Riverton Utah FamilySearch Center Library

United States > Utah > Salt Lake County > Riverton Riverton FSL Director:   TBD        Hours of Operation Mon: 9 - 5  Tue: 9 - 9  Wed: 9 - 9 Thu: 9 - 9 Fri: 9 - 5 Sat 9 - 5     Online Links Utah Death Certificates US Social Security Deaths FamilySearch Record Search newFamilySearch FamilySearch Forums newFamilyHistory Linkpendium Utah Cyndi's List Utah FamilySearch Indexing Salt Lake County Library FH Library Bookmarks FH Library Catalog BYU FH Library LDS.org Logan Regional FHC Ogden Regional FHC Provo Regional FHC London England FHC Rootsweb Free BMD England US GenWeb Project Online Death Indexes FindaGrave.com Internment.net Ancestor Hunt UVPAFUG   Online Training Intro to new FamilySearch Mastering Family History FH Library PAF Lessons BYU PAF Tutorial BYU FH Courses BYU FH 261 Lessons Cathie Owens FH Lessons Breaking Thru Brick Walls                               Riverton FamilySearch Library  The Library will be closed Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th for the Pioneer Holiday. Riverton FamilySearch Library Located at 3740 West Market Center Drive in Riverton.  Inside the Riverton Office Building. (East of Home Depot off 13400 South and Bangerter) Phone 801-240-9601 Email: ut_rivertonfslibrary@familysearch.org Specialty Services Scandanavian expert Linda Baker is available at the Library on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Danish experts Orla and Karen Pedersen are available at the Library on Wednesdays from 2:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  German expert Camille Miller is available at the library on Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  Danish, Norweigen and Russian expert Larry Parkinson is available Tuesdays 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  Class Schedule Upcoming classes: Monday, July 26, 2:00 p.m. - Basic Irish Research Tuesday, July 27, 10:00 a.m. - Scottish Records Online Wednesday, July 28, 3:00 p.m. - Ani Maps Thursday, July 29, 2:00 p.m. - What's Happening in FamilySearch.org Thursday, July 29, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (final class in a five-week series) Friday, July 30, 10:00 a.m. - Ellis Island Tuesday, August 3, 10:00 a.m. - Finding your ssons and dotters in Swedish Records Wednesday, August 4, 3:00 p.m. - Using Ancestry.com - Military and Land Records Thursday, August 5, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (first in a five-week series) Friday, August 6, 11:00 a.m. - Land Records Saturday, August 7, 10:00 a.m. - Training for Consultants (first in a five-week series) Tuesday, August 10, 7:00 p.m. - Comparing and Correcting New FamilySearch Using PAF Wednesday, August 11, 10:00 a.m. - Ancestral Qwest Wednesday, August 11, 3:00 p.m. - Using Ancestry.com - The Institutional Version Thursday, August 12, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (second in a five-week series) Saturday, August 14, 10:00 a.m. - Training for Consultants (second in a five-week series) Tuesday, August 17, 2:00 p.m. - American Church Records Tuesday, August 17, 7:00 p.m. - Spanish Speaking - New FamilySearch, PAF and Family History Library Catalog Wednesday, August 18, 3:00 p.m. - Using Ancestry.com - Intermediate Skills Thursday, August 19, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (third in a five-week series) Saturday, August 21, 10:00 a.m. - Training for Consultants (third in a five-week series) Tuesday, August 24, 10:00 a.m. - Strategies for Research Wednesday, August 25, 3:00 p.m. - Using Ancestry.com - Military and Land Records Thursday, August 26, 10:00 a.m. - Websites for Research (Free and Subscription) Thursday, August 26, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (fourth in a five-week series) Saturday, August 28, 10:00 a.m. - Training for Consultants (fourth in a five-week series) Tuesday, August 31, 2:00 p.m. - Probate Records Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. - Training for Consultants (fifth in a five-week series) Saturday, September 4, 10:00 a.m. - Training for Consultants (fifth in a five-week series) Saturday, September 11, 1:00 p.m. - Using Library Hardware Wednesday, September 15, 3:00 p.m. - Using Library Hardware These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library. __________________________________________________________________ New FamilySearch Classes A series of eight classes on new FamilySearch began on June 28th.  They will continue for eight weeks.  The same class will be offered each week at three different times: Mondays at 10:00 a.m.  (This class is full.) Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. (This class is full.) Fridays at 2:00 p.m., except July 23rd when the library is closed.  (Limited Availability.) These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library. __________________________________________________________________ Consultant Training Classes Two new series of training classes for Consultants will begin in August.  One series will be held on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. beginning August 5th and the other series will be held on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. beginning August 7th.  Each series will run for five weeks.  These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library. Research Workshop 2010 Runs each Thursday evening at 7 p.m., through October 7. General Public Invited Class Schedule: July 22 - Church Records July 29 - LDS Church Records Aug. 5 - Military - Early Wars to Civil War Aug. 12 - Military - Late Wars, Civil War to Present Day Aug. 19 - Emigration Records Aug. 26 - Naturalization Records Sept. 2 - Paleography, Old Handwriting Sept. 9 - Migration Westward Sept. 16 - New England Research Sept. 23 - Southern Research Sept. 30 - Mid-Atlantic Research Oct. 7 - Mid-Western Research Upcoming Events August 21,  Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon 9:00 a.m. - Keynote Address - Paul Nauta - Unlocking the World's Genealogical Treasures 10:00 a.m. - Four plenary sessions (select one): New FamilySearch Advanced Issues: Loops, Editing and Searching - Cathy Anderegg, Early LDS Records - Dee Richards, Basic English Research - Marcy Dispain, - Capturing Your Computer Screen - Jon Bonnesen 11:00 a.m. - Four plenary sessions (select one): Google for Family Historians - Don and Diane Snow, Records for Pioneer Ancestors - Patsy Henderickson, Military Records - DeAnne Shelley, New Resources for Consultants - Jim Greene September 18, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12 :00 Noon 9:00 am  Keynote Address - Alan Mann - All A Twitter About Wave 10:00 am  Immigration Records, Indexing, New FamilySearch - 11:00 am  Canada/US Border Crossings 1800s, Sourcing Original Documents, A Practical Guide to Family History - consultants, October 16, First Riverton FamilySearch Library Conference -  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday An exciting Family History event including a well known speaker for plenary session and 5 streams of classes Entry will be free Prior registration is requested but not required November 20,  Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon Details forthcoming Staffing Applying to join the staff: Those who can serve at least 16 hours a week are invited to apply as a Church Service Missionary using the form provided on lds.org under "Serving in the Church." The form should be signed by the Bishop and Stake President.The form is then mailed to the address on the form.  Those who cannot serve 16 hours, but can serve at least 7 hours a week (one shift) are invited to send an email to ut_riverton@familysearch.org or to telephone 801-240-9601. Databases & Software Ancestry (use for free) Heritage Quest Footnote.com NewEnglandAncestors.org Godfrey Memorial Library US 19th C Newspapers US Civil War Research Database US Civil War Letters and Diaries Images of the American Civil War FindMyPast TheGenealogist Times Digital Archives (UK) Oxford English Dictionary British Library 19th C Newspapers WorldVitalRecords Genline.com (Swedish Records) SVAR (National Archives of Sweden) Pedigree Resource File FamilySearch DOS Personal Ancestral File Family Insight RootsMagic Ancestral Quest Legacy Family Tree Maker                         Riverton FamilySearch Library Resources Hardware and Equipment 127 Patron Computers 20 Microfilm and Microfiche Readers Digital Scanning from films Copy Machines and Printers  Conference Rooms Training Rooms Teleconferencing                  Description of some of the above databases Footnote ( www.footnote.com ) Footnote is a subscription-based website that features searchable, original documents that provide users a view of the events, places and people that shaped the American nation and the world. The site will have over 25 million digital images by the end of 2007. Footnote is currently working with FamilySearch to index the American Revolutionary War Pension files. Additional projects with FamilySearch are under development. Individuals with Footnote subscriptions will be able to sign in with the same Footnote username and password they use at home in order to save, annotate, and upload content. Godfrey Memorial Library ( www.godfrey.org ) Godfrey Memorial Library has an extensive collection of essential resources to assist genealogical and historical research. Resources include newspapers, city and business directories, vital records, printed census records, state, county, and local histories, as well as numerous family histories, family bible records, and service and pension records. Heritage Quest/ProQuest ( www.heritagequestonline.com ) Heritage Quest online includes the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790 to 1930 including names and indexes for many of the sets. Users will be able to find people and places located in over 20,000 published family and local histories and PERSI, an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local history articles. Other online databases include Revolutionary War Pension, Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, and the Freedman Bank Records. Access to this service will be limited to 1,400 family history centers in North America. Patrons should contact their local family history center to see if this service is available. Family history center directors should contact Family History Center Support with questions. World Vital Records ( www.worldvitalrecords.com ) World Vital Records provides access to research helps and has a wide variety of international records, including more than 60 parish registers, Scottish death records, UK marriages, and Irish prisoner records. There are more than 300 newspapers with 100,000 pages added a month, and over 500 online databases, including vital, military, land, pension records, reference materials, family histories, maps, gazetteers, and international coops. With the recent Quintin Publications partnership, World Vital Records will soon have more than 10,000 databases online. At least one new database is added every business day.                           Microfilm Collection and Film Ordering The Library is beginning to assemble a collection of roughly 50,000 often requested films from England, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts.  The films held will be presented on a catalog on the website familysearch.org/fhc/riverton The cost of ordering microfilm will be $2.50 for a short-term loan Films ordered before noon will be available the afternoon of the following day

FamilySearch Library (FSL); formerly called, Family History Library (FHL)