Riverton FamilySearch Library/Saturday Seminar

RFSL Discovery Day Coming October 17, 9:00 AM-12:30 PM
Activities to be Included:


 * Replace A Face
 * Using a Smartphone for FamilySearch
 * Use the Story Room
 * What happened the year you were born?
 * What does your name mean?
 * Pioneer Ancestors?
 * Fan Charts

Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar the third Saturday of each month, except for December. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered additional choices of presentations at both 10:10 and 11:20 a.m.

9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address: "Family and Local History Treasures at the LDS Church History Library" by Jay G Burrup  

10:10 a.m.

 * "The Understanding and Use of the FamilySearch Catalog to Find Historical Records" by Steven Sorensen
 * "Triple Combination for Finding Your Missing Family...Even on Pioneer Lines" by Ron Ray
 * "Writing Your Family's Once Upon a Time...Stories" by Elisa Biggs
 * "Fun Ideas for Family History Consultants" by Bret Peterson

11:20 a.m.

 * "Hidden Treasures in the War of 1812 Pension Records" by Fran Jensen
 * "The Family History Guide" by Robert Ives
 * "Policies for Submitting Names for Temple Ordinance Work" by Ray Garrison  
 * "Organization: Taming the Paper Monster" by Bret Peterson

Seminar Handouts

We are grateful to seminar presenters who make their handouts available on our website. Handouts for the August 15 seminar will be available for two weeks, starting on August 17.

Workshop Finding Cousins

Outline to Find Cousins

Basic Ancestry Search

How to create a Family Tree on Ancestry

Using the Ancestry Shoebox

New Census Handout

Fast Accurate Research - FamilySearch

Fast Accurate Research - Genealogy Websites

Fast Accurate Research - Google Helps

Fast Accurate Research - TREK

Getting the Most Out of Findmypast

Getting the Most Out of MyHeritage

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