Taylorsville Salt Lake Community College FamilySearch Center





Welcome to the new Taylorsville Utah 10-Stake Family History Center at the Salt Lake Community College LDS Institute (Redwood campus). We received 20 new PC's and a Lexmark MX611 printer/scanner Aug 2016, and 12 new desks/tables Oct 2016. We have 32 staff members, 12 of which were welcomed from the Taylorsville Central Stake Dec 2016. The directors are Jon & Cheryl Thomas from the Bennion Utah West Stake.





Center Contacts and Hours

 * Language: English (Spanish available Thursdays 9AM-12PM)


 * Address: 4554 So 2025 W, Taylorsville UT 84129
 * The Institute building is the last on the southwest corner of the main Redwood campus. (Just immediately west of the new SLCC administration building)
 * For parking, use Lot E if possible (off of Community Blvd, a.k.a Bruin Blvd), else use Lot F when E is full. Park in any yellow-lined student parking spot.  (The blue-lined spots are only for faculty.)  But pick up a free temporary parking pass from the Institute office (inside east entrance) or from the Family History Center staff ASAP upon arrival Mon-Fri.
 * The Family History Center is in Room 107 (west end of the south hallway), but use the south door to the room.
 * Location Map:
 * Google Map


 * Phone: 
 * Family History Center: 801-590-7838
 * After Hours / weekends, call: 801-718-9772 (director's mobile)
 * Taylorsville Utah (Redwood campus) LDS Institute of Religion office: 801-964-3064


 * E-mail: ut_taylorsvilleSLCC@ldsmail.net


 * Open Hours: 
 * Mon: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 * Tue: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
 * Wed: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (group reservations at 7pm)
 * Thu: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
 * Fri: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
 * Sat: closed, except by appointment only
 * Sun: closed, except some of the Taylorsville YSA wards may be holding FH Sunday School classes here between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM
 * Otherwise, if you just want to just use the computers and printer, the Institute office personnel normally opens the room from about 7 AM to about 10 PM Mon-Fri, or upon request. But note that the computers and room are monitored nearby and remotely, and controlled by a firewall.


 * Closure Dates:
 * Closed for an Institute class every Thursday evening 7PM-8:30PM;

Upcoming Events (Find-Take-Teach)

 * Wed Apr 5 - 7PM: Valley Park 1st Ward YW group per YW Pres Wendi Tye (Taylorsville Valley Park Stake)
 * Sat May 13 - 1PM-4:30PM: Taylorsville YSA Stake Discovery Day
 * Tue May 16 -7PM: Valley Park 5th Ward YW group per Kay Cherrington (Taylorsville Valley Park Stake)
 * >>> To Schedule a Date for Your Group (no more than 10), please call Rick Francom at 801-810-4419 (must schedule at least 3 weeks in advance)

Past Events (Find-Take-Teach)

 * Wed Nov 30 - Taylorsville North Central Stake: 5 HPGLs, 3 HC's, 4 Stake YM/YW Presidency members per Brandon Free
 * Tue Dec 6 - Bennion West Stake YM/YW Presidencies per Nathan Winters (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed Jan 4 - Taylorsville 24th Ward YM/YW per Brandon Free (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Thu Jan 5 - Bennion 1st Ward Council per HPGL Lary Wright (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed Feb 15 - Meadow Heights Ward YM/YW per Hyrum Okeson (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Tue Feb 28 - Mackay Meadows Ward YM/YW per Jeaneah Cutler (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Wed Mar 1 - Sunnybrook Ward YM/YW per Rick Francom (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Tue Mar 7 - Taylorsville Stake Presidency & wives - per Mark Ethington
 * Wed Mar 8 - Ridgecrest 1st Ward, Ward Council per Claire Dieterle (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed Mar 15 - Bennion Stake PEC (Stake Presidency & High Council) - per Pres. Brent Calder
 * Wed Mar 22 - Taylorsville Central Stake PEC (Presidency & High Council) - per David Miller
 * Tue Mar 28 - POSTPONED: Bernina Ward YW group intro per Tammy Ferrin (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed Mar 29 - POSTPONED: Ridgecrest 1st Ward YW per Tiffany Lofgren (Bennion West Stake)

Class Schedule

 * CES Institute course 390R "Introduction to Family History" (2 credit hours) - taught to Taylorsville Institute students by Charla Hancuff:
 * Section 18 on Mondays 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ( CANCELED for Spring Term ), or:
 * Section 51 on Thursdays 7:00 PM to 8:20 PM (FULL)
 * Adults over 30 are welcome to register anytime for this class with the Taylorsville Institute office (in person).

Staff Training Meetings

 * Every 4th Friday at 2PM (please sign up), starting Feb 24, 2017.
 * Encouraging staff to pick desired classes at Riverton FH Library.

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center will NOT have the ability to order any of the films and microfiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions. Click FHC Portal for a list of those premium databases you can access for free while at our center.
 * LibreOffice v5.2 - a version of OpenOffice (free) until we can afford Microsoft Office
 * ArkivDigital Online v1.5.4-rc3 - a program to help accessing Swedish Research
 * Google Earth - helps in locating worldwide maps
 * IrfanView v4.42 (64bit) - helps in editing or viewing your photos on your USB thumb drive
 * Pandora Hope Chest (Chrome extension)
 * Find-a-Record (Chrome extension)
 * Overhead / Housecleaning background software for Safe Browsing:
 * Rainmeter v3.3.2 - for desktop shortcuts, such as to subscription websites that are free thru the FHC Portal.
 * DeepFreeze from Faronics Corp - for nightly security cleaning of traceable userid/password clues (or during next reboot)

Hardware and Equipment

 * We replaced all 21 old computers with upgrades to 20 brand-new Dell 23-inch touch-screen all-in-one desktop computers August 2016.
 * Installed a new Lexmark MX611dhe B&W printer (with color scanner) August 2016. We charge 5 cents per page printed.
 * Installed 11 new tables, new desk, and new projection screen October 2016.

Staff Research Specialties

 * Ancestral Quest
 * Danish Research
 * English Research
 * Family Tree (in FamilySearch)
 * Norwegian Research
 * Pandora Hope Chest (Chrome extension)
 * Roots Magic
 * U.S. Research
 * Utah Pioneers Research

Stakes Sponsoring this Family History Center
The following 10 stakes are the sponsoring stakes (and Coordinating Council) who are providing resources for this Family History Center:
 * Bennion Utah East Stake
 * Bennion Utah Stake
 * Bennion Utah West Stake (the "agent stake")
 * Taylorsville Utah Central Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah North Central Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah North Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah South Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah Valley Park Stake
 * Taylorsville Utah YSA Stake

Resources in the Local Area

 * Taylorsville Utah Redwood LDS Institute of Religion
 * Story of Mormon Pioneers Settling Taylorsville in the Salt Lake Valley
 * Resource Links by the City of Taylorsville
 * Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery
 * Taylorsville Public Library
 * West Valley City Public Library
 * Salt Lake Utah South (Tongan) Family History Center - in Kearns (3.4 miles southwest)
 * Murray Utah South Family History Center - 6.2 miles southeast
 * Midvale Utah Union Fort Family History Center - 6.3 miles southeast
 * Riverton FamilySearch Library - 10.4 miles south (see their seminars held every 3rd Saturday 9am-12pm)

Links

 * Current Wikipedia info about Taylorsville Utah

Volunteer at the Center

 * Looking for volunteers comfortable with computers who love learning genealogy, and teaching youth and young adults how to find their ancestors.
 * If you are available to volunteer for 3 hours per week, we would love to have you, and happy to help you learn (and teach us all) additional skills.
 * Contact Jon Thomas (801-718-9772) or Cheryl Thomas (801-718-9675).
 * Fill out the Long-Term Volunteer Form
 * Then have your Bishop sign it,
 * Then have your Stake President send it to President Lynn Morton of the Bennion Utah West Stake at:
 * 5867 Rosa Vista Dr, Taylorsville UT 84129 (801-849-8383) or email to lynnmortonlds@gmail.com