Rockford Illinois Family History Center
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This article describes the services and resources available at a Family History Center, a branch facility of the Family History Library. |
The Rockford Illinois FHC library serves Byron, Rochelle, all of Rockford, Winnebago and Belvidere. We offer help in accessing and viewing microfilm (some is now digitized and available on your computer) as well as providing access to premium sites free of charge such as Ancestry, MyHeritage, Fold3, FindMyPast, Geneanet, etc.
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Center Contacts and Hours
Location & Map: 324 University Dr Rockford IL 61107 United States
Phone:1 815-332-7782
Stake Temple and Family History Consultant - Center: Rebecca McElhaney 815-997-6271
E-mail: IL_Rockford@familyhistorymail.org
Open Hours:
- Monday 1pm - 4pm
- Wednesday 10am - 4pm
- Friday 10am - 4pm
The FHC will be closed Tuesday, Sept 12 2017 for deep cleaning.
Dates closed in 2017: May 25-30 for Memorial Day Holiday, July 4 for Independence Day, Sep 1-5 for Labor Day, Nov 23-24 for Thanksgiving, Dec 19-31 for the
Christmas Holiday, and Jan 1 2018 for New Years Day.
Calendar and Events
Upcoming Events To be announced
Class Schedule To be announced
Center Resources
Collections
- This center may have various films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
- Reference books on some states within USA as well as different countries
- Several country maps
- Dictionaries
- Extended microfilm on Germany and Sweden
- Microfiche list to be updated
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
- six computers
- microfilm readers
- microfiche readers
- large Lexmark printer/scanner
- digital camera to make copies of pages of microfilm/fiche
Resources in the Local Area[edit | edit source]
Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society
Rockford Public Library
Boone Counties Genealogical Society Winnebago - Facebook
Boone County Historical Museum
Cherry Valley public library
Links[edit | edit source]
Boone Counties Genealogical Society
Stephenson County Genealogical Society
Rockford Public Library
Boone County Genealogical Society
Boone County Historical Museum
Cherry Valley Library
Madison Wisconsin Public Library
Volunteer at the Center
We have access to FamilySearch Indexing. We welcome indexers and arbitrators. If you have experience in doing genealogy in a given country, please notify the Stake Temple and Family History Consultant - Center who can make your time available to other patrons.
