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Class Reminders for the week of September 19th through the 23rd at the Payson FamilySearch Center
Fall is here. We hope you enjoyed General Conference this past weekend. All our classes are free. Bring a friend and learn about the many resources available for you to use in doing your Family History. If you cannot attend, join us on zoom at https://zoom.us/j/95589561172?pwd=ZHVjdC9HZ1d2QUx1TDJtZnpaY0ZkQT09.
Tuesday, October 10th at 10:30 am, Rose Nyman will be teaching “Utah Digital Newspapers, Newspaper.com, and Newspaper Archive.” Rose is a talented artist and photographer with a love of Family History. Come and learn how newspapers can enhance and enrich your family’s story and help you find ancestors, too. Newspapers are a great source that will help you find details and family members you might not otherwise find.
Wednesday, October 11th at 1:30 pm, Virginia Temple will be teaching, “PART 2: RootsMagic.” RootsMagic is a liaison between FamilySearch and Ancestry. Virginia serves in her Ward and at the FamilySearch Center, as a consultant. As a seasoned researcher and genealogist, she will show you how much RootsMagic can help you with your family history work.
Thursday, October 12th at 6 pm, Shaunese Luthy will be teaching “You Don’t Have to Wander Around the Cemetery to Find Someone.” This class will discuss how to find graves in cemeteries using the sexton record office and the cemetery maps. We will also discuss how to find the graves if there is not a sexton record office available. Shaunese has her degree in Family History and Genealogy from Brigham Young University. She runs her own Genealogy business. This is a great time of year to learn about cemeteries!
Thursday, October 12th at 7:30 pm, Shelly Strand, will be teaching “Researching Your Family”. This is a hands-on class. Shelly will share resources to assist you in your search for family records. Shelly just finished her bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Family History Research. This week, we will focus on using FamilySearch’s Record Finder. Learn about this tool that directs you to record types and collections that could have the information that answers your research question.
Saturday, October 14th at 10:30 am Shaunese Luthy will be teaching “How US and State Census Records Go Hand In Hand.” Census records give you valuable information about your family. Come and learn from Shaunese, a genealogist, how both types of census records have a lot of information we can glean to help us in our research.
- Classes are hosted through Zoom.
- Please be sure to create an account before your class begins at zoom.us.
- Click here if you need help setting up Zoom.
- We recommend joining classes 5-10 minutes early to resolve any connection issues.
FamilySearch Connect Series
Connect - Family Trees on FamilySearch
There are handouts with each of these previous courses that helps a person learn an appropriate way to build, discover different pedigree views and correct any mistakes in your tree. This foundational course will teach how you and your patrons can collaboratively build a family tree.
Class Handouts
Class Handout
Connect - How to Introduce FamilySearch
Are you helping others start their family history? These handouts help you teach a person where to start, or restart, in FamilySearch.
Class Handouts
Class Handout 1
Class Handout 2
Connect - Family Trees on FamilySearch
This handout helps how to build, discover different pedigree views and correct any mistakes in your tree while showing how to build a family tree.
Class Handouts
Class Handout
Connect - Stories Make Our Ancestors Come Alive
Everyone has a story. Can you help others capture their family stories? These stories can be written by themselves or told from a relative. They can also be found in a journal or newspaper. These handouts explore how to help others record their family members memories.
Class Handouts
Class Handout
Connect - Basic Searching in FamilySearch.org
This class covers how to use the search menu in FamilySearch to add record sources to your FamilyTree.
Please contact our Library if you have a Spanish group who would appreciate a family history event.
Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Center Directors Bob and Kris Bloomer |
Payson, UT 84651 Map Directions (801)465-1349 |
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