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Lehi Utah FamilySearch Center Classroom

Reserve a Classroom for your Ward or Stake Group

  • A classroom with a podium, large screen, and 24 computers can be reserved at the center for a two hour slot.
  • Please plan on bringing your own teacher.
  • Click here to reserve a classroom for your group.


Attend Classes Online or in the Center

  • Classes are taught live in the center and online, unless noted in the class description.
  • Scroll down to find a list of classes and when they are being offered.



Class Descriptions and Handouts

  • To see a class description, access handouts, or join a zoom class, click on the text "CLASS INFO - ATTEND CLASS" located to the right of each class title.

Class Offerings

  • All classes are available online, and unless noted below in the class description.
  • You may also attend the class in the center.

Class Schedules:

***Classes are subject to change. Please confirm the class schedule before attending.

Attend a Class Online Via ZOOM

  • Zoom is an online communication tool. A zoom account is not required to use this service.
  • Once you have identified a class you wish to attend, and it is time for that class: Click here to join the class via zoom.
  • You will automatically be taken to a receptionist who will help you join your class.
  • You may also join a zoom class by clicking on the "CLASS INFO - ATTEND CLASS" link to the right of the class you wish to attend.
  • Then Click on the "Click here to join this class" link.




WARD/STAKE LEADERSHIP & CONSULTANT CLASSES

Ward and Stake T&FH Leadership Training - Mark VanOrden

This class will help stake and ward leaders understand their role in helping to make temple and family history a prominent focus in the life of children, youth, adults and families. Organizational principles on the stake and ward levels will be addressed.

Class Handouts
Stake & Ward Council Leaders (T&FH) Leadership Training

Upcoming Dates

  • This class is taught by request from a ward or stake.
  • Contact the recetionist at the Lehi FamilySearch center at (801)356-5820.
  • The receptionist will contact Mark VanOrden and he will work with you to get your class scheduled.


Temple & Family History Consultant Preparation - Ralph Stephens

The goal is for the Consultants to gain a VISION and understanding of the RESPONSIBILITIES of their calling. A portion of the classes will provide an introduction to INSPIRATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Class Handouts
T & FH Vision and Responsibilities
Checklist for new Ward T&FH Consultants

Click here to watch six minute video

Upcoming Dates


FAMILY SEARCH CLASSES

Turning our hearts using FamilySearch – Ralph Stephens & Marijo Young

We have been told by our prophets and the Lord to “turn our hearts to our fathers” and perform their saving ordinances. FamilySearch provides the means to accomplish these two commandments. This overview will go over the capabilities of FamilySearch at a 10,000-foot level - preparing the students to learn more (and take the Basics Courses at the Center).

Class Handouts
Coming soon

Upcoming Dates

FamilySearch Basics - Ralph Stephens & Marijo Young

Part 1: FamilySearch Intro and Family Tree

This class is an overview of FamilySearch, concentrating on the front page information, account settings, the help menu and navigating in the Tree.

Class Handouts
Class Outline

Upcoming Dates


Part 2: FamilySearch Person Page

This class covers how to use the Person page in FamilySearch tree. Please have a family tree established in FamilySearch before attending this class.

Class Handouts
The Person Page

Upcoming Dates


Part 3: FamilySearch Records

This class covers how to search for sources in FamilySearch and other sites. Please have a family tree established in FamilySearch before attending this class.

Class Handouts
Searching For Records (parts 3 & 4)

Upcoming Dates


Part 4: FamilySearch Records (continued)

This class is the second part of How to search for records in FamilySearch and other sites. Please have a family tree established in FamilySearch before attending this class.

Class Handouts
Searching For Records (parts 3 & 4)

Upcoming Dates

Preserving your Memories Using FamilySearch - Ralph Stephens / Mark VanOrden

Pictures and stories are a wonderful way of preserving our family history. This class will assist you in learning how to use photos, documents, stories and audio in the FamilySearch program.

Class Handouts
Class Outline

Upcoming Dates

Discovering Descendancy Research - Neal Beecher

Those with pioneer heritage may find it challenging to discover new names to take to the temple. This class will teach you effective ways to find the names of your distant cousins to take to the temple. You should have experience with using FamilySearch before taking this Class.

Class Handouts
Discovering Descendancy Research
Descendancy Class Exercise - Print Before Class

Upcoming Dates

Individuals and Relationships: Add, Edit & Delete - McKay Hendrix

This class will cover a variety of scenarios as information is added, edited, or deleted from within a person's Details page in FamilySearch.

Class Handouts
Worksheet
Individuals and Relationships

Upcoming Dates

Living Memories - Using the Memories App - Louise Harrington

Do you have favorite stories and photos you share at family gatherings? Will your loved ones benefit by learning more about their relatives? Do you feel an urgent need to preserve your memories, so they are never forgotten and are shared from generation to generation?

Come join us as we learn how to preserve our living memories. The FamilySearch Memory app makes collecting, preserving, and sharing your favorite family memories easy and convenient wherever you are. You’ll be the one everyone thanks for saving the most meaningful memories!

Class Handouts
Phone App Handout
Upcoming Dates

Using the FamilySearch Wiki – Julie Wilcox

The Family Search WIKI is an amazing but underused resource. It is a free tool for finding information about subjects, records that may have been generated by your ancestors, and places in which records may be found. It is like an online encyclopedia for family history research. Learn how to use this great tool to improve your own research.

Class Handouts
The FamilySearch Wiki

Upcoming Dates

Finding Duplicates and Merging Records on Your Family Tree – Julie Wilcox

Unfortunately we all have some duplicate records on our family trees. In this class you will learn how to find those duplicate records and then correctly merge them.
Class Handouts
Finding Duplicates and Merging Records

Upcoming Dates

Using the FamilySearch Catalog and Browsing un-indexed Records
– Julie Wilcox

Learn how to best use and search the catalog of genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) made available by FamilySearch online and in libraries and centers. Also, how to browse records that have not yet been indexed and link those records to the family tree. Included are hints for using the catalog on Ancestry.com.
Class Handouts
Using FamilySearch Catalog

Upcoming Dates

Creating Sources and using Source Linker – Art Robbins

Learn how to add sources using the Source Linker in FamilySearch.
Class Handouts
Create a Source Document in Irfanview
Upcoming Dates

Do’s and Don’ts on FamilySearch Tree – Julie Wilcox

Join this class for suggestions of things you should DO on FamilySearch Family Tree (that maybe you aren't yet doing!), and also some common mistakes you should NOT do on Family Tree. Good advice for beginners and for those who are experienced researchers.
Class Handouts
Do's and Don'ts on your Tree

Upcoming Dates

FamilySearch Training Videos (Click on the link on the right - to view list of videos.)

These short training videos will help you get started using FamilySearch. Click on the "View Video" link below the class title you are interested in - to see the video.

Setting Up Your FamilySearch Account (7 minutes and 45 seconds)


Get Started Using Memories in FamilySearch (7 minutes and 52 seconds)


Uploading Memories to the FamilySearch Gallery (5 minutes and 3 seconds)


Navigating your Family Tree in FamilySearch (8 minutes and 31 seconds)


Get Started with the FamilySearch Person Page (9 minutes and 5 seconds)


Adding and Editing Data on the Person Page (6 minutes and 8 seconds)


Merging in FamilySearch (4 minutes and 53 seconds)


What Happens with your FamilySearch Memories & Sources When you Die? (2 minutes and 28 seconds)


What Happens with your FamilySearch Record When you Die? (5 minutes and 29 seconds)


What Happens with your Temple Reservations When you Die? (2 minutes and 51 seconds)


Serving as a Ward Temple and Family History Consultant (6 minutes and 19 seconds)


DISCOVER, GATHER & CONNECT CLASSES

Using Google to Organize Your Photos - Judi Rowe

Part 1

Manage and organize your photos with Google Photos. Learn the three ways photos can be stored: photo library, facial recognition and albums. Learn how to navigate google photos and set up your phone to receive all photos taken and free up memory on your phone.

Class Handouts
Google Photos - Part 1

Upcoming Dates

Part 2

Learn how to edit your photos, edit facial groupings and edit albums in Google Photos.

Class Handouts
Google Photos - Part 2

Upcoming Dates

Writing your Personal and Family Histories - Mark VanOrden

Genealogies, family stories, historical accounts, and traditions - form a bridge between past and future and bind generations together in ways that no other keepsake can. Most people do not know where to begin when generating their personal or family history. This class will help you get started and teach you practical and easy ways to write a personal or family history using both text and pictures. (You do not need to be a trained writer.) The class covers how to use tools like Word, Powerepoint, Snippet, and the internet to generate your documents. We will also discuss ideas on how to print and publish and share your documents. Writing your story or a family history should be enjoyable and the value is priceless.
Class Handouts
Writing Your Personal and Family Histories
Upcoming Dates

Quick and Easy Family History Activities – Mark Van Orden

This class will introduce you to some quick, easy and fun family history activities that you can do with your family. It is a great way to get started with family history.
Class Handouts
Quick and Easy Family History Activities

Upcoming Dates


Building your own Family YouTube Video Library - Kent Gardiner

Have you ever wanted to have all your family videos instantly accessible online so your children and grandchildren can enjoy them? This class will teach you how to create your own YouTube video library and how to create interesting video moments and video slide shows. We will discuss editing, copyright, and privacy settings for your videos.
Class Handouts
Make your own Family YouTube Library
Upcoming Dates

Ancestor Art, Puzzles, Cooking, and Displays in the Home - Kent Gardiner

Let's make family history fun and inspiring! We will share ways to engage everyone in the grand adventure of family history through the use of heirloom displays, picture books, videos, puzzles, art, and cooking.
Class Handouts
Ancestors - Art, Puzzles, Cooking, and Home Displays
Upcoming Dates

Ancestor Picture Books - Inspire the Next Generation - Kent Gardiner

Have you ever wanted to make a family history picture book? There are several different ways of formatting such a book. Which is the best fit for you? What are best practices? Learn the steps to writing, formatting and publishing a book that will inspire your descendants. Picture books will be available in class for viewing.
Class Handouts
Ancestor Picture Books
Upcoming Dates

Find, Read, and Prepare German Documents for Translation
- Kent Gardiner

FamilySearch has thousands of German parish records that contain detailed information on your ancestors. This class will teach you how to find, read, and prepare them for translation. Discover your ancestors' professions, witnesses, immigration, location, cause of death along with their birth, marriage and death dates. In this class we will demonstrate how to read a little German script and where your documents can be translated.
Class Handouts
Find, Read, and Prepare German Documents for Translation
Upcoming Dates

One-Page Family Stories and How to Share Them – Kent Gardiner

Share your family stories.
Class Handouts
One-Page Family Stories
Upcoming Dates

Best practices in Scanning Photos – Kent Gardiner

Learn the ins and outs of scanning your family photos.
Class Handouts
Coming soon
Upcoming Dates

Finding their Stories in Early Church History Resources Using BYU Special
Collections – Elaine Gunther

Find your family stories using the BYU special collection.
Class Handouts
BYU LIbrary Special Collections
Upcoming Dates


Finding their Stories in Early Church History Resources Using the Church History
Library – Elaine Gunther

Finding your family stories using the resources at the Church Family History Library.
Class Handouts
Using the Church History Library
Upcoming Dates

Finding their Stories in Early Church History Resources - Using University of Utah
and Hidden Gem Sites - Elaine Gunther

Find your family stories using various resources including the University of Utah collections.
Class Handouts
Hidden Gem Sites
Upcoming Dates

Finding their Stories in Early Church History Resources - Using High Utility
Research Sites and Free Newspaper Sites - Elaine Gunther

Find your family stories using various resources including high utility research sites and free newspaper web site.
Class Handouts
Coming soon
Upcoming Dates

Introduction to IrfanView – Powerful easy-to-use photo editing software –
Larry Gunther

This class will show you how to use this powerful, free photo editing tool.
Class Handouts
Introduction to Irfanview
Upcoming Dates


INDEXING CLASSES

Introduction to Indexing – Make it a fun family experience – Diane Carn

Learn how to index data, with a few tricks and tips to make it easier. A GREAT FAMILY ACTIVITY.
Class Handouts
Indexing Terms
Indexing Icons
Indexing Hints
Indexing for Youth
Indexing Ruler
Indexing Reviewing
Upcoming Dates


FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH CLASSES

Finding Your Family Through Census Records - David Brewer

Country, State, and local census records track the location, family members, and many other bits of information that can often lead to profound discoveries. Learning how to find your family in them can often be a tricky task. We will talk about some of the ways to get the most out of those valuable records.

Class Handouts
Census Analysis - Part 1
Census Analysis - Part 2
US Census Headings 1790-1860
US Census Headings 1870-1930
Using the Census to Find Other Records
US-UK-Canadian Cenus Forms

Upcoming Dates


Discover Family History Through Military Records - Julie Wilcox

Military records can provide a wealth of information that can help you get to know your ancestors better and may even provide data found nowhere else. This class will discuss a variety of military records and how to find them.

Class Handouts

Finding Family History Through Military Records

Upcoming Dates

Finding Death, Burial and Cemetery Records - Julie Wilcox

Can't find a death certificate? This class will help you learn about death certificates and a variety of alternate sources for death and burial records. Each death record tells a story and may provide important clues to help you find and learn about your ancestors.

Class Handouts
Finding Death, Burial and Cemetery Records

Upcoming Dates

Five Minute Family History Success - Julie Wilcox

President Nelson has invited us to sacrifice a little of our time doing family history work. Even if you only have a few minutes of time, there are many family history activities you can do. This lesson will show you over twenty ways you can do a little family history every day.

Class Handouts
Five Minute Family History Successes

Upcoming Dates

Crossing the Pond – Finding Emigration and Immigration Records
- Julie Wilcox

All of us have ancestors who arrived in the United States from another country. This class will offer help in finding your ancestors emigration, immigration, and naturalization records from early colonial times to more recent records.

Class Handouts
Crossing the Pond

Upcoming Dates

Newspapers Are a Genealogical Treasure - Julie Wilcox

Everyone knows obituaries are a family history treasure. This class will help you understand that newspapers can help you learn so much more about an ancestor. We will show examples of news you can find and explain how to find the right newspapers and information about newspaper websites.

Class Handouts
Newspapers are a Genealogical Treasure

Upcoming Dates

Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Search Results - Julie Wilcox

We can all use a little help sometimes! We will demonstrate some of my tips and tricks for improving your family history search for information about your ancestors.

Class Handouts
Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Search

Upcoming Dates

Descendancy Research using Puzzilla.org - Julie Wilcox

Learn how to use Descendancy Research through Puzzilla.org and FamilySearch to expand your family tree

Class Handouts
Descendancy Research - Expand Your Family Tree
Upcoming Dates

Finding your Family in City Directories - Julie Wilcox

As an important resource for family history research, city directories can provide fascinating new discoveries for anyone exploring their family history in mid-19th to mid-20th century America.
Class Handouts
Using City Directories to Find your Family
Upcoming Dates

Finding Your Danish Ancestors - Julie Wilcox

You don't have to speak the language to do Danish Research! In this class you will learn about how to begin searching for your Danish ancestors using key web sites to aid in Danish research. You can do it!

Class Handouts
Finding Your Danish Ancestors Upcoming Dates


Ancestry.com Classes

Overview and Creating your Tree – Alvin Jones

This is an introductory class to Ancestry.com. It is an established research tool which interfaces with FamilySearch. Please make sure you have an Ancestry username and password before attending this class.
Class Handouts
Creating a Tree
Download a Tree
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
PC Keyboard Shortcuts
Navigating your Tree
Websites
Upcoming Dates

Ancestry – Research using your Tree – Alvin Jones

This class will cover research tools using your personal tree in Ancestry. Please have a tree established in Ancestry before attending this class.
Class Handouts
Hints and Search
United Kingdom Census
U.S. Census
Upcoming Dates No classes scheduled

Ancestry – Exchanging Data with FamilySearch – Alvin Jones

This class will cover how you can share data between Ancestry.com and Family Search. Please have trees established in both Ancestry and FamilySearch before attending this class.
Class Handouts
Eternal Reminder
Merging Duplicates
Transferring Ancestry data to FamilySearch
Upcoming Dates

Ancestry – Exchanging Media Files– Alvin Jones

This is a class on how to share media files with Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.
Class Handouts
Printing in Ancestry
Upcoming Dates

Ancestry – Organize Your Research – Using FamilySearch & Ancestry.com
– Alvin Jones

This class will organize the way to do research by using FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. This class will cover a step by step process that will help you organize your research.
Class Handouts
Organize Your Research
Research Checklist
Upcoming Dates

Ancestry DNA Analysis – Art Robbins

This class will help you understand how to use DNA in your family history research.
Class Handouts
Ancestry DNA
Upcoming Dates

Ancestry - Creating a tree from FamilySearch and an overview of how to grow your Ancestry tree to benefit FamilySearch– Art Robbins

Learn how to create a tree in Ancestry and how to interface with FamilySearch
Class Handouts

Ancestry - Researching in Ancestry to supplement FamilySearch Research. then moving that information to FamilySearch – Art Robbins

Learn how to use Ancestry as a research tool and share that data with FamilySearch
Class Handouts


MYHERITAGE CLASSES

MyHeritage Part 1 - Marijo Young

MyHeritage.com is a family-oriented, family history, global online network available in 42 languages. This class is an introductory overview of the MyHeritage program and what it offers and how it can be a beneficial program in your family history research arsenal.

Class Handouts
Creating a Tree in MyHeritage
Upcoming Dates

MyHeritage Part 2 - Marijo Young

We try to dive deeper into the searching, researching and matching features and explore some of the new groundbreaking photo features.
Class Handouts
Coming soon

Upcoming Dates


Links to Online Classes at Other Centers

Family History Library Web-site
Family History Library Webinars
Archived Classes in the Learning Center (FHL)
BYU Webinars
Los Angeles FamilySearch Library
St. George FamilySearch Center
Ogden FamilySearch Center
Layton FamilySearch Center
Riverton FamilySearch Library

Center Hours
Lehi FamilySearch Center
Lost & Found
Monday & Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 to 2:00 *Starting Nov 5th
Center Directors
Carolyn and Lonny Pace
3201 Garden Drive
Lehi, UT 84043
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