Discover Your Family's Story at the FamilySearch Center in the John Parker Library

Have you ever been interested in discovering your family's origins, but never had the tools? Now you can take advantage of the FREE family history resources available at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's FamilySearch Center.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Walk-ins welcome!

The Family Search Center is open to visitors, serving everyone from beginners to the advanced.

Volunteers provide free, personalized assistance in tracing your family tree.

Preparing for your visit requires no prerequisites. To add to your experience,however, you may want to talk to relatives. Try to obtain names of parents, maiden names, perhaps dates of births and deaths, along with any family stores or family folklore. Volunteers will help you organize your information and help trigger future searches.

While you are at the Family Search Center, take some time to check these resources:

• Search the U.S. census from 1930 to 1790;
• Explore the Social Security Death Index;
• Learn to research passenger list, military, state and county records, and surname databases;
• Order microfilm records from the Family History Library at Salt Lake City, Utah;
• Learn how to obtain copies of birth, marriage and death records.

Reservations available but not required: Call (513) 333-7737 to schedule an appointment.

Partnership

The FamilySearch Center is presented in partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Family history gives individuals a sense of heritage and a sense of responsibility in carrying out a legacy their ancestors began."

"In all of us there is a hunger to know our heritage, to know who we are, and where we came from."

"How will our children know who they are if they don't know where they come from."