Lisa Louise Cooke
Margery Bell
Episode 17: Family History Centers
My very special guest is friend of the show Margery Bell, Assistant Director of the Oakland Family History Center in Oakland, California. You’ll remember Margery’s warm personality and expert knowledge from Episode 1 of Family History: Genealogy Made Easy
Margery has over 35 years of experience working in Family History Centers, and she’s going to share her experience with you so you can get the most out them.
In our first segment she introduces us to the Family History Center and walks us step by step through the process for ordering and using microfilm
Then in our second segment, Margery discusses the wide range of resources beyond microfilm that you will find at both your local Family History Center and one of 14 larger Regional centers.
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Transcript
Who better to walk us through a visit to the Family History Center than friend of the show Margery Bell, Assistant Director of the Oakland Regional Family History Center? She tells us everything we need to know about how to get the most out of the Family History Center, answers some of those nagging questions, and gives us some inside scoop. So even if you’ve already been to a Family History Center, you’re still going to learn some new things along the way.
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In our final segment she digs in to all of the kinds of other genealogical resources we can find at Family History Centers.
In our next episode Margery’s going to take us on a visit to a center, explore subscriptions website for free, and talk about the future of digitization of records. Plus, I’m going to have a link to a free handout, which will help you prep for your own personal visit.
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