Reading Family History Centre - part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and within the Reading England Stake - site hosted by Farnborough Dyslexia & Learning Centre

From Monday, 10 May 2010 the process used to order microforms will change. Patrons wishing to hire a film or fiche will need to do so via the Internet. Go to the film ordering website at https://www.familysearch.org/films/ and open an account. Select a Family History Centre to view the films and where the ordered films will be shipped. Payment is made using a credit or debit card or PayPal.

The costs for ordering microfilms and microfiche on-line are as follows:

1. Short-term loan: £7.50/film for 3 months hire

2. Extended loan: £18.75/film. These films have no return date, so remain in our FH Centre.)

3. Renewed loan: £7.50/film for 3 months hire

4. Microfiche: *£3.00/call number. Microfiche remain in a FHC after use.

*Microfiche are charged per FHL Catalogue number, regardless of how many fiche are assigned to the call number.

After placing on-line film order, you will receive e-mail saying the order has been received and also when it is shipped to the FHC. The progress of the order may be seen at any time by logging into the on-line film ordering account.

Procedure

1. Create an account – go to https://www.familysearch.org/films/ and follow instruction and sign in. Click here for more details.

2. Find the film or fiche you would like to hire from the Family History Library Catalogue – click here to go to the catalogue.

3. Click this link to see if we hold the required film.

4. Place an order. Click here to see the detailed procedure.

5. Click here to see the Users Guide

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 by clicking here.

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 Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, The Genealogist etc.

· Many affiliate software programs to synchronise your personal data with new FamilySearch.

· about 3,000 films

· about 15,000 fiche

New FamilySearch or nFS

Registration

1. All church members and a few selected community members can now register on New FamilySearch. They will need an LDS Account to register.

2. Priesthood Leaders and Family History Consultants can register at https://www.familysearch.org/consultant/ to gain access to the training. They will need an LDS Account to register.

There are some useful documents and a presentation that are provided to help you as follows:

1. Members Guide to Temple and Family History Work

2. Family History Consultant’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work

3. Instructor’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work

4. Training Videos for Family History Leaders

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

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