Riverton FamilySearch Library

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 * United States &gt; Utah &gt; Salt Lake County &gt; Riverton
 * United States &gt; Utah &gt; Salt Lake County &gt; Riverton
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Director:  TBD
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      Hours of Operation


 * Mon: 9 - 5
 * Tue: 9 - 9
 * Wed: 9 - 9
 * Thu: 9 - 9
 * Fri: 9 - 5
 * Sat 9 - 5


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Online Links

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 * Utah Death Certificates
 * US Social Security Deaths
 * FamilySearch
 * Record Search
 * newFamilySearch
 * FamilySearch Forums
 * newFamilyHistory
 * Linkpendium Utah
 * Cyndi's List Utah
 * FamilySearch Indexing
 * Salt Lake County Library
 * FH Library Bookmarks
 * FH Library Catalog
 * BYU FH Library
 * LDS.org
 * Logan Regional FHC
 * Ogden Regional FHC
 * Provo Regional FHC
 * London England FHC
 * Rootsweb
 * Free BMD England
 * US GenWeb Project
 * Online Death Indexes
 * FindaGrave.com
 * Internment.net
 * Ancestor Hunt
 * UVPAFUG
 * UVPAFUG


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Online Training

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 * Intro to new FamilySearch
 * Mastering Family History
 * FH Library PAF Lessons
 * BYU PAF Tutorial
 * BYU FH Courses
 * BYU FH 261 Lessons
 * Cathie Owens FH Lessons
 * Breaking Thru Brick Walls
 * Breaking Thru Brick Walls


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Riverton FamilySearch Library
=                    !!! NOW OPEN!!! =
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Riverton FamilySearch Library

 * Located at 3740 West Market Center Drive in Riverton. Inside the Riverton Office Building. (East of Home Depot off 13400 South and Bangerter)
 * Phone 801-240-9601
 * Email: ut_rivertonfslibrary@familysearch.org

= Class Schedule =

Upcoming classes:
Monday, June 28, 2:00 p.m. - FamilySearch Resources for English Research

Tuesday, June 29, 2:00 p.m. - Records for Pioneer Ancestors

Wednesday, June 30, 3:00 p.m. - About Ancestry.com

Thursday, July 1, 2:00 p.m. - 10 Websites for British Research

Friday, July 2, 10:00 a.m. - FamilySearch Labs

Tuesday, July 6, 2:00 p.m. - Discovering the Desktop

Wednesday, July 7, 4:00 p.m. - About Ancestry.com

Thursday, July 8, 3:00 p.m. - Using Family History Library Bookmarks

Friday, July 9, 10:00 a.m. - Record Search Pilot

Tuesday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. - Spanish Speaking - Introduction to New Family Search and PAF

Wednesday, July 14, 3:00 p.m. - Source Documentation

Thursday, July 15, 3:00 p.m. - Getting Started with Basic Research

Friday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. - FamilySearch Labs

Monday, July 19, 2:00 p.m. - FamilySearch Indexing

Tuesday, July 20, 2:00 p.m. - FamilySearch Online Resources

Wednesday, July 21, 10:00 a.m. - Basic English Research

Thursday, July 22, 3:00 p.m. - Getting Started with Basic Research

Monday, July 26, 2:00 p.m. - Basic Irish Research

Tuesday, July 27, 10:00 a.m. - Scottish Records Online

Wednesday, July 28, 3:00 p.m. - Ani Maps

Thursday, July 29, 2:00 p.m. - What's Happening in FamilySearch.org

Friday, July 30, 10:00 a.m. - Ellis Island

These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library.

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New FamilySearch Classes
'''A series of eight classes on New FamilySearch will begin next week. There are three options, beginning:'''

Monday, June 28, 10:00 a.m. - every Monday morning for eight weeks

Wednesday, June 30, 7:00 p.m. - every Wednesday evening for eight weeks

Friday, July 2, 2:00 p.m. - every Friday afternoon for eight weeks

'''These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library. '''__________________________________________________________________

Consultant Training Classes
A series of weekly training classes for Consultants will begin on Thursday, July 1, at 7:00 p.m. These classes will be held in the training room at the rear of the library.

Research Workshop 2010
Runs each Thursday evening at 7 p.m., through September 9th

General Public Invited

Class Schedule: July 1 - Maps July 8 - Land Records July 15 - Probate Records July 22 - Church Records July 29 - LDS Church Records Aug 5 - Military - Early Wars to Civil War Aug 12 - Military - Late Wars, Civil War to Present Day Aug 19, 26 - Emigration Records Sept 2 - Naturalization, Paleography, Old Handwriting Sept 9 - Advanced Class - Migration, New England, Southern, Mid Atlantic, Mid Western

July 17, Saturday Seminar 9:00 - 12:00 Noon

 * First in a monthly series of Saturday Seminars


 * Opening speaker - Diane Loosle (first hour)
 * Participants will be able to select from four classes during the remaining two hours
 * Classes will be taught by Don and Diane Snow, Suzanne Curley and others

August 21, Saturday Seminar 9:00 - 12:00 Noon

 * Details forthcoming

September 18, Saturday Seminar 9:00 - 12:00 Noon

 * Details forthcoming

October 15 - 16, First Riverton FamilySearch Library Conference

 * 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Friday; 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday
 * An exciting Family History event including a well known speaker for plenary session and 5 streams of classes
 * Entry will be free
 * Prior registration is required

November 20, Saturday Seminar - 9:00 - 12:00 Noon

 * Details forthcoming

Staffing
Applying to join the staff:

Those who can serve at least 16 hours a week are invited to apply as a Church Service Missionary using the form provided on lds.org under "Serving in the Church." The form should be signed by the Bishop and Stake President.The form is then mailed to the address on the form. Those who cannot serve 16 hours, but can serve at least 7 hours a week (one shift) are invited to send an email to [mailto:ut_riverton@familysearch.org ut_riverton@familysearch.org] or to telephone 801-240-9601.


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Databases &amp; Software

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 * Ancestry (use for free)
 * Heritage Quest
 * Footnote.com
 * NewEnglandAncestors.org
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * US 19th C Newspapers
 * US Civil War Research Database
 * US Civil War Letters and Diaries
 * Images of the American Civil War
 * FindMyPast
 * TheGenealogist
 * Times Digital Archives (UK)
 * Oxford English Dictionary
 * British Library 19th C Newspapers
 * WorldVitalRecords
 * Genline.com (Swedish Records)
 * SVAR (National Archives of Sweden)
 * Pedigree Resource File
 * FamilySearch DOS
 * Personal Ancestral File
 * Family Insight
 * RootsMagic
 * Ancestral Quest
 * Legacy
 * Family Tree Maker


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Hardware and Equipment

 * 127 Patron Computers
 * 20 Microfilm and Microfiche Readers
 * Digital Scanning from films
 * Copy Machines and Printers
 * Conference Rooms
 * Training Rooms
 * Teleconferencing

Description of some of the above databases

 * Footnote ( www.footnote.com )

Footnote is a subscription-based website that features searchable, original documents that provide users a view of the events, places and people that shaped the American nation and the world. The site will have over 25 million digital images by the end of 2007. Footnote is currently working with FamilySearch to index the American Revolutionary War Pension files. Additional projects with FamilySearch are under development.

Individuals with Footnote subscriptions will be able to sign in with the same Footnote username and password they use at home in order to save, annotate, and upload content.


 * Godfrey Memorial Library ( www.godfrey.org )

Godfrey Memorial Library has an extensive collection of essential resources to assist genealogical and historical research. Resources include newspapers, city and business directories, vital records, printed census records, state, county, and local histories, as well as numerous family histories, family bible records, and service and pension records.


 * Heritage Quest/ProQuest ( www.heritagequestonline.com )

Heritage Quest online includes the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790 to 1930 including names and indexes for many of the sets. Users will be able to find people and places located in over 20,000 published family and local histories and PERSI, an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local history articles. Other online databases include Revolutionary War Pension, Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, and the Freedman Bank Records.

Access to this service will be limited to 1,400 family history centers in North America. Patrons should contact their local family history center to see if this service is available. Family history center directors should contact Family History Center Support with questions.


 * World Vital Records ( www.worldvitalrecords.com )

World Vital Records provides access to research helps and has a wide variety of international records, including more than 60 parish registers, Scottish death records, UK marriages, and Irish prisoner records. There are more than 300 newspapers with 100,000 pages added a month, and over 500 online databases, including vital, military, land, pension records, reference materials, family histories, maps, gazetteers, and international coops. With the recent Quintin Publications partnership, World Vital Records will soon have more than 10,000 databases online. At least one new database is added every business day.

Microfilm Collection and Film Ordering

 * The Library is beginning to assemble a collection of roughly 50,000 often requested films from England, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts.
 * The films held will be presented on a catalog on the website familysearch.org/fhc/riverton
 * The cost of ordering microfilm will be $2.50 for a short-term loan
 * Films ordered before noon will be available after noon the following day


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