Idaho Falls Idaho FamilySearch Center/Technology

TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

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Additional Resource Links to Help Preserve Your Heritage

Website: Preserve Your Family's Heritage      Learn how to preserve your family's heritage of stories, photos, audio, video, and family documents with help from this site.

Website: Family History Blog      This blog site has a lot of technology ideas that can be helpful in preserving your heritage.

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Library Resources

 List of Resources at Our Library (BEING REVISED)

Equipment / Books / Microfilm * 15 media PCs connected to a variety of scanning, photoediting, and other equipment * 33 research PCs with access to Premium Sites like Ancestry Institution, Newspapers.com, Puzzilla, and many others * 4 Scanning stations, each with a rapid photo scanner and a flatbed scanner * 3 Slide scanners which will do 110 and 35mm negatives and color slides. It will even scan individual frames of 8mm movie film <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* 1 Sheet feed document scanner that quickly scans multiple pages into one PDF document <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Large local region book collection <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Access to thousands of microfilm and fiche collections <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Microfilm/fiche ScanPro scanner to save digitized images to your USB device

<p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center">Computer Labs <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Main Computer Lab with 24 student computer stations, one instructor teaching station, and two projection screens <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Small Computer Lab with 16 student computer stations, one instructor teaching station, and a projection screen <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Note: Each lab is reservable by Temple and Family History Consultants to conduct classes as necessary

<p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center">Great Staff & Educational Classes <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* We have a great staff of missionaries and volunteers that are excited to sit down with you and show you how to "Discover, Gather, and Connect" with your family. <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* We have a lunch room with microwaves, fridges, and tables for staff and patrons. <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Most of our educational classes are designed to be interactive and "hands on" to help you solidify skills learned. See our scheduled classes with descriptions <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* "Don't feel comfortable with computers?" We have a series of Beginning Computer classes that are helpful to get you up to speed.

<p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center">Discovery Resources <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Eight 55" interactive touchscreen computers that will make your ancestry come to life for you <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Family interview room to help you preserve your elder's family memories and upload to FamilySearch <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Family conference room for personalized instructions with a touchscreen interactive screen <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Greenscreen machine - Take your photo in front of a heritage site of your choice <p style="font-family:times new roman; font-size:18px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">* Each of the 80+ library computers connects to a "discovery" portal that provides facts about your ancestors, migration maps, famous relatives you may have, and "Replace a Face" where you face is inserted into old photographs.