Riverton FamilySearch Library/Events

Saturday, May 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Merit Badge Workshop
The library offers a monthly workshop to assist Boy Scouts with their Genealogy Merit Badge. The workshop will be held the second Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m.

Scouts must prepare for the workshop by doing the following before coming: 1) interview a family member about their life. The interview can be completed by telephone, e-mail or letter and the information learned must be recorded; 2) complete a four-generation pedigree chart. Make sure this includes information about at least one ancestor who was living in 1930; 3) complete two family group sheets (one listing your parents and your family, and another listing one of your parents and their parents and siblings); and 4) bring a blue merit badge card (which can be obtained from the Scoutmaster). If these items are completed and brought to the workshop, all other requirements for the merit badge can be completed at the workshop and authorized personnel can certify the completion of the merit badge.

Saturday, May 21, 9:00 a.m. - noon Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar every third Saturday of the month. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - Keynote Address - "Using Your Digital Camera to Copy Records" - Mary Hill 10:00 a.m. - “Decendancy Research: Finding the Past in the Present” - Tim Bingaman 10:00 a.m. - "Social Networking for the Genealogist" - Janet Hovorka 10:00 a.m. - "From the Heartland - Using Online Resources in Medwest Research" - Luana Darby 10:00 a.m. - "Increasing Productivity on the FamilySearch Website" - Andrea Schnakenburg 11:00 a.m. - “Serving in Family History" - Jim Greene 11:00 a.m. - “The Vision of FamilySearch Indexing" - Randy Bryson 11:00 a.m. - "Families and the War: Getting to Know Your Civil War Era Ancestors" - Yvonne Curry 11:00 a.m. - "Mormon Ancestors: Across the Seas and Across the Plains" - Terry Nels Lee and Carol Anne Lee

Tuesday, June 21, 2:30 - 8:00 p.m. 1st Anniversary Open House
The Riverton FamilySearch Library will celebrate its first anniversary on June 21, 2011. Special activities have been planned to commemorate this milestone. Several presentations will be provided throughout the day. Visitors will have the opportunity to use the library's many resources, ask questions or simply enjoy the special atmosphere. Everyone is invited!