Orem FamilySearch Center

 &#160; Orem Family History Training Center A.K.A Utah South Area Family History Training Center Specializing in Family History and New FamilySearch Training  The Utah South Area Family History Training Center has temporarily relocated to Orem, Utah, and is a Family History unit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mission of this Center is to provide quality training in genealogical research and computer technology for those with family history callings and others who have a desire to learn or improve their skills in meeting their personal genealogy goals. 

• FamilySearch Family Tree Class • Jul 26, 2012 (Full, Standby Only)

• Basic Computer Class • Aug 9, 2012

• Five-Day Comprehensive Class • Aug 20 – 24, 2012

• FamilySearch Family Tree Class • Aug 29, 2012

• RootsMagic class coming up! • Click here for details.

Click here for full class schedule information, or to register for classes. Contact, Location &amp; Hours Director: Jay W. Grant Phone: 801-356-9114 Email: ut_southtrainingfacility@ldsmail.net Located at 1075 S. Geneva Rd., in Orem (in the Orem University 3rd Stake Building) Regular Schedule: Mon:&#160;9 -&#160;5&#160; Tue:&#160;9 - 5&#160; Wed: 9 - 5 Thu: 9 - 5 Fri: 9 - 5 </li></ul> <a href="http://www.familyhistorytraining.org/calendar.php">See calendar</a> for special dates. Databases &amp; Software <ul>Ancestry.com (Library version) </li>Heritage Quest </li>Footnote.com </li>AmericanAncestors.org </li>Godfrey Memorial Library </li>US Civil War Research Database<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1276649270674_495"/> </li>US&#160;Civil War Letters and Diaries </li>Images of the American Civil War </li>FindMyPast </li>TheGenealogist </li>British Library 19th C Newspapers </li>WorldVitalRecords </li>Pedigree Resource File </li>Personal Ancestral File </li>Family&#160;Insight </li><li>RootsMagic </li><li>Ancestral Quest </li><li>Legacy </li></ul> Description of some of the above databases <ul><li>Footnote ( <a href="http://www.footnote.com">www.footnote.com</a>&#160;) </li></ul> Footnote is a subscription-based website that features searchable, original documents that provide users a view of the events, places and people that shaped the American nation and the world. The site will have over 25 million digital images by the end of 2007. Footnote is currently working with FamilySearch to index the American Revolutionary War Pension files. Additional projects with FamilySearch are under development. Individuals with Footnote subscriptions will be able to sign in with the same Footnote username and password they use at home in order to save, annotate, and upload content. <ul><li>Godfrey Memorial Library ( <a href="http://www.godfrey.org">www.godfrey.org</a> ) </li></ul> Godfrey Memorial Library has an extensive collection of essential resources to assist genealogical and historical research. Resources include newspapers, city and business directories, vital records, printed census records, state, county, and local histories, as well as numerous family histories, family bible records, and service and pension records. <ul><li>Heritage Quest/ProQuest ( <a href="http://www.heritagequestonline.com">www.heritagequestonline.com</a> ) </li></ul> Heritage Quest online includes the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790 to 1930 including names and indexes for many of the sets. Users will be able to find people and places located in over 20,000 published family and local histories and PERSI, an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local history articles. Other online databases include Revolutionary War Pension, Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, and the Freedman Bank Records. Access to this service will be limited to 1,400 family history centers in North America. Patrons should contact their local family history center to see if this service is available. Family history center directors should contact Family History Center Support with questions. <ul><li>World Vital Records ( <a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com">www.worldvitalrecords.com</a> ) </li></ul> World Vital Records provides access to research helps and has a wide variety of international records, including more than 60 parish registers, Scottish death records, UK marriages, and Irish prisoner records. There are more than 300 newspapers with 100,000 pages added a month, and over 500 online databases, including vital, military, land, pension records, reference materials, family histories, maps, gazetteers, and international coops. With the recent Quintin Publications partnership, World Vital Records will soon have more than 10,000 databases online. At least one new database is added every business day. Online Training <ul><li><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/GarysTurn/NFSIntroduction/photo#s5155773749882503650">Intro to new FamilySearch</a> </li><li><a href="http://paftutorial.byu.edu/">BYU PAF Tutorial</a> </li><li><a href="http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/freecourses.cfm">BYU FH Courses</a> </li><li><a href="http://261.byu.edu/lessons.html">BYU FH 261 Lessons</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.bobcatsworld.com/genclass/">Cathie Owens FH Lessons</a> </li></ul> Useful Links <ul><li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F1004924">Utah Death Certificates</a> </li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)</a> </li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Social Security Death Index (SSDI)">Social Security Death Index (SSDI)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp">FamilySearch</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records">Record Search</a> </li><li><a href="https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome">newFamilySearch</a> </li><li><a href="http://forums.familysearchsupport.org/index.php">FamilySearch Forums</a> </li><li><a href="http://newfamilyhistory.googlepages.com/fhconsultantlinks">newFamilyHistory</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/">Linkpendium Utah</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/ut.htm">Cyndi's List Utah</a> </li><li><a href="http://indexing.familysearch.org">FamilySearch Indexing</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.slcolibrary.org/rr/rrge/">Salt Lake County Library</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.fhlfavorites.info/index.htm">FH Library Bookmarks</a> </li><li><a href="https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog">FH Library Catalog</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/fslab/">BYU FH Library</a> </li><li><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD">LDS.org</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcfhc/index.html">Logan Regional FHC</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/London_England_Large_Multi-Stake_Family_History_Cente">London England FHC</a> </li><li><a href="http://orfhc.org/">Ogden Regional FHC</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Orange_County,_California">Orange County LFHC</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.familyhistorytraining.org">Provo Regional FHC</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Riverton_FamilySearch_Library">Riverton FSL</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/San_Diego_Family_History_Library">San Diego LFHC</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">Rootsweb</a> </li><li><a href="http://freebmd.org.uk/">Free BMD England</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.usgenweb.org/">US GenWeb Project</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.deathindexes.com/">Online Death Indexes</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/">Billion Graves</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/">FindaGrave.com</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.interment.net/">Interment.net</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.ancestorhunt.com/">Ancestor Hunt</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.uvpafug.org/">UVPAFUG</a> </li></ul>

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