St. George Utah FamilySearch Center/Classes
| St George Utah FamilySearch Center |
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| Address |
| 237 East 600 South St. George, Utah 84770 435-673-4591 stgeorgefsl@gmail.com |
| Hours |
| Closed |
| Menu |
The St George FamilySearch Center Offers a Variety of Classes Every Day No reservations are required. All classes are free to the public.
Handouts will NOT be provided in class, please print the handout for the class from the links provided below. March Class Schedule
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CORE CLASSES[edit | edit source]
Ancestry.com[edit | edit source]
- This class describes how to obtain a free LDS membership. Main topics include: Home Page navigation, creating and managing trees, importing GEDCOM files, linking people in FamilySearch to Ancestry, attaching hints, merging duplicates and research strategies.
- Handout: Ancestry Course
- Handout: Ancestry (Sullivan)
- Handout: Four Ways to Make Ancestry Work for You (Sullivan)
- Handout: Researching with Ancestry (Sullivan)
- Handout: Introduction to Ancestry (Bradford)
Family Tree: Descendancy[edit | edit source]
- Add new family members to your tree using the Descendancy View in FamilySearch. Learn where to start searching for spouses and children. Learn how to find, evaluate, and attach sources to find these new relatives.
Family Tree: Duplicates (Matching and Merging)[edit | edit source]
- It might be exciting to find your great-grandmother in FamilySearch Family Tree. But what about finding her four times—each record with a little different information?
- Duplication can feel bewildering and frustrating. And yet finding an ancestor more than once in Family Tree is a fairly common occurrence. The reason for these duplicates (the term used when there are multiple records for the same individual) is because information in the tree comes from a variety of sources and because users can enter their own information directly into the tree. This class will teach you how to use FamilySearch features to resolve these duplications.
FamilyTree: Record Hints and Sourcing[edit | edit source]
- If you’ve poked around on your family tree on FamilySearch.org, you may have seen little blue boxes to the right of some of the names of people on your tree or in a Research Help box on the top right side of the individual screen. These blue boxes indicate there are record hints, which are shortcuts designed to help you find information about your family as painlessly as possible. FamilySearch is constantly scouring their digitized, indexed records to identify records that may match your family and these blue boxes signal to you that they might have succeeded. Linked to actual records that may include your family, these little hints can make a big difference on your family tree.
- Handout: Record Hints and Sourcing (Pearson)
- Handout: Record Hints and Sources (Sewell)
- Handout: Sourcing and Record Hints (Schaefermeyer)
FamilyTree: Memories[edit | edit source]
- Learn how to upload and tag pictures, stories, documents and audio files using the FamilySearch Memories feature.
- Handout: FamilySearch Memories
- Handout: Memories (Montague)
- Handout: FamilySearch Memories
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- The following topics are discussed:
- Personal settings: Account, Contact, Notifications, Preferences
- Home page: Recent Ancestors, To-Do Lists, Quick Links to Partner Sites, Messages, Get Help, Indexing, Temple
- Features:Pedigree Views, Summary Card, Person Details, Memories, Find, Lists, What’s New, Record Hints, Research Suggestions, Data Problems, Lightbulb tips.
- Memories: Gallery of Photos, Documents, Stories, Audio
- Search: Historical Record Collections, Genealogies, Catalog, Books, Wiki
- Handout: Navigation (Blake)
findmypast.com[edit | edit source]
- Learn how the features of this family history program. Findmypast has the largest collection of UK and Irish Parish records. They have the largest British and Irish newspaper collection and most comprehensive British military service record collection. Findmypast is a FamilySearch partner.
- Presentation: FindMyPast (Orman)
- Presentation: FindMyPast (Schaefermeyer)
Find, Take, Teach for Ward and Stake Family History Consultants and Missionaries[edit | edit source]
- Learn how to help others using the Consultant Planner. Learn ways to search their tree to find missing family members and how to make a lesson plan to lead others to find the missing family members.
Getting Started[edit | edit source]
- Learn how to gather information from home, interview parents and relatives to get information about your ancestors and enter it into FamilySearch.
Web Indexing[edit | edit source]
- Learn the ins and outs of how to be a successful web indexer.
- Handout: Web Indexing
- Handout: Web Indexing (Montague)
My Heritage.com[edit | edit source]
- MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services. Users of the platform can create family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search billions of global historical records, among other features.
- handout: My Heritage (Orman)
Research Strategies[edit | edit source]
- The following topics are discussed:
- Attaching sources using “Record Hints”.
- Searching with the FamilySearch search engine.
- Finding records including the “Browse Only” records.
- Using records in Ancestry.com.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC CLASSES[edit | edit source]
British Research (1837-Present)[edit | edit source]
- The first effective census for researchers occurred in 1841 with the most recently released being 1911. Finding ancestors in households, with siblings and parents creates a snapshot in time, and opens up other avenues of family history research to family members.
- In recognizing the need for more accurate record keeping, the government began Civil Registration on July 1, 1837. The records of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales are available to everyone and a valuable resource for that time period.
England & Wales – Records of the Church and Their Poor (Pre-1837)[edit | edit source]
- (Beginner/Intermediate)
- The Church of England and Wales, as the governing body for centuries, not only recorded parishioners’ life events but managed their affairs. They maintained the roads, paid the bell ringer and supplied spiritual guidance. One of their most enduring works was to serve the poor. Apprenticeship records, bastardy bonds and settlement/removal papers aid in identifying family lines accurately.
Crossing the Pond[edit | edit source]
- Discussion of how to link your USA ancestors to their European roots. Discussion of major immigration periods, what you might find and where to find records.
- Handout: Crossing the Pond (Orman)
Danish Research[edit | edit source]
- The following topics are discussed:
- Patronymic naming -- Danish Counties and Parishes -- How to read Danish Parish Records -- How to find names using Danish URL sites.
- Handout: Denmark Class (Petersen)
- Handout: Danish Research Log (Petersen)
German, Swiss, Italian, Polish Research[edit | edit source]
- (Campbell)
Hispanic Research[edit | edit source]
- (Ellsworth)
Irish: America to Ireland[edit | edit source]
- (Rose)
Irish Research[edit | edit source]
- It is not true that all the records of Ireland were destroyed. Civil Registration (1845-present), Census records (1901 & 1911) and Church records (pre-1845) can aid in your Ireland research. Understanding jurisdictions, immigration patterns and land records will enable you to locate your family and be proud of your Irish heritage.
Norwegian Research[edit | edit source]
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New England Research[edit | edit source]
- (Hammons)
Pacific Isle Research[edit | edit source]
- (Au Quin)
Scotland Research[edit | edit source]
- (Beginner/Intermediate) A safe and very reasonably priced pay-as-you-go web site, “ScotlandsPeople” is one of the largest online sources of original, digitized records. From census records to civil registration, old parochial & Catholic registers, wills, valuation rolls and military records, it is a treasure trove of affordable discoveries for anyone researching in Scotland either in the past or in the present.
Swedish Research[edit | edit source]
- (Montague)
OTHER CLASSES[edit | edit source]
Basic Computer[edit | edit source]
- (Codding)
Breaking Brick Walls[edit | edit source]
- At some point, every family historian encounters a barrier in their genealogy research. These barriers are known as brick walls and they can often appear impossible to work around. This class will give you ideas and resources to help you up and over your brick wall.
- Handout: Breaking Brick Walls (Hammons)
Census Records: Getting to Know about Your Family in the Federal Census[edit | edit source]
- Discover how to find information in census records about you relatives. Learn how to locate, compare and find facts about names, marriages, home addresses, moves, children, occupations, siblings and parents, education level, grandchildren, birth dates, maiden names, property ownership and assets, new spouses, relatives next door, farms and more.
- Handout: Census Research (Sullivan)
City Directories[edit | edit source]
- (Ellsworth) (Sullivan)
DNA[edit | edit source]
- Your DNA can help you find family, break through brick walls and trace your lineage through time. There are multiple companies who sell ancestry DNA kits and provide you with ancestral information. To learn more about the specifics of DNA, click this link to the FamilySearch Research WIKI - About DNA
- Handout: DNA Part 1 (Harrison)
Family History Guide[edit | edit source]
(tba)
- Spanish version Handout: Family History Guide-Spanish (Ellsworth)
FamilySearch Apps[edit | edit source]
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- Many individuals equate genealogy with names, dates, and dusty old records. That can be part of it, but the worth of memories (pictures, stories, audio and video) is much greater. The free FamilySearch Memories app helps users capture family memories, photos and even conversations.
FamilySearch: Fixing Relationships[edit | edit source]
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FamilySearch: Games and Activities[edit | edit source]
- This class teaches simple family history games and activities available online. What a fun way to make a boring subject fun and exciting. Most of the games require a FamilySearch account and at least 30 ancestors in your family tree.
FamilySearch WIKI[edit | edit source]
- (Hall)
Find a Grave[edit | edit source]
- The following topics are discussed: Brief History of Find A Grave -- How to do the searches -- How to contribute information -- How to create a memorial page
Finding An Ancestor to Take to the Temple[edit | edit source]
- Learn to use at least one of these search programs -- Find-A-Record, Puzilla, Hope Chest, Wooden Village, BYU Virtual Pedigree, and FamilySearch Descendancy -- to find ancestors who are prepared to go to the Temple.
- Presentation: Find A Name (Orman)
Google and Internet Research[edit | edit source]
- The Internet is a source rich with Family History content, and much of that content is not on FamilySearch or Ancestry. This class will help you harness that power by showing you how to use the Internet safely and effectively. You will be shown other search engines, but most features will be shown using Google Tools for Genealogy, which are powerful and free.
- Handout: Google and Internet Research (Hammons)
- Handout: Google & Internet Searches 2018 (Hammons)
- Handout: Google Quick Sheet 2018 (Hammons)
- Handout: Advanced Google Search Strategies (Schaefermeyer)
- Handout: Google Earth (Hammons)
Land and Probate Records[edit | edit source]
- Presentation: Land and Probate (Sullivan)
Memories and Stories Workshop[edit | edit source]
- (D Bradford)
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Military records can often provide valuable information on the veteran, as well as on all members of the family. This class provides you with many websites to help you successfully search military records
- Handout: Military Records (Stingel)
- Handout: US Military Records (R Montague)
Online Libraries[edit | edit source]
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Online Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- (Ellsworth) (Sullivan)
Passwords: Making Them Secure[edit | edit source]
- (Orman)
Photo Editing[edit | edit source]
- (Orman)
Puzzilla[edit | edit source]
- Discover a free versatile and powerful tool that helps you find the holes in your family tree so you can focus your research on finding those missing ancestors. The premium version helps you extend your search parameters, keeps a log of ancestors who need ordinance work, and researches sources and ancestors with possible duplicates.
- (Armstrong)
Unindexed Records[edit | edit source]
- (Campbell) (Ellsworth)
Vital Records Online[edit | edit source]
- (Sewell)
What's New In FamilySearch[edit | edit source]
- (Jensen)
Wooden Village[edit | edit source]
- Wooden Village is the newest website tool that can help you find names of relatives in need of ordinances. It contains several apps that assist in finding sources, possible duplicates, data problems, and ancestors with missing spouses or children.
- Handout: Wooden Village (Sullivan)
Modified 03/10/2018 by Theron and Shanna Schaefermeyer