Payson Utah FamilySearch Center
The Payson Family History Center has moved to the Seminary Building behind Mt Nebo Middle School. People of all ages-young and old- are invited to learn how to find your roots or discover your family history. Knowledgeable consultants are here to guide and answer questions. Our services are provided free to the public. NEW SCANNING AND DIGITIZING EQUIPMENT HAS RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED! Digitize your old audio cassettes, VHS tapes, photos, negatives, slides or books.
WALK-INS WELCOME. However, for GROUPS or to use digitizing equipment, please click to make an online appointment.
Center Contacts and Hours
NEW!! Location & Map 955 West 450 South, Payson UT 84651-2549 United States
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Phone: 801 465 1349 (phones not yet transferred)
E-mail: paysonfhc@gmail.com
Open Hours (Groups and those wishing to use any digitizing equpiment should make an APPOINTMENT):
UPDATED 10 July 2022
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 9:00am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00am - 9:00 pm
Thursday 9:00am - 9:00 pm (Expert & Beginner Classes held on Thursday evenings)
Friday CLOSED
Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday CLOSED except through your Stake High Councilor; Consultant training (see below)
Upcoming Events
Temple and Family History Consultant Training for all consultants in Payson, Utah
Temple and Family History Consultant Training every 2nd Sunday of each month. Basic family history training starting at 6:00 PM and advanced starting at 7:00 PM. If you are a Temple and Family History Consultant, you are welcome to come to this training.
Center Resources
Hardware and Equipment
- 16 modern computers
- 1 HP color inkjet printer/scanner/copier
- 1 Lexmark B&W printer/scanner to scan pictures/documents to family tree
- 2 Kodak PS-40/80 Photo Scanner with 1 Flat Bed (1000 pictures scanned in one hour)!
- 2 projectors with screens
- 1 audio cassette digitizers
- 2 slide/negative scanners
- 2 VHS to DVD converters (from any tape format)
- 1 Book Scanner (must be operated by consultants only, but they will be happy to scan your book for you)
Staff Research Specialties
Tuesday
9-12 - Ginny Taylor: Roots Magic; Rose Maree Hammer: Ancestry; Ron Hall: Scanning
12-3 pm - Kathy Bray: Personal History
6-9 pm - Randy & Melanee Bronson: Swedish Research; Scanning; Northeastern U.S.
Wednesday
9-12 - Deanne Mohrman: Danish, FamilySearch Memories, Scanning; Christa Bushman: Ancestry
12-3 pm - Keith Mattinson: African American, Italy, England; Cheryl Brown: North Carolina, Merging and Cleaning Up Records
6-9 pm - Dennis Ransom: England, Australia, Legacy, Family Tree, Northeast U.S. Descendancy Research, DNA; Bob & Dianne Berry: Scotland, Indexing;
Thursday
9-12 - Monica Wardle: Digital Scrapbooking, Ancestry; Jean and Richard Anderson: Indexing, Memories and Photos
12-3 pm - Jeri Davis: FamilySearch, Ancestry, Sources; Jeanie Tolbert: Scanning, Beginning Research
6-9 pm - Richard Boyer: New England, Unindexed Records; Charles Thompson: FamilySearch; Milan Pohontsch: German Records
Saturday
10 - 1 - Jane Wright: Sources and Merging; Dale Hymas: Ancestry, Memories, Indexing
Volunteer at the Center
Contact paysonfhc@gmail.com if you'd like to volunteer. We'd love to have your help!