Mount Timpanogos Utah Family History Center

Location &amp; Map

 * 835 North 900 East American Fork, Utah
 * We are located in the same building as the Highland Utah FM Group (Map) which is on the North West Side of the Developmental Center Chapel located directly West and across the street from the Mt. Timpanogos Temple

Hours of Operations
Holiday Schedule: Closed whenever the Mt. Timpanogos Temple is closed

Youth Groups
We always look forward to working with Ward Youth Groups!

Please call center to make an appointment for your group prior to your visit. Please check the Center's Calendar to see if your desired date/time is available.  Prior to coming please make sure all youth already have their FamilySearch account to use for Indexing or to access New Family Search ''. ''If your youth group is coming for help with New Family Search please have them bring information on at least one of their deceased ancestors to research.

February 18th from 9:00 A.M. to Noon at Riverton FHC - Introducing FamilySearch Family Tree
Genealogists and enthusiasts alike have benefited from new.familysearch.org, but FamilySearch’s new Family Tree will take things to a whole new level. Back by popular demand is one of our favorite speakers, Ron Tanner, who will offer the keynote address at the Riverton Saturday Seminar on February 18. In his address, “The Future of FamilySearch Family Tree,” he will discuss the issues with new.familysearch.org and how the Family Tree that is being built for www.familysearch.org will solve many of the existing problems. He will also offer a product demonstration of the Family Tree.

Following the 9:00 a.m. keynote presentation, there will be two blocks of four classes each that will cover topics of interest to both beginning and advanced family history enthusiasts.

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


 * “Research Strategies and Websites” (2 Hours) Diana Toland
 * “Your Head in the Cloud and Your Feet on the Ground” Bret Petersen
 * “Loops, Dups, and Oops! New FamilySearch and Ancestral Relationships ” Samantha Sulser
 * “Danish Research Using the Internet” Orla and Karen Pedersen

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


 * “Research Strategies and Websites” (Continued) Diana Toland
 * “Organizing Your Genealogy” Beth Taylor
 * “Loops, Dups, and Oops! New FamilySearch and Ancestral Relationships” (Repeat) Samantha Sulser
 * “Strategies for Searching Using Ancestry.com” Sue Maxwell

February 24 and 25, 2012 - St. George Family History Expo
Over 50 classes will be available and will cover a range of topics such as research tips, online resources, helps for writing personal histories, recent updates in FamilySearch (shared by staff from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah), and much more. [http://www.fhexpos.com/expos/ See complete class schedule by clicking here. ]

Create your FREE Color Genealogy 9 Generation Fan Chart
To create your FREE Color Genealogy 9 Generation Fan Chart please go to createfan.com. You will be requested to log into you FamilySearch account so the software can gather your ancestorial information from FamilySearch. This will generate a PDF document that you can save or print.

Note: The 9 generations printed from new.familysearch may not be accurate unless individuals have cleaned up and verified their ancestors as far back as 9 generations.

Online Forms

 * Pedigree Chart
 * Family Group Record Chart

Online Training Courses

 * How to Start Your Family History - 6 Basic Steps

Online Research Training Videos

 * Learning Center Home Page and Index of all Research Training Videos

The following list is just a sampling of many of the ResearchTraining Videos that are available from the above link at the Learning Center Home page.


 * England and UK Research
 * Getting Started
 * Understand Census Records


 * Basic French Research


 * Scandinavian Research


 * German Research
 * Basic Research
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 1
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 2


 * Ireland Research
 * Church Records
 * Civil Registration


 * Italian Research
 * Italian Research Training Videos
 * Basic Italian Research


 * Latin American


 * United States
 * United States Research Training Videos

Online Training Videos

 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series . This video series is all about helping you quickly discover your family history. Each episode will guide you through basic research principles that will help you have success finding your ancestors.
 * Getting help at a Family History Center
 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series

Online Microfilm Ordering
Microfilm ordering is now done online and is no longer done at a FHC. Please see the following link for more information:


 * Online Film Ordering

Microfilm Prices as of Feb. 15, 2012 


 * Short-term film loan $7.50
 * Short-term film loan extension $7.50
 * Extended film loan $18.75
 * Microfiche loan $4.75

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog:

Databases and Software

 * Software:
 * RootsMagic
 * AncestrialQuest
 * PAF - v2,3 &amp; 5
 * FamilyInsight


 * FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * 19th Centry British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online - Swedish Genealogy
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Hertiage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment

 * We have plenty of computers for individual or group use.
 * 2 printers.  (One printer can scan documents and save them to a USB drive)
 * 2 microfilm readers. (one connected to a computer for scanning and saving images, and one that is not connected to a computer and is operated manually)

Staff Lanuage Specialists

 * Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish (native) - Gil Torriente
 * Swedish - Sue Smith
 * Italian - Craig Tea

Non Staff lanuage Specialists

 * Italian (native) - Lisa Williams

Staff Software and Computer Specialists

 * Ancestry.com - Carol Gould, Craig Tea
 * Ancestrial Quest - Carol Gould, Sue Smith
 * Beginning Basic Computer - (MAC &amp; PC) Tina Adams, Mark Smith
 * FamilyInsight - Tina Adams, Craig Tea
 * Indexing - Sue Smith, Craig Tea
 * Internet for research - Tina Adams
 * Legacy - Tina Adams
 * New Family Search - Tina Adams, Carol Gould, Sue Smith
 * Cleanup of issues in New Family Search - Tina Adams
 * Old Famliy Search - Carol Gould, Sue Smith
 * PAF - Tina Adams, Carol Gould, Sue Smith
 * PowerPoint - Tina Adams
 * RootsMagic - Carol Gould, Sue Smith
 * Training - Tina Adams

Staff Research Specialists

 * Danish - Gil Torriente
 * Norwegian - Gil Torriente
 * Southern States - Carol Gould
 * Spain - Gil Torriente
 * Swedish - Gil Torriente, Sue Smith

Non Staff Research Specialists

 * Italian Research including MicroFilm, Indexing - Lisa Williams

Resources Outside Local Area

 * Browse by Country
 * England
 * France
 * Italy
 * Mexico
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom
 * USA

Resources in the Local Area

 * Provo, Utah
 * Utah County
 * The Genealogical Society of Utah
 * Utah State Cemetery And Burial Database
 * Utah State History - Find a Cemetery In Utah

Links

 * Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
 * Mt. Timpanogos Temple
 * Temples Around the World]
 * Temples Under Construction {Includes construction photos}

Other Family History and Library Centers and Resouces

 * BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
 * BYU Family History Library
 * Logan Utah Family History Center
 * Mesa Arizona Family History Center
 * Research WIKI
 * Riverton Utah Family History Center
 * Salt Lake City Family History Library
 * St. George Utah Family History Center
 * Utah South Area Family History Training Center

Volunteer at the Center
Please contact the Center at (801)763-2093 or email [mailto:ut_mounttimpanogos@ldsmail.net ut_mounttimpanogos@ldsmail.net] for more information on how to join our FHC consultant staff.