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<h3>RootsTech - The World’s Largest Family History Conference</h3>
<h3>RootsTech - The World’s Largest Family History Conference</h3>
<p>1500+ sessions across nine categories from experts around the world!</p>
<p>FREE all year! 1500+ sessions across nine categories from experts around the world!</p>


*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/ RootsTech 2022]
* [https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/ View RootsTech 2024]


<h3>Upcoming Webinars / Events</h3>
<h3>Upcoming Webinars / Events</h3>


*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/ RootsTech 2023 online, March 2-4, 2023. Register now, it's FREE!]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Library_Classes_and_Webinars View Upcoming Webinars]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Library_Classes_and_Webinars View Upcoming Webinars]
*[https://mesatemple.org/classes/ In-Person Training Classes (Mesa, AZ)]
*[https://mesatemple.org/classes/ In-Person Training Classes (Mesa, AZ)]
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<h3>Center Hours</h3>
<h3>Center Hours</h3>
<p>
<p>
<strong>Days:</strong><br />
*<strong>Sunday</strong>:   2:30pm–4:30pm<br />
*Sundays: 2:30-4:30 pm<br />
*<strong>Monday</strong>:   Closed<br />
*Tuesdays: 1:00-3:00 pm<br />
*<strong>Tuesday</strong>:   12:30pm–4:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm<br />
*Wednesdays: 1:00-3:00 pm<br />
*<strong>Wednesday</strong>: Closed<br />
*Thursdays: 9:30-11:30 am<br />
*<strong>Thursday</strong>:  9:30am–1:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm<br />
 
*<strong>Friday</strong>:   Closed<br />
<strong>Evenings:</strong><br />
*<strong>Saturday</strong>: Closed<br />
*Tuesdays: 6:30-8:30 pm <br />
*Wednesdays: 6:30-8:30 pm <br />
*Thursdays: 6:30-8:30 pm <br />
Other times by appointment
Other times by appointment
</p>
</p>
<strong>Closed:</strong>
<strong>Closed:</strong>
*Holidays<br />
*Holidays<br />
*First Sunday in April and October<br />
*First Sunday in April<br />
*Week of Thanksgiving<br />
*First Sunday in October<br />
*December 22nd to January 1st.<br />
*Week of Thanksgiving (Monday through Sunday)<br />
*December 18th to January 1st.<br />


<h3>Center Directors</h3>
<h3>Center Directors</h3>
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<p><strong>Assistant Directors </strong></p>
<p><strong>Assistant Directors </strong></p>
<p>Mike & Debbie Ostler, (480) 331-7177</p>
<p>Mike & Debbie Ostler, (480) 331-7177</p>
<p>Jeff & Ann Covert, (520) 236-1137</p>


<h3>How to Volunteer</h3>
<h3>How to Volunteer</h3>

Latest revision as of 21:59, 3 April 2024

A toddler girl is sitting in a two-wheel cart pulled by a goat with long straight horns; about 1932.

WONDERING ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE?

Helpful volunteers are ready to assist you in discovering your ancestors and their story.
All services are free. Come and get access to billions of records!


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Research shows that ...

Children who know a lot about their families:

  • Do better than other children when facing challenges.
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  • Have a stronger sense of control over their lives.
  • Believe that their family functions successfully.
  • Feel that they belong to something larger than themselves.

“The Stories That Bind Us”, Bruce Feiler, New York Times, 3/15/2013


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FIND YOUR FAMILY

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Login to FamilySearch.org

  • Click “Create a FREE account” and follow instructions. (Information you enter about yourself and living family members is kept private.)

See Brief Overviews (5 minutes)

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  • Add your parents and grandparents.
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Enjoy free access to hundreds of trainings, below, by topical experts!

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Upcoming Webinars / Events

Getting Help

  • Call 1-866-406-1830


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FREE VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS

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Sign up for a free, 20-minute virtual genealogy consultation.

Get help with:

  • Evidence analysis
  • Translation of key words
  • Identifying a good next step.

The goal is to empower you in your research.


Four siblings, a brother and three sisters, are posing for a portrait; about 1910.

PRESERVE MEMORIES

Need help digitizing photos, slides, or home movies? Our services are free!

Your memories can live forever on FamilySearch

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Preserving Memories

Preserve memories for posterity by uploading photos, stories, documents and audio recordings to your family tree, which shares them with your relatives.

  • Organize them by topic.
  • Create a slideshow.
  • Share an album.
  • Discover memories others have shared about your family.

Digitizing Memories

Our 8 scanners enable you to digitize:

  • Photos up to 11"x17"
  • Snapshots in a high-speed photo scanner - 30 photos in 30 seconds!
  • Slides and Negatives (various sizes)
  • Home movies (8mm and Super 8)
  • Videos (bring your camcorder or player)
  • Cassette tapes (audio)

Bring a flash drive.


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FUN ACTIVITIES

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Tempe Arizona FamilySearch Center

2707 S College Avenue, Tempe, Arizona
Map Directions

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Center Hours

  • Sunday: 2:30pm–4:30pm
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 12:30pm–4:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: 9:30am–1:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: Closed

Other times by appointment

Closed:

  • Holidays
  • First Sunday in April
  • First Sunday in October
  • Week of Thanksgiving (Monday through Sunday)
  • December 18th to January 1st.

Center Directors

Steve & Shirley Bowles, (480) 907-4919

Assistant Directors

Mike & Debbie Ostler, (480) 331-7177

Jeff & Ann Covert, (520) 236-1137

How to Volunteer

Contact the center directors.

Center Resources

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All services are free.

  • Volunteer Consultants
  • 11x17 color Fan Chart prints
  • Digitizing capabilities (8 scanners)
  • FamilySearch Portal on 16 workstations

FamilySearch Portal

The portal provides free access to many premium services, such as:

  • Ancestry.com
  • Fold3
  • MyHeritage
  • NewspaperArchive
  • View All

Note: visiting these websites through their public URLs will not provide access to the full versions that run in the FamilySearch Center.

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Attributions

  • "Toddler in Goat-Drawn Cart" by Unknown. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
  • "Boy Wearing Sailor Costume" by Suzy Hazelwood. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Family with Car Stuck in Mud" by Unknown. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
  • "Smiling Young Ethnic Woman Working Remotely on Laptop with Cute Baby" by William Fortunato. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Woman Smiling and Holding Teal Book" by Christina Morillo. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Happy Ethnic Woman Sitting at Table with Laptop" by Andrea Piacquadio. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Young Positive Lady Showing Photos on Smartphone to Senior Man" by Andrea Piacquadio. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Brother and Three Sisters" by Unknown. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
  • "Old Photos" by Suzy Hazelwood. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Wheel of Family Fortune" from https://familytech.byu.edu/apps/wheel-of-family-fortune.html
  • "Woman Looking Up" by Marcio Skull. License: https://www.pexels.com/license/
  • "Entrance of Tempe Arizona FamilySearch Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
  • "Inside West view of Tempe Arizona FamilySearch Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
  • "Inside East view of Tempe Arizona FamilySearch Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright