Riverton FamilySearch Library/Events

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 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

 * Keynote Address - "Avoid Corrupting Your Family Tree" - Karen Clifford

Just as we often hear about technological data becoming corrupted, family trees can similarly become corrupted in many ways—as a result of outright deception on the part of the researcher to innocent mistakes made by beginners who ignorantly post false information. Once corruption is identified on a family branch, it is possible to use surrounding evidence to isolate the problem and to use available online tools to prevent the corruption from spreading. Once the corruption is understood and the proper evidence is applied, additional relationships can be established, to the great joy of those involved in this work.

Karen Clifford, AG, FUGA, has three genealogy credentials (in the Midwestern, Southern, and Mountain West regions), is president of Genealogy Research Associates, Inc., and is an instructor and curriculum developer in genealogy and technology courses at Monterey Peninsula College (in California) and Salt Lake Community College. She has authored several genealogy textbooks focusing on research methodology, including The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2011); Digging Deeper: Understanding Pre-1805 Genealogy Record Groups (graonline.com, 2012); and Becoming an Accredited Genealogist (Ancestry.com, 2002). Karen was a staff trainer and subsequent director of the Monterey California Family History Center for a total of 22 years before moving to Provo, Utah.

10:15 a.m.

 * “Using Fold3.com" - Gordon Atkinson


 * "Utah Ancestors? How Do I Find Them?" - Ron Ray


 * "Genealogy Gifts and Games" - Kim Woodbury


 * "An Introduction to FamilySearch Community Trees" - David Barss

11:30 a.m.

 * "A Guide to Printing Your Family History" - Carol Holland


 * "Controlling Your Children From Beyound the Grave" - Jeff Anderson


 * "Saving Documents, Files and Images Found on the Internet" - Tom Stubben


 * "Researching with FamilySearch Historical Records" - Lynn Turner

Handouts from the May 18, 2013 Saturday Seminar
Thanks to the May 18, 2013 Saturday Seminar presenters who have graciously allowed the library to post their class handouts. These links will be available until June 1, 2013.

"Avoid Corrupting Your Family Tree"

"An Introduction to FamilySearch Community Trees"

"Using Fold3.com"

"Genealogy Gifts and Games"

"A Guide to Printing Your Family History"

"Utah Ancestors? How Do I Find Them?"

Boy Scout Workshop / Genealogy Merit Badge
The library offers a monthly workshop to help Boy Scouts earn the Genealogy Merit Badge. The workshop is held the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Presented by Sean and Keith Wahlquist No registration is necessary.

Requirements to be completed before coming to the library:

 * Contact a family member by telephone, e-mail or letter, and interview them about their life. Ask about events that have occurred and where they happened. Record the information you learn and bring this information to the workshop.
 * Complete a pedigree chart. Pedigree chart forms are available online at http://www.lds.org/images/howdoibeg/Pedigree_Chart.html. The information can also be handwritten.  List yourself and at least two additional generations.  Bring this information to the workshop.
 * Complete two family group sheets, one listing your parents and all of the children in your family, and another listing one of your parents and their siblings in a family group with your grandparents. Family group record forms may be found online at http://www.lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/files/2009/06/family-group-record.pdf.  The information can also be handwritten.  Bring this information to the workshop.
 * Please also bring the name of an ancestor or relative who was alive in 1940.

If Scouts complete the items above before coming to the library, and bring their documents with them, they will be able to complete the following requirements at the library, and have authorized personnel certify the completion of their merit badge requirements.

Requirements to be completed at the library:

 * Define the terms "genealogy," "ancestor," and "descendant."
 * Do a time line for yourself and write a short autobiography.
 * Name three types of genealogical records and explain how they help you chart your family tree. Obtain one genealogical document that supports your family tree and evalutate this information.
 * Contact a genealogical repository.
 * Explain the effects of computers and the internet on genealogy. Explain how photography and microfilm have influenced genealogy.
 * Discuss what you have learned about your family through your genealogical research.

Genealogy Merit Badge Resource Links
Boy Scout Merit Badge in Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge Workbook - BSA