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General Open Times: Monday all 10.00am
to 3.00pm Tuesday alternate 10.00am to 3.00pm Wednesday Evenings Members only Thursday alternate 10.00am to 3.00pm Friday alternate 10.00am to 3.00pm Last Sunday 4.00-8.00 Members only Detailed open
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Special open times for LDS Members The Centre is open on the last Sunday of each month from 4.00pm to
8.00pm as well as the 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening from 7.30pm to
9.00pm Films held by the Reading Family History
Centre The Reading Family History Centre has a number of
commonly used films on permanent loan. These can be viewed free of charge by
patrons. The list of films and their description can be seen by clicking Films.csv (comma separated value) and then search by using
your browser search facility. Please let me know if there are any errors and
what the correction should be. (email (UK_Reading @ LDSMail.net)). Documents held by the Reading Family
History Centre The Reading Family History Centre has a number of
commonly used fiche on permanent loan and other documents which can be viewed
free of charge by patrons. A list of the type of records held can be viewed
by clicking here for 2000 info and here for 2005 info. The Organisation: Alan & Christine Johnson were called as directors of the Family
History Centre in October 2005. Currently we have about 10 LDS staff assisted
by previous helpers from the community who man the centre. We can be
contacted by email (UK_Reading @ LDSMail.net) or phone (+44 (0) 1252
654911) Location: The Family
History Centre is part of the Reading England Stake and meets in
the Stake meeting house. The location can be found using MultiMap. Reading England
Stake consists of
Basingstoke Ward, Bracknell Ward, Farnborough Ward, Newbury Branch, Oxford
Ward, Reading Ward and Woodley Ward. Facilities We currently have ·
four film
readers and four fiche readers ·
one digital
film/fiche scanner printer ·
one document/picture
scanner ·
five
computers with free access to the internet and many internet websites such as
www.familysearch.net and www.freebmd.org.uk. ·
Many
affiliate software programs to synchronise personal ancestral files (PAF)
with new FamilySearch. ·
about 3,000
films ·
about 10,000
fiche New FamilySearch or nFS Registration 1. Priesthood Leaders and Family History Consultants
can register at www.consultant.familysearch.org. to gain access to the training. They will need
their ward/branch unit number (from Stake Diary) and a relevant calling. 2. All members in the London Temple District can now
register on New
FamilySearch. They will
need their full membership record number and confirmation date (as held by
the Ward Clerk) as well as some personal details to register. There are some useful documents and a presentation
that are provided to help you as follows: 1.
a Members Guide to Temple and Family History Work 2.
a summary of
the benefits of nFS 3.
some help sheets
from Bracknell Ward on: a.
new FamilySearch Introduction c.
duplications Many thanks to Stewart for producing some of
these documents Important note: You must have the Adobe Reader
installed on your computer to view the attachments. It may be downloaded free
at www.adobe.com To install the Adobe Reader,
click on the Get Adobe Reader button on the Adobe Web site home page and
follow the instructions. In addition to the above there is a New
FamilySearch Rollout Video being sent to Priesthood Leaders and Family
History Consultants which can be viewed on-line by going to the nFS help
centre, then training and resources, and then New FamilySearch and Temple
Name Submission Process Video. There are four videos to be seen which are: 1. Introduction with Elder Marlin K. Jensen 2. Temple Name Submission Process 3. Questions and Answers with Elder Marlin K. Jensen 4. Benefits of the New Temple and Family History
Process Family
History Church Member challenges for 2009: ·
every member
of every family in the stake to be personally responsible for their own
family history ·
each family,
lead by the patriarch if possible, to visit the Reading Family History Centre
during the next 6 months to share ideas and thoughts about their family’s
history. ·
each family to
preserve their family history in the Pedigree Resource File and share it with
others around the world ·
a copy of
the genealogy files (GEDCOM format) that you submit will be preserved in the
Granite Mountain Records Vault located near Salt Lake City This web
page is part of the Farnborough Dyslexia &
Learning Centre web site and contains information about the Reading Family History
Centre. |
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