Layton Utah Boy Scout Class

Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge:

Boy Scouts may wish to earn The Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge by enrolling in a class workshop held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Certified merit badge counselors and genealogy specialists help to teach Boy Scouts the steps necessary for acquiring the merit badge as well as basic genealogy research techniques. Scout leaders or parents who accompany the Scouts to the class workshop are invited and encouraged to assist them during the workshop to successfully complete the activities. Uniforms are encouraged!

→ For Genealogy merit badge requirements and resources, click here.

Requirements to be completed BEFORE coming to the Center: Contact a family member by telephone, email, 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. Click here for a .pdf fill-in pedigree chart. 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. Click here for a .pdf fill-in family group sheet. 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. List eight to ten important events in your life (timeline) and bring the list to the workshop. Using your timeline, write a short autobiography of your life, and bring it to the workshop. If Scouts complete the items above before coming to the Center and bring their documents with them, they will be able to complete the following requirements at the library. Authorized Library Staff will certify the completion of their merit badge requirements. Define the terms "genealogy," "ancestor," and "descendant." Name three types of genealogical records. Explain how they help you chart your family tree. Obtain one genealogical document that supports your family tree and evaluate 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. State of the Art resources at the Layton Utah FamilySearch Center are available to help make genealogy research an enjoyable and productive experience for youth.

Registration is required to attend. For available times and dates as well as to access the registration page, click the word "Book" in the table above.