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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 [mailto:ut_riverton@familysearch.org ut_riverton@familysearch.org] or to telephone 801-240-9601. | 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 [mailto:ut_riverton@familysearch.org ut_riverton@familysearch.org] or to telephone 801-240-9601. | ||
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==== Riverton FamilySearch Library Resources ==== | |||
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===== Hardware and Equipment ===== | |||
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|- valign="top" align="left" | ===== Databases & Software ===== | ||
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*127 Patron Computers | |||
*20 Microfilm and Microfiche Readers | |||
*Digital Scanning from films | |||
*Copy Machines and Printers | |||
*Conference Rooms | |||
*Training Rooms | |||
*Teleconferencing | |||
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*Ancestry (use for free) | *Ancestry (use for free) | ||
*Heritage Quest | *Heritage Quest | ||
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*Family Tree Maker | *Family Tree Maker | ||
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==== Discription of some of the above databases ==== | |||
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*'''Footnote''' ( [http://www.footnote.com www.footnote.com] ) | |||
Footnote is a subscription-based website that features searchable,<br>original documents that provide users a view of the events, places and people<br>that shaped the American nation and the world. The site will have over 25<br>million digital images by the end of 2007. Footnote is currently working with<br>FamilySearch to index the American Revolutionary War Pension files. Additional<br>projects with FamilySearch are under development. | |||
Individuals with Footnote subscriptions will be able to sign in with the<br>same Footnote username and password they use at home in order to save, annotate,<br>and upload content. | |||
*'''Godfrey Memorial Library '''( [http://www.godfrey.org www.godfrey.org] ) | |||
Godfrey Memorial Library has an extensive collection of essential<br>resources to assist genealogical and historical research. Resources include<br>newspapers, city and business directories, vital records, printed census<br>records, state, county, and local histories, as well as numerous family<br>histories, family bible records, and service and pension records. | |||
*'''Heritage Quest'''/ProQuest ( [http://www.heritagequestonline.com www.heritagequestonline.com] ) | |||
Heritage Quest online includes the complete set of U.S. Federal Census<br>images from 1790 to 1930 including names and indexes for many of the sets. Users<br>will be able to find people and places located in over 20,000 published family<br>and local histories and PERSI, an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local<br>history articles. Other online databases include Revolutionary War Pension,<br>Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, and the Freedman Bank Records. | |||
Access to this service will be limited to 1,400 family history centers in<br>North America. Patrons should contact their local family history center to see<br>if this service is available. Family history center directors should contact<br>Family History Center Support with questions. | |||
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*'''World Vital Records '''( [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com www.worldvitalrecords.com] ) | |||
World Vital Records provides access to research helps and has a wide<br>variety of international records, including more than 60 parish registers,<br>Scottish death records, UK marriages, and Irish prisoner records. There are more<br>than 300 newspapers with 100,000 pages added a month, and over 500 online<br>databases, including vital, military, land, pension records, reference<br>materials, family histories, maps, gazetteers, and international coops. With the<br>recent Quintin Publications partnership, World Vital Records will soon have more<br>than 10,000 databases online. At least one new database is added every business<br>day.<br> | |||
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==== Microfilm Collection and Film Ordering ==== | |||
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*The Library is beginning to assemble a collection of roughly 50,000 often requested films from England, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusets. | |||
*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 at noon the following day | |||
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