Kalispell Montana FamilySearch Center
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Welcome to the Kalispell Montana FamilySearch Center. Whether you are a beginner or have been doing family history for years, we have experienced consultants on duty to assist you with your research.
We can help you with the following:
- access and build your family tree.
- learn how to use FamilySearch mobile apps.
- gain online access to premium genealogy resources.
- access FamilySearch's extensive records collection.
- record and preserve your personal memories.
- scan your family photos.
- learn to index historical records.
- schedule family history related events and activities.
Preserve Your Memories Today
Bring your stacks of photos and a flash drive, leave with a digital archive to share with your loved ones. Reserve your free, 1-hour scanning session at the FamilySearch Center today! Our expert consultants will be available for any assistance.
Reserve a scanner online at SimplyBook Me
Watch RootsTech Videos For Free Year-Round
"RootsTech welcomes millions of people worldwide to celebrate family at the world’s largest family history conference and year-long learning platform. With thousands of classes, inspiring speakers, meaningful activities and joyful connections, RootsTech brings the human family together like no other event."
View recorded classes at rootstech.org.
Participate in The Family Bible Preservation Project
"The Family Bible Preservation Project is dedicated to preserving the genealogical records found in thousands of information-rich family bibles placed in FamilySearch Memories. It is a great opportunity for those of all ages and circumstances, who wish to find more fulfillment and do something of great value and in this circumstance, to work on a genealogical project and do so at their own pace and schedule. Many researchers will benefit from information found in these family bibles."
Learn how to join on their web page "Family Bible Chasers."
Center Resources
Hardware and Software
- 12 computers or bring your laptop to access the Premium Sites using the FamilySearch Chrome extension.
- Lexmark mx632dhe copier
- Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner - flatbed
- Epson FastFoto FF-680W High-speed Photo Scanning System - 36 photo automatic feeder Click here to reserve.
- LibreOffice for word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation preparation
- HIC manual comb book binding machine
Collections
Polk's Directories:
- Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Whitefish (1959, 1961–1972, 1974–1976, 1979–1982) Missoula (1992)
- Flathead County Obituaries (1952–1971, 1980–2023)
- Demersville Cemetery (6 CDs)
- Over 200 reference books
Additional Resources
Premium Sites
The following premium sites are free to use at the FamilySearch center:
- AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
- Ancestry (Commercial genealogy site)
- Arkivdigital (Swedish database)
- Findmypast (British Isles, Australian, Canadian records and English newspapers)
- Filae (French archives)
- Fold3 (Military records)
- Geneanet (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany)
- Goldie May (Research tool)
- Irish Ancestors (Irish focus)
- MyHeritage (International records)
- NewspaperArchive (Newspapers)
You can read more about premium sites on the FamilySearch Center Portal page.
Our center also has subscriptions to the following sites:
Online Resources
Local
- Northwest MT History Museum
- Kalispell Public Library
- Flathead County MTGenWeb
- Flathead County Wiki Page
- Kalispell FamilySearch Facebook page
- Western Montana Genealogical Society
General
- FamilySearch Wiki Home is a great starting point for understanding what records are available around the world - right down to the county level.
- United States Record Finder
- CA State Library Genealogy Hub
- Salt Lake FamilySearch Library
- BYU Family History Library
- The Family History Guide
- RootsTech 2021
- RootsTech 2022
- ConferenceKeeper.org "the most complete collection of Genealogy events online"
- Family Tree Phone App Allows you to build and view your family tree wherever you are.
Free Printable Genealogy Forms
FamilySearch Volunteers
Michelle Reese
FamilySearch Volunteer Trainer
A long-time volunteer, Michelle works from home and devotes a minimum of fifteen hours per week to the job. After extensive training, Michelle began taking phone calls from FamilySearch users, helping them with problems, and answering their questions. Soon she moved from trainee to trainer for the North America Training team. This team teaches new volunteers the ins and outs of FamilySearch so that they can competently staff the phones and answer questions in the community groups for the United States and Canada. Michelle also serves as a training coordinator for historical records and special indexing projects, and interfaces with other project teams as needed.
Sheila Stai
FamilySearch Wiki Volunteer
Sheila works for Research Wiki, a research arm of FamilySearch. Wiki provides resource information for six broad geographical areas: North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Her volunteer work began with four weeks of intense training, with additional training for new projects. From her home, she reviews Wiki pages for the United States, combing through each state, its counties, and smaller locales to make sure that all pages are uniform and accurate. She tests maps and links to be sure that they work, removes outdated or inaccurate information, evaluates new materials that are submitted to FamilySearch Wiki, and adds population tables, vital statistics, and links to additional information.
Center Hours
View FamilySearch Center calendar to sign up for classes
Tuesday: 9 am – 5 pm
Wednesday: 9 am – 9 pm
Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm
Weekend and evening appointments are available upon request.
Closed: All major holidays, the month of August, and occasionally due to inclement weather.
Location
View center info on FamilySearch instead.
Kalispell, MT 59901-2748
The center is fragrance-free. Please avoid wearing perfumes or cologne when visiting. Thank you!
Contact
406-752-5446
mt_kalispell@familyhistorymail.org
Center Director: Debbie Perrone
Learn how to use the boxes on this page on your own wiki here.