Tempe Arizona FamilySearch Center

WONDERING ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE?

Helpful volunteers are ready to assist you in discovering your ancestors and their story.
All services are free.

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Research shows that ...

Children who know a lot about their families:

• Do better than other children when facing challenges.
• Are more resilient and have higher self-esteem.
• 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

FIND YOUR FAMILY

Ready to start your discovery? Follow the steps, below.

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)

• Create a Family Tree
• My Family Tree is Empty.

Start Your Family Tree

• Add your parents and grandparents.
• Find and connect to preceding ancestors. (Many deceased ancestors may already be in Family Tree.)

LEARNING

Want to learn more about a specific topic?

Enjoy free access to hundreds of trainings by topical experts!

FamilySearch Family Tree

• View Capabilities and Tips for Beginners

Learning Center

• The Family History Guide
• Popular Lessons
• Recently Added Lessons
• Archived Classes in the Learning Center

RootsTech Connect

1500+ sessions across nine categories from experts around the world!

• RootsTech Connect 2021

Upcoming Webinars / Events

• View Upcoming Webinars

Getting Help

• Live Chat on FamilySearch
• Call 1-866-406-1830

FREE VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS

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.

Schedule Consultation

PRESERVE MEMORIES

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

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 document feeder 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.

FUN ACTIVITIES

Try these fun activities once your family tree is established in FamilySearch.

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  Where You Are From

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  Famous Relatives

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  Compare-a-Face

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  Picture Your Heritage

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  Geneopardy

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  Wheel of Family Fortune

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  Ancestor Games

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  In-Home Activities

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  All About You

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  Record Your Story

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  Pedigree Pie

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  Family Calendar

Tempe Arizona Family History Center

2707 S College Avenue, Tempe, Arizona
Map Directions

Center Hours

Access is temporarily by appointment only due the Covid-19 pandemic.

Center Directors

Steve & Shirley Bowles
(480) 907-4919

How to Volunteer

Contact the center directors.

Center Resources

• Volunteer Consultants
• 11x17 Color Fan Chart prints
• Digitizing Capabilities (8 scanners)
• Family History Center Portal on 14 workstations

Family History Center Portal

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

• Ancestry.com
• Fold3
• MyHeritage.com
• Newspapers.com, etc.
• View All

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

Other Helpful Websites

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 Family History Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
• "Inside West view of Tempe Arizona Family History Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright
• "Inside East view of Tempe Arizona Family History Center" by Mike Ostler. Provided by Steven Bowles. License: Public Domain: No Known Copyright

A family history conference hosted by FamilySearch. For online genealogical classes and videos see RootsTech.org.