Established in 1970, the Charlottesville LDS Family History Center (FHC) is one of more than 4,000 centers around the world providing training and resources to research family history and genealogy.
The Charlottesville FHC recently moved to a new location at the Charlottesville Airport Road LDS Chapel. It is one of the best equipped genealogical research facilities in Central Virginia. The Center also has complete access to the world’s largest genealogy repositories located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
The center provides free computer access to FamilySearch, Heritage Quest, and a multitude of on-line family history databases sponsored by the LDS church and others. Microfilm readers and printers are also available to access millions of film media records in the local collection or on loan from the Family History Library.
The 2010 Schedule of Classes is now available with 25 classes including 15 new topics and 8 “remodeled” for 2010.
Online registration is NOW OPEN and will continue until 4pm – Wednesday, March 24th.
The Charlottesville LDS Family History Center will be closed during the month of August to allow our Family History Consultants and other volunteers a well deserved vacation. The center will be closed from August 1st and will reopen on Wednesday, September 1st at the normal hours listed on this website.
Microfilm orders had to be submitted by Wednesday, June 16th to be recieved prior to summer vacation. If we learn that a film has been backordered and would not be in before summer closing, we can cancel the order …
Approximately 300 people attended the 2010 Charlottesville Family History Conference and many of the classes are now available to download. Read more>>
The Central Virginia Genealogical Association (CVGA) holds its monthly meetings on the second Saturday at 1:30pm at the Charlottesville Family History Center. Please use the CVGA link to find the topic of each month’s discussion. Meeting are open to the public or you can chose to join the Association and receive it’s Heritage publication as an added bonus!
