St George Utah FamilySearch Center

The following services are available at the center:
Discovery Center Experience Use the large interactive display screens to discover more about yourself as you visualize your family tree in unique ways.
 * ALL ABOUT ME - What's so special about my birth year? Discover what was happening in the world the day you were born.
 * WHERE I COME FROM - How in the world did I get here? View the geographical origins of your ancestors.
 * PICTURE MY STORY - How would I look in my ancestor's clothing? Superimpose a picture of you onto the cultural clothes of your ancestors.
 * RECORD MY STORY - What are my favorite memories? Capture your memories in this state-of-the-art story studio.  Group and individual booths are available.
 * Preparation for Visitors.  To experience the Discovery Center, you will need a free FamilySearch account and at least a four-generation Family Tree. Be sure to bring your account username and password with you. Follow this link to set-up a FamilySearch account - Setting Up a FamilySearch Account.

Reservations suggested for groups of 10 or more. Make A Group Reservation.

Research Assistance The Center is staffed with volunteers who specialize in family history research specific to different areas of the world. These specialists will assist you with foreign languages and cultures. They can show you how to access geographical information and help you focus your research efforts.

FamilySearch provides the Center with access to premium genealogical and historical websites free of charge, i.e, Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FindMyPast, American Heritage, 19th Century British Library Newspaper Archive, and many more. For a complete list and description of these premium sites, click 

Family Research Classroom Instruction Family History classes are scheduled daily at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm. Click the current month schedule above for a listing of topics.

The classrooms can be scheduled by stake, ward, family or special interest groups. To make a classroom reservation click [This reservation link].

Photo Scanning Equipment The Center has the following equipment available to you:


 * Flatbed Scanner.  Excellent for books, documents, certificates, and items with thick bindings. Individually scans multiple pictures from a single page.
 * Batch Picture Scanner. Uses a feed tray which allows items to be scanned much faster than on the flatbed.
 * Slide Scan. Automatically scans 35mm slides from a standard slide carousel.
 * Lexmark Color Copier/Printer/Scanner. Converts multiple page documents into a single pdf file.  This is ideal for preserving and sharing typewritten family histories.

To ensure schedule the use of this equipment call (435) 673-4591.

Story Recording Booths A group Family Story Booth and two individual Story Booths are available for video and audio recording of your family stories.

Our Story Booth is a professional recording studio with state of the art audio and video recording equipment to capture your stories, testimonies, and interviews for your posterity. You may want to use these for recording returning missionaries stories of mission/bearing testimony, new members telling about conversion/baptism, children interviewing parents and grandparents, primary children answering basic gospel questions, your oral history and so much more.

Our equipment is able to save your oral history videos to flash drive media. To provide sufficient storage space a guest must bring a flash drive having more than 4GB free storage space to save recordings.

Select the following link to see further instructions and suggestions on how to prepare to use this part of our facility: Suggestions for Recording Your Story

Children Play Area and Kitchen Facility There is a story and play area for small children which is surrounded by computer workstations where parents can work on their family history without leaving their children unattended.

A break room is available with a refrigerator and microwave oven.

The center does NOT have microfilm readers. FamilySearch is converting microfilm documents to a computer image format. The Bloomington Utah Family History Center located in Sun River has microfilm capability.

Last modified: 02/25/18 by: Theron and Shanna Schaefermeyer