Credit Courses
http://coned.howardcc.edu/Courses/lifestyle_and_leisure/history_culture.html
Maryland State Archives
http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=topviewed
Maryland Historical Society
http://www.mdhs.org/
Anne Arundel County Genealogical Society
http://www.aagensoc.org/
Baltimore County Genealogical Society
http://users.datarealm.com/bcgs/bcgs.html
Daughters of the American Revolution Library
http://www.dar.org/library/
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/

Links

Research in Maryland      
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Maryland

Volunteer at the Center

If you may be interested in becoming a volunteer at the Columbia Maryland Family History Center or if you have suggestions for our website, please send an email to md_columbia@ldsmail.net.