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 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

 * Keynote Address - "The 3 Word Journal: Finding Your Purpose in Life" - Randall Wright

In this presentation you will learn how to record a journal entry in 10 seconds – recall the significant experiences and lessons from life that you thought were forgotten – file your life lessons by topic so they are instantly available – and easily write a history of your life to leave to posterity. Discover your strengths and weaknesses and how to use them to achieve your mission in life.

Randall Wright is the author of many books including The 3 Word Journal: Finding Purpose in Life, Achieving Your Life Mission. He is a popular BYU Campus Education Week and Especially for Youth speaker with a Ph.D. in Family Studies from BYU.

10:00 a.m.

 * “Creating and Using Timelines to Solve Family History Mysteries" - Mike Provard

This class will explore different types of timelines that a genealogist can create that will organize the events in an ancestor’s life. Timelines help sort through all the bits and pieces that can become a jumbled mess, and show a view that may answer “brick-wall” questions, and open up new avenues of research. Three case studies will be shown that helped to solve various family history mysteries.


 * "The Big 4 U.S. Records: Census, Vital, Probate, and Land" - Marilyn Markham

The four major original United States record types for genealogy and family history are: census, vital, probate, and land. This class will explain why these records are valuable, how to find them, and how to use them. Online, film, and paper sources will be discussed. A few alternative sources will be described in case your ancestors dodged the record takers.


 * "New Features in Ancestral Quest 14: The Natural Upgrade for PAF" - Gaylon Findlay

Ancestral Quest 14 was just released, with new features which include a research timeline, color coding, and improvements to the way AQ works with FamilySearch. Learn about all the new features, but especially how to prepare the records of your ancestors in new.FamilySearch so they will be ready for the Family Tree.


 * "If New FamilySearch is 'New", Why Do We Need Family Tree?" - FamilySearch data Analyst

Family Tree is replacing new FamilySearch. Come and see what’s new and what’s different. We will look at the differences in Family Tree and compare the advantages. We will answer questions like, can I edit other people’s contributions, what about relationships, and will sourcing be better?

11:00 a.m.

 * "Hitting It Out of the Park with Ancestry.com" - Biz Chase

Some of the Ancestry topics we will touch upon in this class include: Basic search techniques for Ancestry databases, Using the learning center, Attaching personal family documents and photos to Ancestry family trees, Using Family Tree Maker in conjunction with your Ancestry family tree, Why do I care about source information? and much more.


 * "The FamilySearch Wiki: Where Your Search for Your Ancestors Should Begin and End" - Dennis Knox

This class will cover what the wiki is and what the wiki is not. Also how to search on the wiki, and how to read in different languages. Specific questions will be addressed as well.


 * "Priesthood and Consultant Training" - Tara Bergeson


 * "If New FamilySearch is 'New", Why Do We Need Family Tree?" - FamilySearch data Analyst

Family Tree is replacing new FamilySearch. Come and see what’s new and what’s different. We will look at the differences in Family Tree and compare the advantages. We will answer questions like, can I edit other people’s contributions, what about relationships, and will sourcing be better?