Brigham City Utah FamilySearch Center/Classes

Calendar and Events
Brigham City Family History Fair Saturday, March 14, 2015 1:00 to 6:30 pm

Keynote speaker: Jerry Earl Johnston, well-known author and expert at discovering the story.

Sixteen classes will be offered arranged by interest track. (You can attend any class—it’s not necessary to stay with the same track throughout the fair.)

FamilySearch track will offer classes on getting started in FamilySearch, fixing problems in Family Tree, finding ancestors needing temple ordinances, and what’s new in FamilySearch.

Preserving Memories track will offer tips for talking to relatives to learn about your family stories and then how to write the stories so they will be preserved for future generations. Other classes will include instruction on how to digitize photos and documents and make audio clips to add to FamilySearch.

Research Techniques will help you learn how to begin finding and analyzing records about your family. Catch up on great websites to help in your research and learn how DNA can help you in your research.

RootsTech track will feature video of four of the best talks from RootsTech 2015.

No registration is required.

Come join us for an informative and inspiring day!

Monthly Class Schedule
'''All classes are held in the Training Room of the Family History Center. Please register in advance by calling the Brigham City Family History Center at 723-5995.'''

Monday, Feb 2 - 10:00 a.m. - My Heritage, taught by Annette Shepherd This class teaches how to use the website "My Heritage.com" for both researching and recording personal family trees.

Wednesday, Feb 4 - 6:00 p.m. - Getting the Most from Partner Website Subscriptions, taught by Joyce Palmer If you’ve signed up for subscriptions with the partner websites (Ancestry, Find My Past, and My Heritage) but are not sure what to do next, this class is for you! Come and learn the basics of these great new resources for finding your family.

Tuesday, Feb 10 - 6:00 p.m. - US Census Records, taught by Shari Duce This class teaches how to use US Census records to find clues about your family.

Tuesday, Feb 17 - 10:00 a.m. - US Census Records, taught by Shari Duce Repeat of Feb 10 Class.

Tuesday, Feb 17 - 6:00 p.m. - Getting Started with your Research, taught by Linda Peterson This class teaches the basics of getting started and using Family Search and other online programs. This is the basics for anyone just beginning or needing a refresher course.

Wednesday, Feb 18 - 6:00 p.m. - Audio Files in Family Tree, taught by Michael Palmer One of the new features of Family Tree is the ability to add audio files. This class teaches how to make audio recordings and also capture clips from existing recordings to upload to Family Tree.

Tuesday, Feb 24 - 6:00 p.m. - Ancestry.com, taught by Sue LaVelle Ancestry.com is a powerful internet site that is a major factor in Family History Research. Learn how to navigate this site and learn the "ins and outs" of researching.

Wednesday, Feb 25 - 10 a.m. - RootsMagic Software Beginning Class, taught by Vicki Rasmussen Roots Magic is a data management program to record your family records, histories and pictures. This class teaches the basics in using this program.

Wednesday, Feb 25 - 6:00 p.m. - Scanning Workshop, taught by Michael Palmer This workshop offers hands-on help with scanning photos and documents and uploading them to Family Tree. Bring several photos or documents, a flash drive, and your FamilySearch log-in info.

Thursday, Feb 26 - 1:00 p.m. - Getting Started with your Research, taught by Linda Peterson Repeat of Feb 17 class.

Thursday, Feb 26 - 6:00 p.m. - RootsTech Highlights, taught by Anita Olsen Come learn about all of the new ideas that were presented at the RootsTech conference.

Tuesday, Mar 3 - 6:00 p.m. - Ancestry.com Workshop, taught by Sue LaVelle This is a follow-up class from the week before. This will be hands-on practical use of Ancestry.com.

Staff Training Meeting
Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 pm