Hours (as of 7/24/2025)
Monday:  6pm to 9pm
Tuesday:  10am to 9pm
Wednesday: 10am to 9pm
Thursday: 10am to 2pm
Friday: 10am to 2pm
​Closed Saturday and Sunday

​Staff Volunteers Needed!  Call 275-4512
Address
500 S. Langley Ave
Tucson, AZ  85710

Phone
520-336-5259
(Call when open, no message service)

E-Mail
[email protected]
The free-standing Tucson Family History Center building is located on the northeast side of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tucson East Stake Center parking lot, south of Palo Verde Park near Broadway and Kolb.  There is ample parking and wheelchair accessibility.
FSC Portal
The center has 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:
  • 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
  • Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War : Research Database, Letters and Diaries, Images and Photographs
  • Alexander Street Press - Social and Cultural History : Women and Social Movements in the United States
  • American Ancestors (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
  • Ancestry - Institutional Versions:  US, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
  • ArkivDigital Online - Swedish church records
  • FamilySearch Discovery Experiences
  • FamNet
  • Find My Past (UK) - Institutional Version
  • Fold3 (military records)
  • Geneanet
  • My Heritage / World Vital Records (all content has been added to MyHeritage.com) - Library Edition
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Paper Trail
  • Puzzilla - Premium Services

In addition, the Center subscribes to:
  • Newspapers.com - Publisher Extra Edition
  • Genealogy Bank
  • Archives.com
The Family History Guide
Go to www.thefhguide.com for a free learning, resource, and training center for family history and genealogy.

The Family History Guide Mission Statement:
"Our mission is to greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, and to make everyone's family history journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable."

Here are some of the unique features you'll find on the site:
  • Goals for learning, supported by flexible choices
  • Step-by-step instructions to make learning easier
  • Links to videos and articles from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and more
  • QUIKLinks that take you to record searches from multiple sources, with a single click
  • Project Tracker sheets and training materials for self-study or group instruction
  • Activities for families, individuals, youth and kids
  • Family history resources for faiths, including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Protestants, and those of Jewish heritage
Hardware and Equipment
  • ​Eleven (11) patron use computers with free access to the premium sites through the FSC Portal
  • Photo Scanning System:  scan up to 85 photos per minute at 300 dpi, flatbed scanner will separate multiple photos on one page (such as photo album or scrapbook pages) and 'auto correct' can bring pictures back to life
  • Slide and film negative scanner
  • Scan pictures and documents directly to FamilySearch Memories
  • No cost for copies and printing

Catalog
There are close to 18,000 donated books and periodicals including family histories, reference, genealogy basics, international research and individual state collections.  Go to https://tinyurl.com/FSC-Google-Drive

Periodicals and Magazines
  • Internet Genealogy
  • NGS quarterly
  • American Ancestors (NEHGS online magazine)

Individual Consulting
Center staff are available for personal consulting with no appointment needed and at no cost