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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHCpage|location=New Mexico}}</span>This Family History Center is open six days of the week, with few exceptions.
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<h3> <b>2015 Center Contacts and Hours</b> </h3>
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<p><b>Location Map:</b>
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/5709+Haines+Ave+NE,+Albuquerque,+NM+87110/@35.1003813,-106.5802317,795m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87220ad793c15783:0x5dbffd6b740edb8">Location on Map</a>
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<p><b>Address:</b>
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<ul><li>4500 Seven Bar Loop Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114<img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/85/ABQ_NM_West_FHC_Outside.JPG" _fck_mw_filename="ABQ NM West FHC Outside.JPG" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="200" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="ABQ NM West FHC Outside.JPG" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="width: 200;" />
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</li><li>Located on the corner of Ellison Drive and Seven Bar Loop Road
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</li><li>Access to the FH Center is through entrance doors on the West side of the building.
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</li><li>If outer door is locked, please ring bell found at upper right of door.<br>
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</li><li>Language: English
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<p><b>Phone:</b>
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<ul><li><b>1-505-898-7583</b> Please call before coming to verify that staff is in.<b> <i>It would be our pleasure to assist you in climbing your Family Tree and in helping to meet your specific family history needs.</i></b>
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<p><b>Email:</b>
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<ul><li>NM_AlbuquerqueWest@ldsmail.net
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<p><b>Open Hours:</b>
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<ul><li><b>Monday: </b>9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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</li><li><b>Tuesday: </b>9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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</li><li><b>Wednesday: </b>9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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</li><li><b>Thursday: </b>9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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</li><li><b>Friday: </b>9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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</li><li><b>Sunday: </b>6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Closed the 1st Sunday evening of each month. <b><br></b>
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<h4> <b>Holiday Schedule 2015</b> </h4>
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<p><b>Closed all major holidays as follows: </b>New Year's January 1-4; Martin Luther King Day January 19; President's Day February 16; Palm Sunday March 29; Easter April 5; Mother's Day May 10; Memorial Day May 25; Father's Day June 21; Labor Day September 7; Columbus Day October 12; Veteren's Day November 11; Thanksgiving November 25-29; Christmas December 20-January 3.
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<h3> <b>Calendar and Events</b> </h3>
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<h4> Upcoming Events </h4>
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<p>Albuquerque West Stake Family History Conference 2015
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</p><p>Saturday, September 12, 2015
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</p><p>8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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</p><p>Free registration at: TBA (to be announced)
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<h3> <b>Class Schedule</b> </h3>
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<h4> Staff and Family History Consultants Training Meetings<br> </h4>
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<p>Generally the 1st Wednesday evening (7 p.m.) and Saturday morning (9 a.m.) of each month. Call for more details.<br>
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<h3> <b>Center Resources</b> </h3>
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<h4> Collections </h4>
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<dl><dd><ul><li>Microfilm records from all New Mexican and some Arizonan Native American tribes
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</li><li>A permanent collection of over 1,000 microfilms and fiche and hundreds of books
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</li><li>Acadian-Cajun Family Trees
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</li><li>Compendium of New England Pioneers
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</li><li>Family Archives: Immigrants to America
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</li><li>705 Genealogical Library Books<br>
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</li><li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog"><b>FamilySearch Catalog:</b></a> This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
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</li></ul>
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<h4> Databases and Software </h4>
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<p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="FHC Portal">FHC Portal</a></b> The Family History Center Portal page located at this center gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including:
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<dl><dd><ul><li><i>19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive</i>
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</li><li><i>Access Newspaper Archive</i> - the world's largest online newspaper archive
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</li><li><i>Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War</i>: research database, letters & diaries, photographs; Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000.
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</li><li><i>Ancestry.com</i> - Institution Version
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</li><li><i>ArkivDigital Online</i> - Swedish church, court, & estate inventory historical documents
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</li><li><i>Create your "Who Do You Think You Are?" story</i> - free
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</li><li><i>Find My Past</i> - Institution Version - like Ancestry.com, with special focus on the United Kingdom
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</li><li><i>Fold3.com (formerly footnote.com)</i> - contains millions of military historical documents and photos
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</li><li><i>The Genealogist - </i>
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</li><li><i>Godfrey Memorial Library </i>- extensive resource collection of vital, church, cemetery, funeral, newspaper, bible records & more focusing on <i>New England</i> families & history, featuring the American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI).
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</li><li><i>Heritage Quest Online</i> - collection of American federal census records, local & family histories, published genealogies, historical books, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank records, Periodical Source Index (PERSI), & Lexis Nexis U.S. Serial set.
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</li><li><i>Historic Map Works</i> - Library Edition
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</li><li><i>Legacy Stories</i> - stories link to FamilySearch
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</li><li><i>My Heritage </i>- Library Edition
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</li><li><i>Paper Trail</i> - 19th century American migration documents
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</li><li><i>ProQuest Obituary Listings</i> - offers more than 10.5 million obituaries & death notices in full image format from historical archives of top newspapers
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</li><li><i>World Vital Records</i> - access to birth, marrriage, and death records, plus much more
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<p><u>Other Software</u>
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<ul><li>Legacy Basic (2 computers)
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</li><li>AncestralQuest (2 computers)
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</li><li>Rootsmagic (2 computers)
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</li></ul>
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<h4> Hardware and Equipment </h4>
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<dl><dd><ul><li>Internet access on six computers
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</li><li>Two printers
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</li><li>One multi-function printer
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</li><li>Two microfilm readers
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</li><li>One microfiche reader
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</li><li>One Minolta microfilm/fiche copier
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</li></ul>
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<h3> <b>Center Services</b> </h3>
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<p><b>One-on-One Assistance:</b>
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<ul><li>Research
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</li><li>FamilySearch Family Tree
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</li><li>Guidance with other geneological programs
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</li><li>Scanning of photographs and documents directly into FamilySearch or onto a user supplied thumb drive
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</li><li>Microfilm/microfiche ordering, viewing, and printing
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</li><li>My Family Booklet - capture & preserve your family story. Hand written copies can be transferred online or enter information online directly with FHC staff assistance
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</li></ul>
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<h3> <b>Resources in the Local Area</b> </h3>
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<p>Albuquerque New Mexico Genealogy Center Main Library at 501 Copper Avenue NW (see link below).
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<h3> Links </h3>
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<p><i>Albuquerque Bernalllo County Genealogy web page:<a href="http://abclibrary.org/genealogy">ABC Library Genealogy</a>.</i>
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</p><p><i>Albuquerque Genealogical Society web page:<a href="http://www.abqgen.swnet.com">ABQ Gen</a>.</i>
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</p><p><i>New Mexico Genealogical Society web page:</i><a href="http://www.nmgs.org/index.php">Nmgs</a>.
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</p><p><i>Roots-L New Mexico web page</i>:<a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-1/usa/nm/research.html">Rootsweb Ancestry.com Roots-1 USA Research</a>.
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</p><p><i>Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM web site</i>:<a href="http://www.hgrc-nm.org/">Hgrc-nm.org</a>.
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</p><p><i>New Mexico Indian Tribes web site</i>:<a href="http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/new-mexico-indian-tribes.htm">Access Genealogy Native/New-Mexico-Indian-tribes</a>.
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</p><p><i>New Mexico Genealogy Resources and Vital Records web site:</i><a href="http://www.genealogybranches.com/newmexico.html">Genealogy branches New Mexico</a>.
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<h3> <b>Volunteer at the Center</b> </h3>
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<p>We are in need of volunteers for day and evening sessions. If you have the time and inclination, we will train you. If interested in this opportunity, contact us at: nm_albuquerquewest@ldsmail.net for further information. You do not need to be LDS to work in the library.
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