Tooele Valley Utah Family History Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address:


 * 751 North 520 East Tooele Utah 84074 United States


 * The center is in the back of the Tooele East Stake Center.

FHC Phone:


 * 1 435-882-1396

E-mail:


 * UT_TooeleValley@ldsmail.net

FHC Directors:


 * Roger K Koon - 1 435-843-5647
 * Peggy Ann Koon

 Assistant FHC Directors:
 * Gary Larsen
 * Silvia Larsen

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday and Thursday: 10:00-4:00, 7:00pm.-9:00pm.
 * Wednesday: 10:00am. - 4:00pm.
 * Friday:10:00am. - 4:00pm. 
 * Saturday by appointment only. 


 * For an appointment, please contact the director in advance at 1 435-882-1396.

Holiday Schedule:
 * Closed for National Holidays
 * Summer Breaks include the following:
 * The week of the 4th of July for Independence Day
 * The week of the 24th of July for Pioneer Day
 * Closed Thanksgiving Week.
 * Closed two weeks for Christmas

Calendar and Events
Become a Fan of Family History

Family History Fair November 8, 2014 

Tooele East Stake Center                                    

751 North 520 East, Tooele, Utah                        

Go to the Registration Formto register for the fair. It is not required to attend but it will help us with planning.

Use the link below for a printable version of the schedule of this years fair.

2014 FAM HIST FAIR SCHEDULE 082014.pdf

Fair Handouts
Presented by Lynn Andersen: 


 * How to Recognize Your Ancestors
 * Finding Your Cousins Using FamilySearch &amp; Other Online Tools (Class will be repeated)
 * Using FamilySearch to Solve Tough Research Problems
 * Presented by Van Celaya:
 * FamilySearch &amp; Wiki
 * Advanced Google Search Tips &amp; Secrets
 * Affiliate &amp; Other Genealogy Websites
 * Practice &amp; Application - Hands On
 * Presented by David Dilts
 * Religious Migration History &amp; Genealogy
 * Research Logs: Important Tools for Organizing Your Genealgoy
 * Presented by Robert Givens: 
 * Finding Names for Temple Using Puzzilla.org
 * Writing Your Ancestors Life Stories
 * Cleaning Up Family Mess in Family Tree
 * Presented by Pat Jensen: 
 * Basic Internet Skills
 * Adding Photos &amp; Stories
 * Navigating Family Tree
 * IrfanView &amp; Snipping Tool 
 * Class taught by Ann Moss
 * Are you a Good Detective? (Basic)
 * Presented by Lindsay Parker:
 * Introduction to FamilySearch YOUTH
 * Family History Research Using FamilySearch, Ancestry &amp; Find My Past YOUTH
 * FamilySearch Memories: Photos, Documents &amp; Stories
 * Presented by B J Salmond 
 * Getting to Know Your Ancestors
 *  Presented by Bud Wood:
 * Introduction on Ancestral Quest
 * Personal Database File Organization

Collections
Films may be sent to this center when ordered from the:*FamilySearch Catalog: :*

Small library of books that consists of biographies, genealogies, family histories, histories, maps, genealogical reference guides and vital records etc. Use link below to access a list of our books.

Tooele FHC Books Catalog


 * FHC Portal

This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Equipment

 * 12 Lenovo ThinkCentre all in one computers.
 * A digital film reader that prints the documents and can also save the document to a flash drive or cd.
 * four manual film readers and one microfiche reader.

Staff Research Specialties
Our staff specialties include the following:


 * Family Trees
 * Familysearch.org
 * Ancestry.com
 * Record Management Programs
 * Google Research
 * Free Research Websites

We always strive to have enough staff so that each patron who comes in can have one-on-one help.

Volunteer at the Center
The center is always looking for volunteers. The shifts are 3 hours long. 10:00-1:00, 1:00-4:00 and two hour shifts in the evenings 7:00-9:00pm. You can choose the shift. It is not necessary to be an expert in family history.