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 *'''Thursday:'''      10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
-<br> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'''2016 Holiday Closures'''</span>
+<br> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'''2019 Holiday Closures'''</span>
-*'''Thanksgiving '''- 18 November 2016 thru 28 November 2016
+*'''Thanksgiving '''- 26 November thru 28 November 2019
-*'''Christmas''' - 16 December 2016 thru 2 January 2017
+*'''Christmas''' - 24 December  2019 thru 2 January 2020
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 *'''26 October 2019'''
 **Kathy Chamberlain, "Secrets of the Family History Center
-**Jon Strawn, "Emmigration and Immigration Records"
+**Jon Strawn, "Emigration and Immigration Records"
-'''Christmas Break December 2017'''
+'''<u>AGS Seminar April 2020</u>'''
-*'''27 January 2018'''
+*'''18 April 2020  Lisa Alzo'''     Lisa is a freelance writer, instructor, and internationally recognized lecturer, specializing in slovak/Eastern European genealogical research, writing your family history and using the internet to trace female and immigrant ancestors.She is the author of nine books and   numerous magazine articles.
-*'''24 February 2018'''
-*'''24 March 2018'''
-'''<u>AGS Seminar April 2018</u>'''
-*'''26 May 2018'''
 ====Class Schedule====
+For Group Sessions on Wednesday or Thursday after 6:00 PM please contact the FHC a week in advance at 277-8433 during normal operating hours.
 ====Staff Training Meetings====
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 ===='''News'''====
-FamilySearch announced June 26 that it plans to discontinue its 80-year-old microfilm distribution service. The transition is the result of significant progress made in FamilySearch’s microfilm digitization efforts and the obsolescence of microfilm technology. The last day for ordering microfilm will be August 31, 2017. Online access to digital images of the world’s historic records allows FamilySearch to service more people around the globe, faster and more efficiently.<blockquote>“Preserving historic records is only one-half of the equation. Making them easily accessible to family historians and researchers worldwide when they need them is the other crucial component.” —Diane Loosle, director of FamilySearch Patron Services Division</blockquote>
+What FamilySearch Is Doing to Preserve Electronic Records:  Did you know that CDs have an expiration date? So do external hard drives, flash disk storage, and many other technologies that hold electronic records. Saving these electronic records is an important work, which is why each year on October 10th, we celebrate Electronic Records Day, a day set aside remember the vital work of preserving electronic records and the difference that these records make in our world today.
-  [https://www.lds.org/church/news/familysearch-discontinuing-microfilm-most-records-now-digitized?lang=eng Click Here]  For more information
+== FamilySearch’s Efforts ==
+Record preservation is the sort of thing we get passionate about here at FamilySearch! One of our main goals is to help more records become available to more people. Last year, we created 32 million images of records in North America, many of which were probate and marriage records, along with naturalization, immigration, and military records.
+Some of our most exciting collections that came from those images include records from the War of 1812, World War II, and Ellis Island.<blockquote>“Preserving historic records is only one-half of the equation. Making them easily accessible to family historians and researchers worldwide when they need them is the other crucial component.” —Diane Loosle, director of FamilySearch Patron Services Division</blockquote>
+  [https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/electronic-records-day-2019/ Click Here]  For more information
 ====Databases and Software====