Are there any FamilySearch Centers at all in West Texas

carolyocom1 · January 29

I'll be living in Marfa or Fort Davis (79734).😥 Well I looked again and found two in Midland but there's nothing between there and El Paso. And after driving for 3 hours to get there, they usually are only open on Wednesday nights. 😕

sc woz · January 30

If there isn't a FamilySearch center close by you can call the center and ask them to assist you via the Help others feature, Splashtop and Zoom conferencing which will allow you to do it from your home with the center.

carolyocom1 · January 30

sc, The most usual reason I would go to a center would be to get copies not available from online at home. I am at a loss. I've probably been on line everyday since online opened in 2012? but there is a local center here if I need it. Yikes. Maybe the only solution would be to save up all those pages and make a day visit to El Paso or Midland. Hmmmm.

sc woz · January 31

@carolyocom1

Sorry about the distance. Maybe is it time to see if your area can open a FamilySearch center. I know it is not an answer that will help you at this moment and you still have to drive a considerable distance to accomplish your goals. Good luck.

David Alan Webber · February 1

I was just looking at the availability of Church buildings around Marfa or Fort Davis, but they seem to all be branch buildings. There's Alpine, and then much, much farther away, Ojinaga Mexico, Pecos, Ft Stockton and Monahans.

I'm seeing references to affiliate libraries, so I would ask the folks here if public libraries and such can be part of the FamilySearch center system? Unless that location between El Paso and Midland has a Nauvoo period of Latter-day Saint growth soon (ya never know), getting a public library involved might be the closest answer.

MaureenE123 · February 3

This link is about Affiliate Libraries

https://www.familysearch.org/en/affiliates/about

Scroll to the bottom and there is a section about how a library such as a public library can apply to become an affiliate library.

David Alan Webber · February 8

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/584785#Comment_584785

That'd be quite amazing if a local library nearby could or would become an affiliate. It could enrich local lives in previously unthought-of ways.

Pat Lowe · February 23

Local libraries and historica societies are affliates in many places. We have over 20 Affliate public libraries here in greater Tampa

Jaelene Starr · February 23

You could ask your stake president to put in a request for a FamilySearch center in your stake.

Also, your church building will have the Liahona wifi. Do you have a laptop? If you are in the range of Liahona, you can download an extension to the Chrome browser that will give you access to the premium sites that normally you could only use at a center. Now with that extension and with Liahona wifi in a church building, you can access the FamilySearch portal on your own device. (will not work with ipad)

David Alan Webber · February 23

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/587288#Comment_587288

This is new, very helpful, information. What is the extension's name?

carolyocom1 · February 23

Dave, I'm not a church member. My daughter used to be, but she won't be in Fort Davis. I've almost decided I don't want to move there anyway. Thank you for your help.

Quint Hurst · March 6

@David Alan Webber

The extension is

FamilySearch Center Premium Content

It can be found at https://chrome.google.com/webstore

Are there any FamilySearch Centers at all in West Texas

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