Jump to content

Layton Utah FamilySearch Center/Classes: Difference between revisions

m
mNo edit summary
Line 36: Line 36:
|}
|}
* '''Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge'''
* '''Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge'''
Boy Scouts  may wish to earn The ''Boy Scouts of America'' Genealogy Merit Badge by enrolling in a class workshop held  once a month. Certified merit badge counselors and genealogy specialists help to teach boy scouts the steps necessary for acquiring the merit badge as well as basic genealogy research techniques. Scout leaders or parents who accompany the Scouts to the class workshop are invited to assist them during the workshop to successfully complete the activities.
Boy Scouts  may wish to earn The ''Boy Scouts of America'' Genealogy Merit Badge by enrolling in a class workshop held  on the 2nd Saturday of each month, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Certified merit badge counselors and genealogy specialists help to teach Boy Scouts the steps necessary for acquiring the merit badge as well as basic genealogy research techniques. Scout leaders or parents who accompany the Scouts to the class workshop are invited to assist them during the workshop to successfully complete the activities.
 
=== '''Requirements to be completed "BEFORE" coming to the library:'''[[[Index.php?title=Riverton FamilySearch Library/Boy Scout Workshop&veaction=edit&vesection=3|edit]] | [[Index.php?title=Riverton FamilySearch Library/Boy Scout Workshop&action=edit&section=3|edit]]Contact a family member by telephone, email, or letter, and interview them about their life. Ask about events that have occurred and where they happened. Record the information you learn and bring this information to the workshop. ===
* Complete a pedigree chart. [http://www.byub.org/ancestors/charts/pdf/pedigree.pdf Click here for a .pdf fill-in pedigree chart.]  The information can also be handwritten. List yourself and at least two additional generations. Bring this information to the workshop.
* Complete two family group sheets, one listing your parents and all of the children in your family and another listing one of your parents and their siblings in a family group with your grandparents. [http://www.byub.org/ancestors/charts/pdf/familygroup1.pdf Click here for a .pdf fill-in family group sheet]. The information can also be handwritten. Bring this information to the workshop.
* Please also bring the name of an ancestor or relative who was alive in 1940.
* List eight to ten important events in your life (timeline) and bring the list to the workshop.
* Using your timeline, write a short autobiography of your life, and bring it to the workshop.


'''State of the Art resources''' at the ''Layton Utah FamilySearch Center''  are available to help make genealogy research an enjoyable and productive experience for youth.
'''State of the Art resources''' at the ''Layton Utah FamilySearch Center''  are available to help make genealogy research an enjoyable and productive experience for youth.
893

edits