Orem Utah Sunset Heights FamilySearch Center

The Orem Utah Sunset Heights Multi-Stake Family History Center
We s erve p atrons in the four stake area of Cherry Hill, Lakeview, Sunset Heights and Vineyard. The location is adjacent to Utah Valley University.

We offer: • One-on-one assistance • Free access to subscription websites • Classes on Family Tree, FamilySearch, subscription websites and various research topics

Center Contacts and Hours Location
Address: 1260 South 400 West, Orem, Utah

Ring bell to gain access. Get a parking pass from center for use before 3 pm.

E-mail: ut_oremsunsetheights@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:

 * Monday, Thursday and Friday: 10 am to 4 pm
 * Tuesday and Wednesday: 10 am to 4 pm and 6:30 pm to 9 pm

(Call after 8pm. If no patrons are at center, staff may close the center.)

Group Reservation: Contact Assistant Directors Rod (801-800-0252) or Pat (801-800-0025) Cuthbert to schedule the date and time.

Holiday Schedule:
Closed for Christmas and New Years - Monday, December 16 thru Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Closed Martin Luther King Day - Monday January 20, 2014

Closed General Conference - Saturday April 5, 1014

Closed Preidents Day - Monday, February 17, 2014

Closed General Conference – Saturday, April 5, 1014

Closed Memorial Day weekend - Saturday, May 24 and Monday May 26, 2014

Closed Independence Day – Friday, July 4, and Saturday July 5, 2014

Closed Pioneer Day – Thursday, July 24

Closed Labor Day – Monday, September 1, 2014

Closed General Conference – Saturday, October 4, 2014

Closed Friday October 31 after 4pm, 2014

Closed Thanksgiving - Wednesday after 1pm, thru Saturday, November 26-29, 2014

Closed for Christmas and New Years - Monday, December 22 thru Thursday, January 1, 2014

One on One Help
We offer BASIC HELP any time we ore open in three areas:

Getting Started with Your Family History - Using Family Tree - Using Family Search

Classes and Workshops
All classes taught at Sunset Heights FHC. Our Focus this year is to teach you how to use the many tools found on FamilySearch.

Writers Workshop every Wed

 * Henry Miles

Wednesday at 3 pm Henry Miles presents a fun approach to writing your family history in “one experience essays.” To prepare for class, attendees should choose one experience to write about and come to class prepared to relate that experience orally.


 * Two other topics

These are taught each month. Each class is offered twice. In January, May and October the first of each class falls on a Thursday and is repeated the next Tuesday.
 * One class is taught the first Tuesday at 11 am and repeated the first Thursday at 7 pm.
 * The second class is taught the 3rd Tuesday at 11 and repeated the 3rd Thursday at 7 pm.

January Class:
by Bob Gunnell Thurs, January 16, 2014, 7pm – 8pm repeated Tues, January 21, 2014 11 am- 12 noon. Learn how to navigate your way through “World Vital Records” as you search for your ancestors. World Vital Records is a premium web site (available free at the FHC) with records collections from around the world.
 * World Vital Records

February Classes:
by Jed Robinson Tues Feb 4th @ 11 am or Thurs Feb 6th @ 7 pm
 * Indexing 

by Cheryl Fugal Tues Feb 18 @ 11 am or Thurs Feb 20 @ 7 pm Learn how to navigate through Ancestry.com’s 12 billion historical records and 55 million family trees to help search out your family history. This is the first of 3 classes that will be offered and is an overview of the records available.
 * Ancestry 1 

March Classes:
''by Lana and Dennis Herre Tues Mar 4th @ 11 am or Thurs Mar 6th @ 7 pm
 * ''Clearing Names for Temple Work and Printing FORs

Cheryl Fugal Tues, Mar 18 @ 11 am or Thurs, Mar 20 @ 7 pm
 * Ancestry 2