Riverton Utah FamilySearch Center Library
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Class ScheduleThursday, August 12th:
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Specialty Services
New FamilySearch Classes
Classes on new FamilySearch will begin again the week of September 13th. The same class will be offered each week at three different times: Mondays at 10:00 a.m., Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. and Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Different topics will be addressed each week. The classes will be taught for seven weeks. No registration is required. Monthly Workshop - Genealogy Merit BadgesThe library offers a monthly workshop to assist Boy Scouts with their Genealogy Merit Badges. The workshop will be held the second Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m. Scouts must prepare for the workshop, by doing the following before coming: 1) interview a family member about their life. The interview can be completed by telephone, e-mail or letter and the information learned must be recorded; 2) complete a four-generation pedigree chart; 3) complete a family group sheet and 4) bring a blue merit badge card (which can be obtained from the Scoutmaster). If these items are completed and brought to the workshop, all other requirements for the merit badge can be completed at the workshop and authorized personnel can certify the completion of the merit badge. Upcoming Events
August 21, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon
September 18, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12 :00 Noon
October 16, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 a.m. - Noon
November 20, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon
StaffingApplying 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. | |||
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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
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