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"While worshiping in the temple is presently not possible, I invite you to increase your participation in family history, including family history research and indexing. I
promise that as you increase your time in temple and family history work, you will increase and improve your ability to hear Him."
Pres. Russell M. Nelson, “Hear Him” April, 2020"

The Logan FamilySearch Library is offering online classes using the Zoom Web Teleconferencing platform. We make every effort to start classes on time. You may join
Zoom classes at least 15 minutes before the scheduled time. If the class has no participants, it will end 15 minutes after the start time.

Choice 1 - Click for Instructions for Registering and Downloading Zoom.

• Preparing to Join a Zoom Online Class

Choice 2 - Instructions for Joining an Online Zoom Class without Pre-registering.

• Select an Online Class the day and hour of the class.
  
• Next to each class title, click on the blue underscored text link Join Now
  
• You will enter the Waiting Room. Wait to be admitted by the Host. We look forward to seeing you!
  
• Call our Helpline (435-755-5594) to troubleshoot Zoom problems.

April 2021

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Ward/Stake Leadership & Consultant Classes

May 11 - My Role as a Temple & Family History Consultant Stake & Ward (Instructor - Sandra Merrill)

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Upcoming Dates

Tuesday 7:00 P.M. - Click here to join

Spanish Classes

FamilySearch.org has tutorials for managing your family tree, memories, Indexing, sources/merging records, and research. You can sign into FamilySearch with your own account and change the language to Spanish using your computer settings.

Click on the blue underscored text FamilySearch WIKI link Spanish Tutorials and Genealogy and find everything you could possibly want to know about researching your Spanish ancestors.

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FamilySearch

FamilySearch: May 6 - Italian Research (Instructor - Marcus Flansburg)

Italian Research.

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Thursday May 6 2021

7:00 P.M. - Click here to join.

FamilySearch: May 13 - To Merge or not to Merge (Instructor - Laurie Littledike)

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Upcoming Dates

Thursday May 13 1:00 P.M. - Click here to join

FamilySearch: May 13 - Using GRO and Freereg.org for British Research (Instructor - Sharon Parker)

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Upcoming Dates

Thursday May 13 5:00 P.M. - Click here to join

FamilySearch: May 18 - Adding Proofs to Family Tradition (Instructor - Sandra Merrill)

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Upcoming Dates

Tuesday May 18 7:00 P.M. - Click here to join

FamilySearch: May 20 - Finding the Dead Through the Living (Instructor - Sharon Parker)

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Upcoming Dates

Thursday May 20 5:00 P.M. - Click here to join

Indexing

Basics for Indexing

This class will teach the basics of FamilySearch indexing such as gathering a batch, learning the indexing tools and submitting a completed indexed batch. It is a one session class that is repeated each week.

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Thursdays

7:00 P.M. - Click here to join

Research

This is a two part class.

Part 1: Organizing Family History into Computer Folders

• Learn how to be more organized and efficient in your family history research and record keeping. Learn how to organize your research notes, photos, vital documents into family folders.
  

Part 2: Document As You Go

• With the aid of a computer, we can collect information as quickly as we do research. These sessions will introduce students to many software tools for documenting and creating research documents. You will be introduced to research logs, Family Group Sheet referencing, writing about your ancestors, and using helpful tools such as Notepad, snippet etc.

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Thursdays

11:00 A.M. - Click here to join

This two week class will teach how Ancestry.com and the FamilySearch.org family trees can communicate with each other in finding your missing ancestors.

Part 1: Getting Started

• Learn how to create a church-affiliated Ancestry account, download your 4+ generations from your Family Tree to an Ancestry tree, and how to use Record Seek to attach Ancestry sources to your Family Tree.

Part 2: Working with your Ancestry Tree

• Learn how to edit, manage and save your Ancestry family tree, search for missing ancestors in Ancestry public trees, attach new sources, edit names, dates, places, and add family members to your Ancestry tree.

Part 3: Adding information from your Ancestry Tree to FamilySearch Family Tree

• Learn how to sync FamilySearch Family Tree and Ancestry Trees, adding new relatives, sources, detail information, fix relationships and merge records in Ancestry Tree.

Part 4: Growing your family lines through DNA matches and creating “Bare-Bones” trees on Ancestry

• Learn how to search DNA matches, use DNA Thrulines, how creating a “Bare-Bones” tree can assist in finding new information on your collateral lines.

Part 5: 5th Thursday lesson

• Other features of Ancestry will be covered such as LifeStory, Gallery and the Search tab. There will also be time to address Ancestry questions students might have.

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Thursdays

9:30 A.M. - Click here to join

This class will focus on the processes and tools for researching Swedish records. You will learn about the Swedish history, people and place, and language. It will be taught in two sessions.

Part 1: Getting to know Sweden and its’ history, people, places, language and handwriting.

Part 2: Learning how to approach Swedish research in Church records, births, marriages, deaths, and household examination records.

Class Handouts
Sweden Wiki
Swedish Church Records
Household Examination Records
Common Non Patronymic Surnames
Common Swedish Names and Variant Spellings
Swedish Place Name Add Ons

Tuesdays

11:00 A.M. - Click here to join

How and where do I begin researching? Using a hands-on format, this class will give you an experience with a guided-research process and best practices for researching in repositories, libraries, searchable websites, and FamilySearch Wiki.

Week 1: How do I Begin? Using Guided Research, you will learn the processes and tools for effective research.

Week 2: Practice researching FamilySearch Partner sites & other genealogy repositories.

Week 3: Research in FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. using Notepad, Family Group Sheets, Research Logs, Census worksheets.

Week 4: Learn how to research for ancestors in libraries, repositories, court records, land records, civil records & registries, church records, censuses and more.

Week 5: Learn how to use WIKI in FamilySearch to find additional sources.

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Thursdays

7:00 P.M. - Click here to join

This class will teach how to use and search for your ancestors in FamilySearch’s Genealogies and the Images collection.

Part 1: Understanding and managing your FamilySearch Genealogies family tree.

Part 2: Understanding FamilySearch Images and how to research and source them in your family tree.

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How to Search Genealogies
How to Upload a GEDCOM File

Thursdays

11:00 A.M. - Click here to join

This class will teach researching techniques and processes for finding your ancestors in FamilySearch’s Historical Records, the Catalog and the Digital Book Library.

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Tuesdays

7:00 P.M. - Click here to join

Links to Online Classes at Other Centers

Family History Library Webinars
Archived Classes in the Learning Center (FHL)
BYU Webinars
Los Angeles FamilySearch Library
St. George FamilySearch Center
Lehi FamilySearch Center
Layton FamilySearch Center
Riverton FamilySearch Library

For Logan FamilySearch Missionaries

Missionary Monthly Zoom Meetings

Improve your family history skills and access our Missionary Training zoom meetings. Join us the first week of each month by selecting your preferred day and time. Join by clicking on Click Here to Join.

     Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Click Here to Join
     Friday 10:00 a.m. Click Here to Join

Missionary Basic and On-Going classes

We are grateful for your willingness to serve in the Logan FamilySearch Library. Since FamilySearch.org regularly updates their program features, we can always learn new things and refine our skills in family history work.
We encourage missionaries to attend the Library’s Online Classes and learn the latest family history tools and methods. Following is a suggested schedule for attending these classes in order to build your skills in family history work.
Learning More About FamilySearch.org

Let’s Get Started - Review basic FamilySearch program features.

Five Generations - Update your 5 generations family line.

Preserving & Organizing Memories - Upload & attach photos, documents to your family tree.

FamilySearch & Ancestry Partners - Learn how these programs work together in family history work.

Indexing - Learn basic indexing skills.

Temple and Family History Leadership and Consultants - Learn how to assist others in connecting to their ancestors

Learning About Family History Research

Organizing Family History Computer Folders - Learn how to organize your family history research documents.

Document As You Go - Learn how to document and create your own research documents.

Swedish Research - Learn about Swedish church record research, places and language.

You can find the list of classes, times and dates to attend on this webpage under Services Provided/Online Classes.

We also encourage missionaries to use The Family History Guide at thefhguide.com. This is a self-help and online tutoring program. It is updated regularly with the latest FamilySearch features and family history practices. It is an excellent companion for beginners or for reviewing family history related topics. For questions or concerns contact our Library’s Helpline at 435.755.5594.

Handouts

Links to Online Classes at Other Centers

Family History Library Webinars
Archived Classes in the Learning Center (FHL)
BYU Webinars
Los Angeles FamilySearch Library
St. George FamilySearch Center
Lehi FamilySearch Center
Layton FamilySearch Center
Riverton FamilySearch Library