Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia

Family History Centers 

The following information about Family History Centers (FHC) in Central Virginia was taken from https://familysearch.org and verified and supplemented by telephone interviews with each center. For more on each center, call or go to the Family Search website. These centers are branches of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints’ Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The church provides microfilm or microfiche copies of records from many sources. Photocopying costs a nominal fee. Admission is free.

Although you can order films from the Family History Library through any Family History Center, most FHCs have a small permanent collection of films for their area. Others have a collection of family histories and genealogies for the region. So if you are doing research in Central Virginia and the Family History Center is open, you might want to stop and check out their collection.

Prepare to perform your own research. Microfilm or microfiche rental rates, $7.50 for film rentals, $4.75 for microfiche. Volunteer staff can answer questions and give advice when available. Call before you go to make sure this information has not changed.

These centers have access to the Family History Center Portal page, which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.


Culpeper Family History Center
420 Willow Lawn Dr.
Culpeper, VA 22701

540-825-2506
E-mail: va_culpeper@ldsmail.net
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Culpeper_Virginia_Family_History_Center

OpenTuesday 5:00‒8:00 p.m., Wednesday 10:00 a.m.‒8:00 p.m.

Equipment: five computers; two microfilm readers; digital camera hook-up & can save to flash drive.

Entrance: facing Willow Lawn Dr.  Ring bell for entrance.


Charlottesville Family History Center
1275 Timberwood Blvd.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22911-9095

434-964-1715
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Charlottesville_Virginia_Family_History_Center

Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m.‒12:00 noon and 6:00 p.m.‒8:30 p.m.

Collection

Our permanent collection includes: donated books, magazines, and reference materials; hundreds of microfilms and microfiche, especially about Virginia and Germany and various other topics or locations.

Equipment: five computers, two printers, five microfilm readers, and two microfiche readers in two reading rooms. We also have an imager, but it is old and difficult to use. We suggest that you bring a digital camera.


Fredericksburg Family History Center
20 Boscobel Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

540 361-7494 (Call during Family History Center hours)
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Fredericksburg_Virginia_Family_History_Center
E-mail: va_fredericksburg@ldsmail.net

Open Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.‒8:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m.‒2:00 p.m.; Friday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.‒3:00 p.m.

Entrance: The entrance to the Family History Center is at the back of the building across from the satellite dishes. Please ring the doorbell.

Collection

A collection of microfilm and microfiche; about 200 books. The list can be viewed at http://www.LibraryThing.com.

Equipment: Six computers for patron use; one microfilm / microfiche scanner / copier; one flatbed scanner; four microfilm readers; one microfiche reader.

Entrance: at the back of the building across from the satellite dishes. Please ring the doorbell.


Lynchburg Virginia Family History Center
110 Melinda Drive
Lynchburg, VA 245-3228

434-239-2735
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Lynchburg_Virginia_Family_History_Center

Open Tuesdays 9:00 a.m.‒9:00 p.m. or by appointment; closed month of July, Thanksgiving week, and the last two weeks of December


Waynesboro Family History Center
2825 Jefferson Lane
Waynesboro, VA 22980-1552

540-942-1036
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Waynesboro_Virginia_Family_History_Center#Center_Contacts_and_Hours

Open Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.; also by appointment

Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia