Taylorsville Salt Lake Community College FamilySearch Center





Welcome to the Taylorsville Utah 10-Stake Family History Center at the Salt Lake Community College LDS Institute (Redwood campus). We received 20 new 23-inch solid-state-drive PC's and a Lexmark MX611 printer/scanner Aug 2016, 12 new desks/tables Oct 2016, and an HP color printer/scanner Mar 2017. We have 40 fantastic consultants. 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 (not needed after 6pm).
 * Sometimes while school is not in session, most doors may be locked except for the east or southeast doors. So plan to use those doors.
 * 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 9:00 PM
 * Thu: 9:00 AM to 5:00 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.


 * Closure Dates:
 * Closed Mon July 24 - Pioneer Day
 * Closed Mon Aug 7 thru Fri Aug 18 - Summer Term Ended, til Fall Term Begins
 * Closed Mon Sep 4 - Labor Day

Upcoming Events: (for prior-prepared personal Find-Take-Teach experiences)

 * Tue Aug 22 - 7PM: Sunnybrook Ward Council per Brent Jensen (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Wed Aug 23 - 7PM: Bridgeside Ward Council per Sarah Nelson (Taylorsville Stake)
 * Tue Aug 29 - 7PM: Brookshire Ward, per David Smith HPGL (Bennion East Stake)
 * Tue Sep 12 - 7PM: Roxborough Park Ward Council per Roscoe Taylor HPGL (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Wed Sep 13 - 5PM: Bennion 2nd Ward Activity Day girls per Laura Dahl (Bennion Stake)
 * Tue Sep 19 - 7PM: Taylorsville 8th Ward Council per James Payne (Taylorsville North Stake)
 * Wed Sep 27 - 7PM: Brookshire Ward YW per Debbie Hacker (Bennion East Stake)
 * Wed Oct 18 - 7PM: Bennion 5th Ward Relief Society per Judy Bunkall (Bennion Stake)
 * >>> To Schedule a Date for Your Group (no more than 12), 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)
 * Wed Apr 5 - Valley Park 1st Ward YW group per YW Pres Wendi Tye (Taylorsville Valley Park Stake)
 * Wed Apr 19 - Taylorsville 10th Ward, Ward Council per Jan Parke (Taylorsville Central Stake)
 * Wed Apr 26 - Hazelhurst Ward HPGL (reduced) per Warren Brunson HPGL (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed May 10 - POSTPONED: Taylorsville 30th Ward Council per David Miller (Taylorsville Central Stake)
 * Wed May 3 - Bernina Ward YM per Brady Thompson YMP (Bennion West Stake)
 * Tue May 9 - Bennion 1st Ward YW per Amy Cook (Bennion West Stake)
 * Sat May 13 - Taylorsville YSA Stake Discovery Day
 * Tue May 23 - Valley Park 5th Ward YW group per Kay Cherrington (Taylorsville Valley Park Stake)
 * Mon June 5 - Bernina Ward Primary Activity girls per Janelle Kendrick (Bennion West Stake)
 * Wed June 7 - Hazelhurst Ward YW group per Sandra Brunson (Bennion West Stake)
 * Thu June 15 - Bennion 5th Ward Relief Society **FH intro at their wardhouse** per Judy Bunkall (Bennion Stake)
 * Tue June 20 - Badger family (cold turkey) from Valley Park 5th Ward per Kay Cherrington (Valley Park Stake)
 * Wed June 21 - Bennion 14th Ward YW per Sister Krogue (Bennion Stake)
 * Wed July 26 - POSTPONED: Brookshire Ward: 10 YW with leaders per Debbie Hacker (Bennion East Stake)
 * Wed June 28 - Valley Park 5th Ward Relief Society per Jean Wahlquist (Taylorsville Valley Park Stake)
 * Tue July 11 - Sauniatu Ward HP group per Amosa Wong HPGL (Taylorsville Central Stake)
 * Wed July 12 - Taylorsville Stake: 6 High Councilors, with wives, per Todd Jasper (1st half)
 * Thu July 13 - 10 AM & 11:15 AM: HarvestLand Ward Youth Conference two groups per Teri Daniels (Taylorsville North Central Stake)
 * Thu July 13 - 8PM: Temple & Family History Consultants (stake & wards) Training per Pres. Stettler (Taylorsville South Stake)
 * Tue July 18 - Taylorsville 19th Ward Relief Society per Sherril Fairbourn (transferred to Laurie Cline)
 * Wed July 19 - Taylorsville Stake: 6 High Councilors, with wives, per Todd Jasper (2nd half)
 * Thu July 20 - Bennion East Stake: all ward & stake T&FH consultants training (per Mitch Wiley)
 * Wed July 26 - Brookshire Ward, per David Smith HPGL (Bennion East Stake)
 * Sun July 30 - Mackay Meadows Ward: teach combined Prstd/RS @2967 Winchester (Taylorsville North Central)
 * Tue Aug 1 - POSTPONED: Sauniatu Ward YW (Samoan) per Rubina Siaosi (Taylorsville Central Stake)
 * Wed Aug 2 - Mackay Meadows Ward adults per Scott Pugh (Taylorsville North Central)
 * Wed Sep 13 - POSTPONED: Meadow Heights Ward YM/YW with leaders per Rick Francom (Taylorsville North Central Stake)

Class Schedule

 * CES Institute course 390R "Introduction to Family History" (2 credit hours) - taught to Taylorsville Institute students by Charla Hancuff:
 * Section 51 on Thursdays 7:00 PM to 8:20 PM (only for winter and spring terms, Aug 24 thru April)
 * Adults over 30 are welcome to register anytime for this class with the Taylorsville Institute office (in person).

Staff Training Meetings

 * Sat July 29 at 10:00 AM (was every 4th Friday at 2PM)
 * 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

 * Chrome Extensions installed on all PC's Chrome browser:
 * Hope Chest: searches for ancestors still needing temple ordinances (see http://hopechestsoftware.com/). Stores results in your FS account.
 * RecordSeek: reliably attach a source to FamilySearch from any web page (including from Ancestry)
 * Scissors Tab: splits the browser into two browsers: current tab becomes right half, left tab becomes left half (for side-by-side compare)
 * Find-A-Record
 * 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
 * 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 ($0.05) per page (per side) printed.
 * Installed 11 new tables, new desk, and new projection screen October 2016.
 * Installed an HP OfficeJet 8715 color printer/scanner 27 March 2017. We charge 15 cents ($0.15) per page (per side) printed.

Staff Research Specialties

 * Hope Chest (Chrome extension; see above)
 * Danish Research
 * English Research
 * Norwegian Research (see https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb/browse)
 * Family Tree (in FamilySearch)
 * Indexing
 * Roots Magic
 * Ancestral Quest
 * U.S. Research
 * Utah Pioneers Research

Stakes Sponsoring this Family History Center
The following 10 stakes are the sponsoring stakes (from the Taylorsville Coordinating Council led by Elder Michael H. Bourne) 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, and bring it in to us during an appointment with us to get to know you.