St Johns Arizona FamilySearch Center


 * We are a stand alone FamilySearch Center (not in a Chapel Building). We serve the cities of St. Johns, Concho, and surrounding areas.



Location Map

 * 50 N. 1st West St. Johns, Arizona 85936 United States
 * We are directly North of The Lawyers Title Building whose address is on Cleveland 

Phone: 928-337-2543

E-mail: [mailto:AZ_StJohns@familyhistorymail.org AZ_StJohns@familyhistorymail.org]

Open Hours:


 * Monday:         (For Families by appointment only)
 * Tuesday:        9:00 am - 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm   Public Welcome
 * Wednesday:   9:00 am - 1:00 pm                                      Public Welcome
 * 1st & 2nd Wednesday:  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - time as per Ward - Youth Training (*see below)
 * 3rd & 4th Wednesday:  6:00 pm - 7:30 pm CONSULTANT & INDEX TRAINING respectively - Public Welcome
 * Thursday:      9:00 am - 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm    Public Welcome
 * Sunday:         3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Youth Consultant TRAINING
 * Sunday:         For groups, families or special instruction. (By Appointment Only)

YOUTH TRAINING(Jan, Apr, July, Oct)---(Feb, May, Aug, Nov)---(Mar, Jun, Sept, Dec)

'''* 1st Wed. nights---Little ColoradoGrover Hill--Salem'''

'''* 2nd Wed. nights-Meadows--LymanConcho'''

Temporary Closures will be announced.

Holiday Schedule: The FamilySearch Center will be closed the week of Thanksgiving. We are closed July for the 4th and 24th town holidays and also the last 2 weeks of December for Christmas Break.

FSC Tip of the Week
Add a photo to FamilySearch

Add a Family Photo to FamilySearch.org this week! Sign in to your account, then click on the Memories tab. Click on the Add Memories button - Drag or Drop your files to upload them to your "Gallery"  .jpg, .tif, .bmp, .png, .pdf, .mp3 and .m4a, up to 15MB accepted. Then you can attach it to your family.

FindAGrave.com and BillionGraves.com

FindAGrave.com and BillionGraves.com are just two websites dedicated to gathering grave site photos & information not only in the US but around the world via volunteers like you! You can search for a cemetery, or search for an ancestor. If there has been a memorial created for your ancestor, it will pop up. If there isn't one created you can create it yourself. BillionGraves even has the latitude & longitude of the headstone (photos taken by cell phones). Remember not everything you read on the internet is TRUE! Always verify info found on any website!

1950 U.S. Federal Census Records

April 1st, 2022 - U.S. Federal Census Records for 1950 became AVAILABLE. Come and learn how to INDEX that NEW SOURCE. The U.S. has gathered Census Records every ten years since 1790. It's good practice to follow your ancestors through the US Fed Census. The 1790-1840 list Only the Head of Household by name. But starting in 1850 each person was named in every household. Lots of info can be gleaned about your families! Start on FamilySearch.org and then try Ancestry.com. To find them in between US Fed Census years look for State Census. 4th Wednesday: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm INDEX TRAINING - Public Welcome.

"Getting Help"

March 15, 2023 - 3rd Wednesday especially for Family History Consultant TRAINING, but all are welcome. Sister Linda Richardson is our instructor. January 18th was our first Training which set a post covid record attendance of 23. Don't miss training on February 15th.

Sign in to FamilySearch.org and then click on the "Get Help" button, above your name. In the window that opens up click on "Help Center". Here you may pick a "Help Topic" that your question falls under - or right under the icons for Topics - you can just type in your question. Your search results will appear right under your question. There will be articles for you to read and see if they answer your question. If you can't find an answer - contact your Ward Temple and Family History Consultants. Which you can find under "Get Help" and "Find Local Help".

"Getting to our FSC Wiki Page!"

March 1st & 8th, 2023 - 1st & 2nd Wednesdays are TRAINING especially for the YOUTH but EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

Google: "St. Johns FamilySearch Center wiki page" and you can click the link - it should come up as your first choice. Gives our Hours, Events, Links to local records, and More Tips of the Week!

"Getting Started" with FamilySearch.org

March 22nd, 2023 - LEARN from the FamilySearch Center Portal that is AVAILABLE at the LIBRARY.

After signing in to FamilySearch.org - Up in the Top Right Corner click on "Get Help" (Found above your name). Then take a look at "Getting Started" under the Self Help Section.

There is Quick video and great info - that will explain some of the Frequently Asked Questions! Like "What information is needed to submit a name?" and "Where can I find more information about my ancestor".

"USE THE WATCH LIST on FamilySearch.org"

March 25, 2023 - The purpose of the watch list is to notify you of any changes to a particular record on Family Tree.

When a patron changes information for an individual on your watch list, you receive an email to the email address in your FamilySearch Account on a weekly basis. Reported changes include sources added, Memory items attached, changes in vital information or alternate information, and discussions or comments added. At this time you will not see changes in Ordinances.

Changes remain on the watch list for 30 days. The watch list does not have a print option. You can use the print feature of your web browser to print the web page. Results will vary, depending on your browser. Or you can use a screen capture tool to capture an image of the list.


 * 1) Go to the Person page of the individual you want to watch for changes.
 * 2) Click Watch at the top of the Person page, under the name of the person in the gray bar. The empty star turns black, and the person is now on your watch list.
 * 3) If you want to remove a person from the watch list, click Unwatch again to clear the name from the list.
 * 4) To start with put all of your bloodline for four generations on the watch list. You can then add more to it as you work on other names. You will see the benefits of this tool when someone adds a photo that you've never seen before, or deletes information that they think is incorrect but you have proof of.

Calendar and Events
FHC Consultant Training Meetings held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 6pm, except in the months of May, July and December.

TRAINING on INDEXING 4th Wednesdays

Consultant Training Meetings:
Our next Consultant Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Everyone is Welcome to come sit in on the training. This month we are continuing to learn about The Family History Guide Round 3.

This is a huge website and we will be taking several months to go through this and learn this marvelous tool for learning how to teach, research and use this site for our callings and our own Family History.

Consultants: Please keep using The Family History Guide training, in FamilySearch Projects 1-8, Goals and Choices. Starting this week: April 4th,5th & 6th "Shift Training" We will dive deeper into FamilySearch Goals.

Family History Guide Homeschool Resources. Check out the Tab for Activities it has things to do with Family, Individuals, Youth, Kids Corner, Home School. There is even Weekly Family History Activities that go along with your Come, Follow Me lessons. You can find them under the Activities Tab, then choose "Home School" and go to #5. Weekly Family History Activities for Latter-Day Saints.

Databases and Software

 * FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Hardware and Equipment

 * We have a multi-purpose copier/scanner, binding machine, computers (including an older computer with the large floppy drive), printers, microfilm/fiche readers, Digital Imaging System that includes a flatbed scanner &amp; Microfilm/fiche reader so you can copy/save pages from films/fiche, books, photographs or documents.

Collections

 * We have books on Family Histories donated by local families. We have an "Arizona Collection" of books on Northern Arizona, Apache County and surrounding areas. We have a photography collection that was donated by Margaret J. Overson that has been scanned, indexed and accessed through our computers on our FSC Database program.
 * Microfilm #F9504- Primary History of the St. Johns Stake Primary History of the St. Johns 2nd Ward
 * Microfilm #F9508- Newspaper - The St. Johns Herald - 08 Oct 1885 - 22 Dec 1897 (incomplete)
 * Microfilm #F9507- Newspaper - The St. Johns Herald - 05 Jan 1888 - 31 Oct 1889 (incomplete)
 * Microfilm #F9505- Newspaper - The St. Johns Herald - 23 Oct 1890 - 24 Dec 1892
 * Microfilm #F9506- Newspaper - The St. Johns Herald - 05 Jan 1893 -28 Aug 1897 (incomplete)
 * Microfilm #F9508- Newspaper - Apache Review - 30 May 1888 - 09 Jan 1889 (incomplete)
 * Microfilm #NP001- Apache County Independent News, St. Johns Herald-Observer, St. Johns Herald - 1938-1939
 * Microfilm #NP002- St. Johns Herald-Observer - Aug 1942- Dec 1944 (Indexed by volunteer.)
 * Microfilm #NP003- St. Johns Herald-Observer, Apache County Independent News - Jan 1940 - Aug 1942
 * Microfilm #NP004- St. Johns Herald-Observer, Apache County Independent News, White Mountain Independent -1945 - Oct 14, 1976
 * Microfilm #NP005- St. Johns Herald, June 20, 1889 - Jan 25, 1896
 * Microfilm #NP006- St. Johns Herald, St. Johns Herald-Observer, Apache County Independent News - 1915-1937 (Indexed by volunteer.)
 * Microfilm #NP007- White Mountain Independent - Jan 26, 1978 - Aug 17, 1978 (Indexed by volunteer.)
 * Microfilm #NP008- White Mountain Independent, White Mountain NavApache Independent - May 1980-Dec 1980
 * Microfilm #NP009- White Mountain Independent, White Mountain NavApache Independent - Aug 24, 1978 - Apr 29, 1980  (Indexed by volunteer.)
 * Microfilm #NP010- White Mountain Independent (St. Johns edition) Sep 13, 1983 - Dec 29, 1983
 * Microfilm #NP011- White Mountain Independent (St. Johns edition) Jan 4, 1974-Dec 27, 1974
 * Microfilm #NP012- White Mountain Independent (St. Johns edition. Changed to Apache County edition) (Indexed by volunteer.)
 * Microfilm #NP013- White Mountain Independent (Apache County edition) Jan 6, 1977 - Dec 29, 1977 ( Indexed by volunteer.)

Resources in the Local Area
St. Johns, Arizona website

St. Johns City Cemetery - Maps of the City of St. Johns Cemetery in .doc format. "Old Cemetery" is the southern part of the cemetery and the "New Cemetery" is the Northern part of the cemetery. There is an alphabetical list of persons buried there in "Locator in excel format". They keep it up to date fairly regularly. If you have any questions or more information for them call 928-337-4517 Ext 222.

Apache County Website

The Apache County Historical Society Museum

The Apache County Historical Society Blog

Arizona Birth Death Certificates - free online at Arizona Dept. of Health Services, Arizona Genealogy Record Search.

Arizona Gravestones.org

Apache County Library District - Apache County History

Links
1st Battalion, Arizona Infantry Research Wiki page: 1st Battalion, Arizona Infantry (Union)

Apache County, Arizona Research Wiki page: Apache County, Arizona

Apache County Library District

Arizona 1912-2012 - Posting illustrated histories of Arizona towns at Arizona 100

Arizona Birth & Death Certificates: Birth records from 1855-1940 and Death records from 1870-1965 at Arizona Dept. of Health Services, Genealogy Record Search. Birth & Death Certificates available to the public. The certificate images provided are limited to Arizona: BIRTHS that occurred at least 75 years ago & DEATHS that occurred at least 50 years ago.

Arizona Digital Newspaper Program

Arizona Memory Project

Arizona Research Wiki page: Arizona

Saint Johns Cemetery at Billion Graves.

St. Johns Eastside Catholic Cemetery at Billion Graves.

Cemetery Records for St. Johns, Arizona - Transcribed by Etta B. Heap - August 1959 -This is believed to be transcribed from the H.T. Brawley Book dating back to 1883. Found at the Mesa Arizona FamilySearch Center - Digital - Online at FamilySearch

Find a Grave for Apache County, Arizona.

Library of Congress - Chronicling America Digitized Newspapers from Arizona - as of May 26, 2019. Including: University of Arizona - Special Collections: Overson Family Photographs. St. Johns, Arizona's Margaret Jarvis Overson, a professional photographer