June Class Calendar for Riverton FamilySearch Library

Dennis Brimhall to Speak at Riverton FamilySearch Library

Dennis Brimhall

Join us 
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

The Doctrines of Family History Work

A Discussion with Dennis Brimhall, Managing Director, Family History Department

Elder Dennis C. Brimhall was named a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2009.

Elder Brimhall received a bachelor of science degree in Zoology from Brigham Young University in 1972.  He later received an MBA from Northwestern University.  He began his career in 1974 working as an Associate Administrator at the University of Utah Medical Center and later as Chief Operating Officer at the Medical Center at the University of California San Francisco and then as Chief Executive Officer at the University of Colorado Hospital.  Currently he is managing director of the Family History   Department for the Church.

Elder Brimhall has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary to Auckland, New Zealand, elders quorum president, stake mission president, high councilor, stake president, and mission president.

For more details, see our website: www.familysearch.org/fhc/riverton

November Classes at Riverton FamilySearch Library

Time for the Saturday Seminar at the Riverton FamilySearch Library. It will be held next Saturday, November 19, 2011. See flyer below and pass the word!

Riverton FamilySearch Library October Classes

Riverton FamilySearch Library

13400 South and Bangerter

(Four-Story Building East of Home Depot)

Free Saturday Seminar–October 15, 2011

9:00 a.m. to Noon

9:00 a.m.:  Keynote Speaker: Randy Bryson

“FamilySearch Scanning¾The Story of Opening the Granite Mountain Records Vault”

10:00 a.m. Choose one of the following four classes:

·        “Making Google Work for You”¾Sue Maxwell

• “Introduction to Legacy 7.5 Tree Maker and Legacy FamilySearch”¾ Carl Holland
• “Where the Pros Search...Many Free, Wonderful Genealogy Sites Exist. Search from Your Home. Search for That Missing Link.”¾Ron Ray

·         “Researching Your Scottish Ancestry”¾Raymon Naisbitt

11:00 a.m. Choose one of the following four classes:

·        “Strategies for Searching¾Using Ancestry.com”¾Sue Maxwell

·        “New England Research”¾ Marilyn Markham

• “Bits and Pieces: How to Write Your Personal History”¾Rose Ann Fisher
• “Temple Submission Policies"¾Ray Garrison

Details on www.familysearch.org/fhc/riverton

First Year Down!

A Note from FamilySearch!

Riverton FamilySearch Library Open House

Come Celebrate Our First Anniversary!! 

The Riverton FamilySearch Library will celebrate its first anniversary on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, by holding an Open House from 2:30–8:00 p.m. This is an event for the entire family, including family history activities for children, youth, and adults.

Presentations will begin every half hour:

Introduction to the FamilySearch Library and Computer Desktop

Introduction to Indexing

Introduction to the new FamilySearch

Introduction to Family History (Youth)

There will also be continuous video presentations:

The Granite Mountain Vault

Celebration of Family History

Perhaps you have hit a brick wall in your research. Experts will be on hand to give you some new research ideas. With approximately 30 million new records being added monthly to familysearch.org, there has never been a better time to find success.

The Riverton FamilySearch Library is located in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive. The facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just east of The Home Depot.

Sincerely, 

FamilySearch 

Riverton Saturday Seminar for June

Here is the list of classes offered this month on June 18, 2011 at the Riverton FamilySearch Library. Yes...it is in duplicate! I didn't want you to miss anything!

Riverton Seminar Series--May Classes

This information is from FamilySearch.
May 11, 2011

Information and tips

Riverton Seminar Series—May Classes

Many genealogists and family history enthusiasts may not have considered a tool they already own that can simplify the recording of genealogical information. On May 21, participants at the Riverton FamilySearch Library’s Saturday Seminar will hear from keynote speaker Mary E. V. Hill as she presents “Using Your Digital Camera to Copy Records.” She will explain how easy it can be to record digital images of information found in cemeteries, on microfilm, in manuscripts, and in other genealogical sources. She will explain camera settings and pixels and will explain how to get the best images in various circumstances.

Mary E. V. Hill, MLS, AGCM (Southern and Eastern states), CG, has served as a reference librarian at the BYU Family History Library, a genealogy instructor at BYU, a Family History Library reference consultant for the U.S. and Canada, and a member of the Utah Genealogical Association board of directors. She also recently served a mission at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. She is an author and lecturer on U.S. research methods and genealogical organization.

The seminar will be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Following the keynote presentation, there will be two blocks of four classes that will cover topics of interest to both beginning and advanced family historians.

Classes to be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. are:

“Descendency Research: Finding the Past in the Present”—Tim Bingaman

“Social Networking for the Genealogist”—Janet Hovorka

“From the Heartland: Utilizing Online Resources in Midwest Research”—Luana Darby

“Increasing Productivity on the FamilySearch Website”—Andrea Schnakenburg

The classes available from 11:00 a.m. to noon are:

“Serving in Family History”—Jim Greene

“The Vision of FamilySearch Indexing”—Randy Bryson

“Families and the War: Tracing Your Civil War Era Ancestors”—Yvonne Curry

“Mormon Ancestors: Across the Seas and across the Plains”—Terry Nels Lee and Carol Anne Lee


Registration is not required for this free seminar. The Riverton FamilySearch Library is located in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive. The facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just east of The Home Depot.

Riverton Seminar Series--April 2011 Classes

This information is from FamilySearch!

April 8, 2011

                                                                                                                                Information and tips

Riverton Seminar Series—April Classes

Many people want to do family history. But after we go to work to provide for our temporal needs and wants; care for our families, friends, and neighbors; and serve in our church or community, there just doesn’t seem to be much time left at our disposal. However, it doesn’t have to take a lot of time to do family history work, and help is nearby when you need it. The Riverton FamilySearch Library stands ready to help with research tools and personal assistance six days a week, in addition to a monthly Saturday seminar. This month’s seminar, to be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011, will be a three-hour seminar from 9:00 a.m. to noon featuring a keynote address and eight classes.

Tim Cross, the keynote speaker, will present a message entitled “Family History: Isn’t It About Time?” During his presentation, he will help you discover ways to do family history in 30 minutes or less using FamilySearch, and he will also provide a glimpse of the new source feature for new FamilySearch. Cross has worked as a product manager for FamilySearch for 7 years. Prior to that he worked in the computer industry for Price Waterhouse, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and Novell. He is currently responsible for integrating all the FamilySearch components into familysearch.org and linking source records into the Family Tree (new.familysearch.org).

Following the keynote presentation, there will be two blocks of four classes that will cover topics of interest to both beginning and advanced family historians.

Classes to be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. are:

• “Blog Your Way to Genealogical Success”—Robert Raymond
• “Beginning English and Welsh Ancestry”—Raymon Naisbitt
• “Best Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com”—Christa Cowan
• “Solving Really Tough Research Problems”—Jason Harrison

The classes available from 11:00 a.m. to noon are:

• “Mobile Apps for Genealogy”—A.C. Moore
• “An Overview of New English Research”—Jason Harrison
• “Synchronizing PAF 5 Data with New FamilySearch Using Ancestral Quest, the Program from Which PAF 5 Was Derived”—Gaylon Findlay

• “A Personal Journey in Discovering and Recording Our Family Heritage”—Brigham Cheney

Registration is not required for this free seminar. The Riverton FamilySearch Library is located in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive. The facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just east of The Home Depot.        

Spread the word to friends, ward members, and neighbors!

Sincerely, 

FamilySearch

Classes at Riverton FamilySearch Library on Saturday, March 19, 2011

This information about the Saturday classes is straight from the Riverton FamilySearch Library website.

Saturday, March 19, 9:00 a.m. - noon


9:00 a.m. - Keynote Address - "The Power of We: A Watershed Movement in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors" - Michael Ritchey

10:00 a.m. - “Family History - A Vital Resource” - Tara Burgeson

10:00 a.m. - "Utah Research Advice: Creating a One Stop Shop Together" - Michael Ritchey

10:00 a.m. - “Care and Repair of Photographs" - Janet Hovorka

10:00 a.m. - "Cut 10 Years off Your Learning Curve" - Barry Ewell

10:00 a.m. - “New FamilySearch Advanced Issues - Part 1” - Cathy Anderegg

11:00 a.m. - "Using FamilySearch Wiki in African American Research" - Joan Healey

11:00 a.m. - “Synchronizing Roots Magic Data with New FamilySearch" - Sue Maxwell

11:00 a.m. - “Are You My Mother? - Finding the Maiden Names in Your Tree” - Bret Peterson

11:00 a.m. - "New FamilySearch Advanced Issues - Part 2" - Cathy Anderegg