Ogden FamilySearch Center



Open House May 2nd 1:30p - 9:00p May 3rd 9am - 5pm May 4th 9am-5pm

Address 321 22nd Street, Ogden UT

Purpose

 * Ogden FamilySearch Center is a branch of the FamilySearch--Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States).
 * The Center provides resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy and family history by:
 * Providing personal one-on-one assistance to patrons
 * Helping all patrons readily identify and link their ancestors by providing personal instruction and classes.
 * Providing access to genealogical records through the Internet.

Group Reservations--please call the Center at CLOSED for reservations. Some options:

 * 'Groups are responsible to provide their own instructor(s).
 * Find Ancestor Names to Take to the Temple--Learn techniques for finding ancestors who need temple ordinances.
 * Become a Family History Detective--for ages 8 to 12--Look for clues in a cemetery, on a computer, in a keepsake suitcase, and keep an evidence folder.
 * 'Play games your ancestors may have played. Allow about two hours. Earn your Family History Detective badge and certificate if you return with your evidence folder complete.
 * Family Tree--Build your pedigree to deceased ancestors. Participants must bring birth and death dates and places about parents, grandparents and great grandparents.
 * Indexing--Learn how to do web based indexing
 * Add Memories--pictures, stories, documents and audio files. Learn how to download the Memory App to your smart phone.
 * Research--Learn how to search for documents and attach them as sources using FamilySearch Research
 * Special Request--Design your own activity.

Popular FamilySearch Links

 * Temple and Family History Consultant information
 * Family History Service opportunities
 * Links to popular family history and genealogical web sites
 * Websites for Family History Beginners
 * Helpful International Websites
 * FamilySearch Training--Online Classes and Webinars

Local Resources

 * Weber County Library--history, newspapers, obituaries, cemeteries, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, death certificates.
 * Weber State University Special Collections
 * Weber-Morgan Health Department: Local Source for Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, and Marriage Verification.
 * Weber County Utah Court Reference, local court records.

Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections

 * BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo.
 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
 * Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, *CensureBlock*s, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.
 * Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, family histories, photographs, books, *CensureBlock* collections, directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.

Neighboring repositories
"Sources"
 * Utah State Archives, SLC, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminal.
 * Utah State University, Logan, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources.
 * University of Utah, SLC, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana.
 * United States District Court of Utah federal court records.
 * Salt Lake City Public Library Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases.