NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at the now very nearby Riverton FamilySearch Library. For those traveling to Salt Lake City, Riverton is located on the southwest side of the Salt Lake valley. Please address all inquiries to pjensen@familysearch.org.
The Riverton FamilySearch Library will
host a free seminar on
Saturday, July 20th, from
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
that will offer help to genealogists of
all skill levels.
Riverton, Utah
The Five Most Important Resources for
Finding Your U.S. Families
With an ever-growing
number of sources, websites, and research tools, today’s family
historian can be overwhelmed at the possibilities. Where to start?
How to be sure you have not missed anything? Here are the tools that will help
you be sure you have made a broad and deep sweep of the possible sources.
These five resources
are true power tools. They can accomplish great searches in just a little time.
Learn all their features and functions, so their power will work for you.
Kory
Meyerink, one of the founding partners of
ProGenealogists, has been involved in nearly every aspect of genealogy and
family history for the past 30 years, beginning as a record searcher while
attending Brigham Young University, where he received an associate degree in family
and local history, as well as a bachelor of science degree in psychology. He
later completed a master of library and information science degree. He has
written extensively and contributed numerous articles and columns for both
Ancestry and Heritage Quest magazines. He recently
served as the lead editor for the ground-breaking new methodology book, Becoming an Excellent Genealogist,
published by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional
Genealogists (ICAPGen), where he served for
eight years as a commissioner. His volunteer work also includes serving as
an officer and on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists
(APG) and as past-president of the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA).
Following the keynote presentation from 9:00–10:00
a.m., two blocks of four classes each are offered that cover topics of interest
for beginning, intermediate, and advanced family history enthusiasts.
The
classes available from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. are:
·
“ResearchTies:
A Quality Tool for Logging and Tracking Research” Jill
Crandell
·
“Find
Your French Ancestors Online” Heidi Sugden
“Installing and Using IrfanView Software” Colleen
Willis
·
“Basic Indexing” Rose
Scott
The
classes available from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. are:
·
“Research Fundamentals for Consultants and
Novice Genealogists” Sherry Zealley
·
“Fundamentals of Legacy Family Tree” Carl Holland
·
“Find Green Arrows through Descendency
Searches” Cathy Anderegg
·
“Using Billiongraves.com as a Source on Family Tree” Linda
Baker
Registration
is not required for this free seminar. The Riverton FamilySearch Library is
located in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive, Riverton, Utah. The
facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just
east of The Home Depot.
FamilySearchInternational is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of
people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about
their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its
predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical
records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization
sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may
access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or
through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the
renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
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