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Class Reminders for the week of September 19th through the 23rd at the Payson FamilySearch Center

With the weather becoming cooler, it's a good time to come inside and enjoy one of our free classes. Bring a friend and learn about the many resources available for doing your Family History. If you cannot attend, join us on zoom at https://zoom.us/j/95589561172?pwd=ZHVjdC9HZ1d2QUx1TDJtZnpaY0ZkQT09.

Tuesday, October 17th at 10:30 am Troy Mohrman will be teaching “Using the New Payson FamilySearch Wiki Website.” Did you know the Payson FamilySearch Center has a new Wiki Page which replaces our old FamilySearch page? Come and learn all the awesome resources available on this page from the one who created it.

Wednesday, October 18th at 1:00 pm Kris Bloomer and Janis Olsen will be teaching “Bring Your Quilt and Tell Your Story.” This is a fun class for those who love quilting and the stories they tell. We invite you to bring your quilt and tell its story. Quilts are often created to remember the past and/or honor a person or a memory. A picture of the quilt and its story can be posted in memories on FamilySearch. If you don’t have a quilt, bring an heirloom and tell its story. Don’t have anything, come and enjoy the stories.

Thursday, October 19th at 6 pm, Elder Van Celaya will be teaching “Stop Wasting Your Time with Searches.” Most people do not have hours to search for things on FamilySearch. Elder Celaya will show you fast and accurate ways to do research on FamilySearch. It will save you time and produce the results you need. Elder Celaya works for BYU as an instructor and teaches webinars to people all over the world.

Thursday, October 19th at 7:30 pm, Shaunese Luthy and Shelly Strand will be teaching “Researching Your Family.” This is a hands-on class. Shelly and Shaunese have degrees in Family History. They are extremely knowledgeable in various types of records to help you find your family records. The first part of the class you will learn about one type of record to use in your research. The second part of the class will be one on one help with what you need assistance with. This class is not zoomed.

Saturday, October 21st at 10:30 am Shaunese Luthy will be teaching “Collaborating Different Records Types to Build F.A.N.” F.A.N. means Friends, Associates and Neighbors. Using different records can create a F.A.N. to help break those brick walls when researching your family. It can help you find “lost” people. Shaunese has her degree in Family History and Genealogy from Brigham Young University. She runs her own Genealogy business.

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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.

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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
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Connect - Basic Searching in FamilySearch.org

This class covers how to use the search menu in FamilySearch to add record sources to your FamilyTree.

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Please contact our Library if you have a Spanish group who would appreciate a family history event.

Center Hours	Payson FamilySearch Center	Lost & Found
Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Center Directors Bob and Kris Bloomer	955 W 450 S Payson, UT 84651 Map Directions (801)465-1349	Check our reception desk if you believe you have left items during your last visit.