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The New England Genealogical Society have joined with FamilySearch and Church members can have free access to their site. They named their web site “American Ancestors.”

This is one of the perks that FamilySearch is giving to us for doing our work. Come and learn how to use this new site. I am very excited to learn to find more documents about my early American ancestors.

Getting Started with Ancestry.com

You must have a personal tree in both Ancestry and FamilySearch to allow for the exchange of data, sources and media between these two websites.

Using the Home Page in Ancestry to find photos, hints and more

And MORE

There are over 100 apps to be found in the APP gallery.  In this class we learn how to get into the APP gallery and how to move around in it to find the app you are looking for.  We will demonstrate the use of several of the apps.  You will be impressed.

This class is not teaching about genealogy and how it is done, but is designed to help those who are just learning about computers and how they work.

You will learn basic computer language for use of the computer.  There is class time and practice time.

We look at word processors and their function.  We talk about the kinds of word processors there are and their differences.  We learn how to create documents and folders and how to join them.  

We take an in-depth look at the things you can do with the word processor to make the documents you produce come to life.   

Learn how to find your ancestors and their records in Denmark.

Would you like to do more temple work in your own family?  Do you need temple names for youth to do?  Learn how to find cousins that are related to you and qualify them for temple work.  FamilySearch family tree is giving you lots of hints to find such cousins.  Puzzilla.org is an app that also helps to find ends of lines that have not been found yet.  Come and learn how to research or attach sources so the work can be done by you.

I took the test....now what?  Lear how to use the information you received from the test results. What does it all mean?

The basis of research after 1837 includes extensive use of the 1841 – 1911 census records, civil registration records and index of births, marriages, and deaths from 1837 forward (years of availability vary for each group of records), and use of the newly available GRO (General Register’s Office) records. In addition, the church records of the Church of England including parish maps and non-conformist denominations are a valuable source of information for your English and Welsh families. the General Probate Registry beginning in 1859 is another valuable resource. Come and learn how to find and use these great resources, many of which are now available at no charge by using online records. Search strategies will be also presented.

Premium websites are available in the Family History Center-Portals for research.  These can only be accessed from the Family History Center Computers.  If you wanted to access them from your home computer, the premium websites would require a paid subscription.   

<u>Family History Guide, The</u>  (Part 1 and 2)

Learn to Navigate in Family Tree; View 4 different charts Landscape, Portrait, Fan and Descendancy. How to [expand or contract] family lines. Find [Get Help] and the [Learning Center]; understand Privacy Rules. Learn the difference between [Summary Card] and [Person or Detail Page]. Produce a [4-generation Pedigree Chart]; and a [Family Group Sheet]. View children and other spouses, if any. Update vital information and [standardize] information for ancestors in your tree for at least 4 generations.

Add sources; why it’s important to verify who the person is. You will learn how to add sources from other websites; and how to use [Recordseek]. The Memories tab has a drop down with several options; [Photos, Stories, Documents, Audio, People, Albums, and Find]. We will show the uses for each option, such as how to download photos, stories and documents. How to Tag photos, etc. Learn how to use the [Library Catalog] that is located at the Salt Lake City Family History Library, from your computer. learn how to sign up and access the 5 Partner websites at no charge, [Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, myheritage, American Ancestors, and Geneanet]from your computer.

Learn the essential research skills to find your ancestors by:

These 3 computer classes are to be studied and learned together.  Each class builds on the next and prepares you for getting our records as correct as possible.

This one on one instruction is for those who have hit a "Brick Wall", and can't seem to go any further back on their line.  This instructor has many tools and many years of experience in breaking through these walls.  Call or email him with your question/s.  Include the paper work he might need.   

You can now index on your tablets of or other mobile devices.  No downloads are required!  Come learn the new program.  Searchable only.  Indexing is vital to temple and family history work because it helps "fuel the find"; through indexed records, more and more people are now able to find their family members and add them to their family trees so they can perform temple ordinances.  Because of Indexing, more SOURCES are becoming available every day!!

Do you find duplicates in your life?  Are there wives, children or duplicate parents you don't recognize?  Being able to find and merge duplicate records will help solve some problems in your family tree.

Military records are found in many places on the internet from 1785 to the Vietnam war.  You will learn how to find specific records on different websites, and how to google unusual records.  Pension files and how to order them, are so important and you can find much information on other members of the serviceman's family.  Death records can be found as well as marriage dates and places.  Some explain what they did in the service, and where they served.   

This class is designed to help you discover the many ways that newspapers can aid in your research.  Newspapers can provide clues and information that cannot be found anywhere else!  Newspapers contain birth, marriage, death notices, obituaries, photographs, passenger lists, military news, biographical sketches, citizenship notices, land transactions, and a host of other information.  Access to historical newspapers has never been better.  Come and see what you have been missing!

Two Norwegian Research classes are offered:  Part 1 and Part 2.  It is strongly recommended that both classes are attended in order.  The material is not duplicated.  There will be both instruction and “hands on computer” time plus handouts and worksheets.  The instructor will be Barbara Waagen for both classes.

'''Part 1:'''  Topics covered include:  A brief history of Norway, geography and land divisions, helps to “cross the pond” using USA immigration records and Norway emigration records.  Also discussed will be handwriting helps for confidence in reading the original records, and naming customs. Learn how to use the Wiki in FamilySearch as a resource. Learn how to access Norwegian Church records for FREE.

'''Part 2:'''  This section is designed to utilize the information from Part 1 in compiling an actual family.  Topics covered in Part 2 include: A research process guide, a key word list, calculating actual dates from feast dates, hints for using farm histories and census records, and using Norwegian parish records including birth/christening, marriage, license and banns, and death/burials.  Students will be challenged to complete a prepared research project in the actual parish records using a real family for experience to find all children in the family and parents.

This class will use the free picture-editing program, GIMP, for the class.  While it is an extensive photo program, we will be focusing on the 7 tools in that program that allows a person to take out blemishes in the photo.  We will learn how to repair rips and tears, or folds in the picture, etc.  This class is divided into 3 one-hour sections:  1) Repairing old photos;  2) Restoring faded photos;   

Please bring a scanned, digital photo, on your flash drive, you would like to repair.

Family History is a perishable commodity unless we do something to preserve what we have now! Without us realizing it, much of our treasured family history stuff is being damaged by not being cared for properly.  It could potentially be lost forever if we don't act now to take care it. '''Come learn how to ORGANIZE, PRESERVE, SHARE & STORE your boxes full of family history stuff.  '''''Heirlooms & Memories'' are special items, papers and photos that explain and document a person's life.They give us a tangible connection to our ancestors. It's important to preserve these things for future generations.

The Puzzilla name refers to finding and assembling pieces of a puzzle to complete the whole picture, the essence of the genealogical research process.  Puzzilla will retrieve the latest information available from Family Tree.

Unlike the descendant view in Family Tree where you are only able to view a few relatives at a time, the circular wheel view in Puzzilla allows you to be able to view all descendant lines and hundreds of your ancestors on a single page, and pinpoints the family lines that are broken.  Puzzilla quickly shows where you have children without descendants--and that with additional research you can add to these lines.   

Learning how to do research is not a difficult task these days. Familytree has many hints already to attach to your ancestor. Make sure it is the correct record for your family.

Going beyond what family search gives you, you will learn what information to look for on a record, especially those easier ones like census records. Learn to glean the most you can from looking at the original record, not just an indexed record. Did you know they don’t index everything that might be important to you? We have staff on hand to help you practice what you learn today.

No matter what personal genealogy program you decide to use, the most important thing is that you have one.  You do not need to be a professional researcher as even those who have the most casual approach to dipping your toes into the world of genealogical research can greatly benefit from having a way to store and/or share your family stories and data.  RootsMagic is a very versatile and easy to use program even for those who know only the basics of computer use.  In the Basic RootsMagic Class, I will explain how to obtain RootsMagic, set up the program on your computer and/or flash drive and tap into and link the data and sources available to anyone interested in using Family Search/Family Tree with assistance for obtaining access to Family Search if needed.  But unlike Family Search, RootsMagic is your own private data base allowing you to have control over what information you choose to included and what part of that information you may want to share.  We will go over the basic features of the program including:  logging in, starting and naming files, finding and adding people, data entry and editing, navigating tabs and views, and of course, how to back up and share your files.  This class is open to anyone interested in researching and saving Family History.

There are tweeks and tricks in advanced RootsMagic that will help you organize a family reunion, print out data sheets to find what might be missing in a person’s life information, sheets to find who was living in a particular area and time, color code direct ancestors, add photos and documents, merge options, gazetteer, internet tools for sharing and searching and publishing.  You can also print out Reports:  narrative, custom, individual summary, Family Group Sheets, Pedigree charts and others.  We will go over some of these and introduce you to others and as always there are no dumb questions.  RootsMagic is a wonderful programs that does more than just store data.  It also lets you do things with that information in many different ways that are helpful to really personalize “your” files.

Before you upload your pictures or documents to your flash drive, or to Family Search, they must be digitized.  This class will teach you how to use the scanners at the Center to digitize your material, including slides, pictures and negatives.  You will also learn how to scan a book, or multi-page documents.

Two Swedish Research classes are offered-Part 1 and Part 2.  It is strongly recommended that both classes are attended in order.  The material is not duplicated.  There will be both instruction and computer “hands on” time plus handouts and worksheets.

The topics covered include: Using the Wiki in FamilySearch, Maps are a must, using birth, christening, banns, marriage, death and burial records and why you need them, the importance of Clerical Surveys plus hints for using them, and how to convert Feast Dates to Calendar Dates. Finally, you will learn the research process using all of these free records to compile a real family.

Since FamilySearch has a tree, we learn '''why''' we need to keep a database. There are many different types of Genealogical databases.  A Database can keep the information you want on a living relative (your children.) A Database can keep photo memories of living and dead. A Database cannot be changed by anyone but you. A Database is private, only changed by you, and is kept safe from others. It is also a place to keep notes that you don’t want anyone else to see. Learn how to tag to keep private information private. There are free and cost wise databases that interface with Family Tree to easily move information back and forth.  Learn when to Backup/Restore, Import/Export, and what “save as” is for. Learn when to use a flash drive and well as learn more terminology.

Have you heard of Wikipedia?  Family Search has created a resource guide to help you find what information is available in the place you are looking for your ancestor called simply the WIKI.

I can look for the state or country or county my ancestor lived in and see what is recommended for finding a record about my ancestor. Can it really be this simple? They have had these as printed guides for many years, but now because the collections online change so quickly they have created a site where you can go to see the latest and greatest information about, well almost anything genealogy oriented. We have 21 computers available for you to start learning what is available for you to find that hidden record about your ancestor. Come join in our workshop after the class.

Suggestions on what to include in your life history and how to get started.  52 Questions to consider.