Orem Utah Stonewood FamilySearch Center



==== '''The Orem Utah Stonewood Family History Center (formerly the Lakeridge Family History Center) primarily serves members of the Utah Orem Cascade, Hillcrest, Lakeridge, Orem, Sharon, and Stonewood Stakes. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and non-members are welcome to seek individual assistance from the Center's temple and family history consultant staff and to use the Center's internet and other services and equipment.''' ====

==== '''The Orem Stonewood Family History Center staff invite and welcome family and ward youth and adult groups from its six-stake service area to schedule visits for hands-on group training on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evenings. By special arrangement group visits and training may be scheduled at other times including on Saturday and Sunday evenings. We have nine computers with internet connections and can train using computer projector presentations for large groups in the Center's group room or, if necessary in the Stonewood Stake Center chapel or one of its other large rooms. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops on which they should be able to get an internet connection just as they can in most buildings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Saints.''' ====

Orem Stonewood Center Directors Council Members and the Stakes They Represent:
==== Director: Robert Standing, phone 385-292-8460, e-mail: rstanding444@gmail.com (Cascade Stake); Assistant Directors: Jerry Cross, phone (801) 400-4200, e-mail: JC09@comcast.net (Hillcrest Stake); Jerry Kern, phone (801) 225-3907, e-mail: jerry_kern@yahoo.com (Lakeridge Stake); Beth Le, phone (801) 735-2650, e-mail: bethle560@gmail.com (Orem Stake); Carolyn Garrison, phone (801) 607-2506, e-mail: clgarri39@gmail.com (Sharon Stake); Clyde & Rose Marie Morrell, phone (801) 224-6563, e-mail: oremclyde@gmail.com & mcrosemarie@gmail.com (Stonewood Stake). Feel free to contact any of the above for more information about the Center's services and resources. ====

Center Open Hours:

 * Monday 10:00am-4:00pm
 * Tuesday 10:00am-8:00pm
 * Wednesday 10:00am-8:00pm
 * Thursday 10:00am-8:00pm
 * Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

Hardware and Equipment:

 * Nine computers for patron use.
 * A multi-purpose printer that is also a photo and document scanner that can print and copy both 8x11 and 8x14 documents. Scans can be saved to a flash drive or to patrons' FamilySearch websites. The printer does not print color images, though saved scans can be printed on home color printers or at at commercial vendors. Scanned photos and documents can be added to family histories, and/or attached to family members' "Memories" in their FamilySearch Family Tree.
 * Family history research books, publications, maps, and an extensive collection of training documents on numerous aspects of genealogy and family history.
 * Three "ShotBox" tabletop photo light studios made for specific use with smart phones to memorialize family heirlooms, oversize documents, photos, and more. One is set up in the Center computer room available for use by consultant staff and patrons. The other two complete ShotBox kits may be checked out by consultant staff and patrons for home use for up to three days.

Other Center Resources:

 * Links to the following popular programs are loaded on the menu bars of the Center's computers for quick and easy access: FamilySearch, Google, Ancestry, Findmypast, MyHeritage, AmericanAncestors, RecordSeek, the Family History Center Portal, and others. Note: Beginning last September 2017 microfilms were no longer distributed by FamilySearch to family history centers given the rapid completion of digitizing the millions of microfilms in the Granite Mountain vaults and the unavailability of microfilm.
 * The Family History Center Portal, available at most family history centers and libraries, gives patrons free access to premium subscription websites such as Fold3 (a source of millions of military historical records), Puzzilla - Premium Edition, World Vital Records, and several more.
 * FamilySearch Catalog—an amazing directory to genealogical materials including books, microfilm and microfiche, and other numerous publications and other materials available in the Salt Lake Family History and other genealogical Libraries. Millions of microfilm images of these resouorces have been converted to digital images and the information these contain have been or are being indexed in a worldwide effort to make the information available online. There are billions of viewable records on FamilySearch.org and on other internet sites such as Ancestry.com.


 * The Stonewood Center also has its own small collection of books, periodicals, atlases, syllabi from genealogical conferences, plus an extensive searchable collection of maps and files of genealogical research training documents covering a wide range of topics useful to both those new to family history and genealogical research and those with advanced skills and knowledge.

Staff Research Specialties:

 * We currently have consultant staff and others in our service area who have volunteered their services who can read and/or speak, to some degree, who can read and/or speak, to some degree, the following languages: Austrian, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Several of these staff are very familiar with helping patrons begin their research in countries where these languages are spoken.
 * A few of our staff members can assist with and/or are Genealogy Merit Badge counselors for the Boy Scouts of America.
 * Several staff members specialize in United States, Canada, and/or British research.
 * Many of the staff are able to help patrons locate vital records in the United States and other countries that are not yet available through FamilySearch or other major online family history collections such as those at Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, etc.

2020 Holiday Schedule - Dates Center is Closed
(Note: The Center is closed on Saturdays and Sundays except by special arrangements for group presentations)
 * Memorial Day, May 25
 * Independence Day, July 3
 * Pioneer Day, July 23-24
 * Labor Day, September 7
 * Thanksgiving, November 25-27
 * Christmas & New Years, December 21 -January 3, 2021

Utah County Family History Programs:

 * The Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group (UVTAGG) meets on the second Saturday of the month except for December. Their meetings consist of a presentation by a noted family historian followed by a variety of classes. "The Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group is a grass-roots, non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization. It is devoted to fostering the use of technology for family history." For details about their monthly programs, visit their website, UVTAGG.org.
 * The Brigham Young University Family History Library serves not only the student body but all of Utah County and beyond with a wide variety of family history resources. They offer family history classes on the second and fourth Sundays most months. For details about their programs and services, see their website, http://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/.
 * The Brigham Young University Center for Family History and Genealogy is an academic program that offers both a major and a minor in Family History. In addition, the Center sponsors several major research and other genealogical programs each year. For more information see their website, https://familyhistory.byu.edu/Pages/Home.aspx.

'''The programs and conferences listed below are scheduled during the remaining months of 2020. More information about each will be found on the events' websites:'''
 * The Annual "Brigham Young University Conference on Family History and Genealogy" will be held July 28 - 31, 2020.

Volunteer at the Utah Orem Stonewood Family History Center Center
If you are a resident in one of the six stakes served by the Orem Stonewood Family History Center listed above and are interested in serving as a consultant or would like more information about serving, contact one of the Center directors. Their names are at the top of this page.

Ideally, candidates would already have a strong background in family history and genealogy and would be generally familiar with FamilySearch.org programs, including the Family Tree, and other family resource materials and programs such as Ancestry.com. However, several of our current consultant staff, initially, had the desire to serve but were deficient in skills and knowledge but were willing learners. They were mentored by more experienced staff members and engaged on their own in individual study of available training material. In the process they have proved themselves quite capable in their ability to help others.