Payson Utah FamilySearch Center



''The Payson Family History Center is located in the "Old Seminary building" kitty corner from the town swimming complex. People of all ages-young and old- are invited to learn how to find your roots or discover your family history. Knowledgeable consultants are here to guide and answer questions. Our services are provided free to the public. A nominal fee is charged for copies.''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map 590 South Main St Payson UT 84651-2549 United States



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Phone: 801 465 1349

E-mail: [mailto:UT_Payson@ldsmail.net UT_Payson@ldsmail.net] 

Open Hours:



Monday 9:00am - 3:00pm

Tuesday 9:00am - 3:00pm

Wednesday 9:00am - 8:00pm

Thursday 9:00am - 3:00pm

Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm

Evening hours can be reserved for groups and classes by calling the FHCenter during open hours.

Holiday Schedule: 

Closed

Monday July 4th Independence Day

Monday July 25th Pioneer Day

Upcoming Events
Payson Family History Discovery Day-September 17, 2016

From 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Keynote Speakers: President and Sister Sonne- Payson Temple President and Wife

Presenters:

1)  Leland Moon: Family Tree Training with apps

2)  Barbara Moon: Family Tree Training

3)  Robert Kehrer: FamilySearch

Robert Kehrer worked for 12 years as a molecular geneticist identifying disease genes by building very large family pedigrees. He has an MBA and worked for 7 years at Apple managing strategic alliances and driving market strategy in the sciences. For the last 9 years Robert has worked for FamilySearch as a product manager in the Family History Library, overseeing the public APIs, and managing the development of FamilySearch.org beta. He is currently the senior product manager of search technologies, including the search sytems, hinting, the Sourcelinker attach tool and the historical records image viewer.

4)  Larryn Brown: Principle Product Manager, Content Recognition, Ancestry.com    Laryn joined Ancestry in 1998 as the first product manager, then went on to launch Ancestry.co.uk as the first international website with the Ancestry brand. Currently he is the product manager for emerging technologies in automated content recognition. Prior to his current assignment, Laryn worked as the head of international content partnership development, based in London. He also led the Content Operations team, the team that digitizes and indexes all of Ancestry’s historical records globally. Working in genealogy as a profession and a hobby, Laryn is actively involved in the genealogy community.  The threads of his own genealogy include English bricklayers, Canadian and Mohican homesteaders, Southern colonists, and Norwegian farmers.

5)  Brandon Baird: Family Search- Historia Familiar en Español (specialty)

6)  Van Celaya: Fast Accurate Research

Brother Van Celaya is a Church Service Missionary who teaches Family History consulting at Riverton Family Search Library, Brigham Young University FHC, Stake Conferences, Youth Conferences, Family History Conferences, FH fairs for multiple stakes, Stake Centers via the internet to as far away as Hawaii, Family History Centers, and even individual Family Home Evenings. Since last February 2014, he has trained over 10,300 people in classroom situations doing family history. Students have enthusiastically acknowledged "how fast and accurate people can become if they follow the things he teaches them.”

7)  Bret Peterson: Searching for ancestors

Bret Petersen developed a love of family history research at a young age and it continued through his college years at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Education.His interest in computers spurred him into professional training, support and management roles in various technology companies. He served as Past President of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research and has completed courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. As a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild he has been a presenter and teacher for groups ranging from just a few to several hundred participants. He loves teaching and helping others learn all they can about using technology in researching their family history.

8)  Rose Nyman:Teaching Children and Family about Family History with games and projects (specialty)

9)  Amy Staheli and Kimberly Marvin: Youth teaching Youth (specialty)

To register for Discovery Day please go to www.lds.org/familydiscoveryday

MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW VERY SOON

Class Schedule
Register by emailing or calling the center. Specify which class(es) you will attend

Tuesday June 21, 7pm

"Exploring Family Tree For Beginners"

Thursday June 30, 7 PM

"Fast Accurate Research – FAST START". It is designed to help youth, Family history consultants, and leaders (especially priesthood leaders), to quickly get involved in helping others with Family History, TREK and especially temple work. Taught by Van Celaya

''Let the Payson Family History Center help your Scouts receive their Genealogy Merit Badge. We have Merit Badge certified consultants to assist you. Call the Center to arrange for your group to come.''

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal
 * Arkiv Digital-Swedish Research Database

Hardware and Equipment
15 computers

2 black and white printers

1 Lexmark color printer/scanner to scan pictures/documents to family tree

2 projectors with screens

2 microfilm readers

2 microfiche readers



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