Riverton FamilySearch Library/Saturday Seminar

Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar the third Saturday of each month, except for December.

The keynote address starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 a.m.

Following this session attendees are offered additional choices of presentations at both 10:10 and 11:20 a.m.

Next Seminar, Saturday, February 17, 2018: 9:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Bud Wood serves as a Church service missionary at the Riverton FamilySearch Library and has served as director of the Geneva Heights Tri-Stake Family History Center in Orem since 1999. He is a former vice-president of the Utah Genealogical Association and recipient of the UGA 2011 Distinguished Service Award.

"The History of Family History"

10:10 a.m. Choose one class

"Basic Ancestral Quest” by Bud Wood

“Why We Want a Tree in Ancestry.com” by Art Robbins

“Hopping Across the Pond: British Resources” by Melanie Montgomery

“How to Get Kids and Teens Interested in Family History” by Melanie Zumalt

11:20 a.m. Choose one class

“Basic File Organization” by Bud Wood

“Transferring Sources &amp; Data Between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch” by Art Robbins

“Resolving Mysteries in British Research Using the GRO Index - post 1837” by Connie Schreiner

"Using Google Search and Google Translate” by Don Barney

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January 2018 Handouts

"Researching Pioneers, Part 1" by Julie Merrill

"Researching Pioneers, Part 2" by Julie Merrill

"Finding Cousins Workshop" by Ron Ray

"RootsMagic" by Ron Ray

"Duplicates in Family Tree" by Kathryn Grant

"Selecting the Landscape, Portrait, Fan Chart, or Descendancy View in Family Tree" by Linda Baker

"Creating and Attaching Sources Using RecordSeek" by Linda Baker

Past Seminar Handouts

Click here to view handouts from the previous six months - (July 2017 through January 2018)

Maintained by: Elder Bill & Sister Carol Gould

Last modified: 02/17/18