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The missionaries and volunteers at the Mesa Regional Family History Center are organized into committees by research interests and geographical areas. Each of the committees has a basic introduction to its area of expertise called a Quick Start. Quick Starts are short statements about how to start doing research on a particular subject or in a particular geographic area.  

Below are each of the committee's mission statements and links to its QuickStarts. <br>  

The&nbsp;committee teaches research techniques for finding land and probate records in both federal and state jurisdictions. These records often contain detailed family relationship information.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/land_records_quickstart.html Land Records: Individuals to Individuals Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/state_land_grant.html Land Records: State-Land States to Individuals]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/federal_land_grant.html Land from Federal Government to Individual]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/probate_records_quickstart.html Probate Records Quick Start]

The LDS Records Committee assists patrons in finding their LDS ancestors. Many records are available from the early days of the LDS Church to the present day. Some of these records include membership records, LDS passenger immigration lists, pioneer journals, travel logs of handcart and wagon trains, Bishop’s reports, histories, newspapers, cemetery and burial records. The Quick Start will direct patrons to many useful sources.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/lds_records_quickstart.html LDS Records Quick Start]

The British Isles committee helps and assists patrons research their ancestors in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Assistance may include searching the three major research sources for these countries, which are Census Records, Civil Registration and Church Records. Information that can be found in these records are; parents name, children, age, occupation, birth, marriage, death, burial and immigration dates. For additional help, please select the Quick Start below that applies to the area you are researching.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/england_wales.html England &amp; Wales Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/Ireland_Quick_Start.html Ireland Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/scotland.html Scotland Quick Start]

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/german_research.html German Research Quick Start]

All of the Military Quick Starts link to a PDF file directly from the Quick Start link page on the Mesa Regional Family History Center Website. Please go to the link page by clicking on one of the entries below:  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/military/New_Revolutionary_Qstart.pdf Revolutionary War]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/military/New_Civil_War_Qstart.pdf Civil War]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/military/New_Pre_20th_Other_Qstart.pdf Pre-20th Century Wars]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/military/New_20th_Century_Qstart.pdf 20th Century Wars]

The Native American Committee assists patrons to find Native American records and the history of their ancestors. We also help the African American patrons to make the connection with the Native Americans. We also have resources to help with Polynesian records and those resources found in Hawaii. We meet the 2nd Monday of the month at 9:30 am.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/african_american_.html African American Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/Quickstart%20PDF/native_american_quick_start.pdf Native American Quick Start]<br>  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/pdf_files/Hawaii/Genealogical_Records_of_Hawaii.pdf Hawaiian Quick Start]

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/CanadianQuickStart.html Canada Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/Quickstart%20PDF/Ontario_Quickstart.pdf Ontario Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/quebec.html Quebec Quick Start]

The Hispanic Committee is concerned with all aspects of Hispanic research. The Mesa Regional Family History Center has over 2000 rolls of microfilm relating to Latin American records and many other resources. The committee members provide support for patrons doing research in the Spanish language.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/hispanic_training/english/hispanic_training_2.html Hispanic Training]

To view the information in Spanish:  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/hispanic_training/espanol/capcitaci%C3%B3n_en_espa%C3%B1ol.html Capacitación in Español]

Our committee helps direct patrons in their search to find records and information on their US immigrant. Since many researchers are trying to find the country of origin - assistance may include help in finding; naturalization records, passenger lists, border crossings, US passport applications, US census records, etc. Any of these records may include an immigrant’s name, age, occupation, destination, and sometimes the place of origin or birth. Researching an ancestor before 1820 is vastly different than after 1820, when passenger arrival records began. Please select the QuickStart for the appropriate time frame you are researching.  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/immigration_before_1820.html Immigration Before 1820 Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/immigration_after_1820.html Immigration After 1820 Quick Start]

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/netherlands_quickstart.html Netherlands Quick Start]

The Scandinavian Committee helps and assists patrons, missionaries, and volunteers to identify and find their Scandinavian ancestors, primarily in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Our purpose is to be a resource for patrons, missionaries, and volunteers. We update our skills continually to be able to assist and educate others in the use of the resources available here at the Mesa Regional Family History Center to help them in their genealogical research. The expertise we offer includes many quick starts that explain how to read the different languages, interpret Census records, birth dates, christening dates, death dates, and other pertinent information to the seeker of genealogy records of Scandinavia. You may select from the multiple quick starts below to get started.<br>  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/denmark_.html Denmark Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/norway_.html Norway Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/sweden_and_finland_.html Sweden and Finland Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/scandinavia_.html Scandinavia Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/books_for_scandinavian_research.html Books for Scandinavian Research]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/other_tools_for_scandinavian_research.html Other Tools for Scandinavian Research]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_arkivalieronline.html How to Use the Danish National Archives]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_dansk_demografisk.html Notes on Dansk Demografisk Database]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_dis_danmark.html Notes on Using DIS-Denmark, a Danish Genealogical Resource]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_landsarkivet.html Landsarkivet]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_norwegian_maps.html Notes on Norway.no and Norge.no for Maps of Counties and Communes]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/how_to_norway_national_archives.html How to Use Norway National Archives]

*[http://mesarfhc.org/quick_starts/eastern_europe_research.html Eastern European Quick Start]  

*[http://mesarfhc.org/research_specialties_committees/eastern_european_countries.html Eastern European Map and List of Countries]