Barrie Ontario FamilySearch Centre

Site: Barrie

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Record #: BAR0425
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2024
Last Full Update: 17 Jan 2024

Contact Information

E-Mail on_barrie@familyhistorymail.org
Website www.familysearch.org
Primary Contact Linda Hayward, Family History Centre Director; Phone: 705-481-1029

Site Information

Description (Site) Nearest major intersection: Bayfield St and Ferris Lane.
Located In Community Barrie
Address & Map
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
79 Ferris Lane
Barrie, ON
Canada L4M 2Y3
Intersection Bayfield St and Ferris Lane
Mailing Address c/o Linda Hayward 
15 Locust Hill Dr 
Innisfil, ON 
Canada L9S 1R8
Physical Access Partially Accessible - Washroom door is not automatic. Assistance is available.

Description and Service Details

Description (Service) Local genealogical researchers have access via computer to the library resources based in Salt Lake City through FamilySearch.org
  • have computer access to International Genealogical Index for Canada, US and Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, and Denmark as well as on CD-ROM
  • have 2000 version of the Family Search Compact Disk collection including Scottish Church Records on CD-ROM, 1880 United States Census on CD-ROM, 1881 British Census on CD-ROM, 1881 Canadian Census on CD-ROM and Acadia-Cajun Family Trees
  • have Vital Record Index for Western Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), Scandinavia, British Isles and Australian Vital Records on CD-ROM
  • access to Pedigree Resource File with Index which is individually submitted family pedigrees from all countries worldwide
  • have a referral service to the Ontario Genealogical Society
  • have Heritage Quest - heritagequestonline.com which contains Census Records, Books, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank Records, US Serial Set
Members of the public can access free family search and online databases at Ancestry.com, Find My Past, My Heritage, and some others, at The Family History Centre. The Centre has a microfilm/fiche reader printer for making copies.

Designated as a Family History Centre by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints headquarters in Salt Lake City

Zoom Training Meetings the last Wednesday of each month, 7:30-8:30 pm on a variety of topics, call to access the link for the meeting
Hours Public hours:
Tue 12:30 pm-3:30 pm, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm
Wed, Fri 12:30 pm-3:30 pm
Sat 11 am-2 pm, except in Aug
Summer hours vary, call first
Dates

Closed in July, on statutory holidays, and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
Areas Served Simcoe County ; York County
Eligibility No restrictions
Application Call or drop in
Languages English
Fees None

Agency and Service Names

Former Name Barrie Ontario Family History Centre ; LDS Genealogical Library ; Mormon Genealogical Library

Agency Information

Parent Agency Name Barrie Ontario FamilySearch Centre
Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Funding Private - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Taxonomy and Classification

Service Categories Genealogical Collections