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= General Information =  Class Reminders for the week of August 29th - August 31st at the Payson FamilySearch Center

This week at the Payson FamilySearch Center we have some amazing teachers. We hope you can come and join us to learn from their expertise. All classes are free. We would like to remind you that this next weekend is Onion Days for Payson City. Come and check out our booth on the northeast corner of the children’s playground at Memorial Park. Monday is the Onion Days Parade starting at 10 am. Due to the Onion Day activities the Payson FamilySearch Center will be closed on Saturday, September 2nd.

Tuesday, August 29th at 10:30 am, Steve Lowry will be teaching Attaching HIstorical Records. Steve Lowry is a software engineer, who worked the last 13 years for FamilySearch until retiring last year in April. He serves as a Temple and Family HIstory Leader and continues to teach several classes a year over zoom on FamilySearch. This class will be a zoom meeting with Steve. He will take questions you have about FamilySearch, after teaching about attaching Historical Records. You can join us at the center for the class or from wherever you are at the following zoom link: Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95589561172?pwd=ZHVjdC9HZ1d2QUx1TDJtZnpaY0ZkQT09

Wednesday, August 30th, at 1 pm, Olivia Jewel, will be teaching The Hobbyist Genealogist. Olivia is our past director and is a noted teacher at RootsTech and Education Week. She has a love for doing Family History. In this class you will learn all the apps and sites you can use to help you with your family history. You will learn ways to gather those stories from grandma and grandpa. Come and learn quick and easy ways to interview your children and save it on an app. Bring a friend and your phone to see and learn all that you can do! You can join us on google meet if you are unable to attend. Google Meet ID Number: meet.google.com/dqf-eyxm-sze

Thursday, August 31st, at 7 pm in the classroom, Milan Pohontsch, will be teaching Introduction to Germanic Research. Do your ancestors come from Germany? Are you stuck trying to gather their information? Milan Pohontsch is President of The Foundation for East European Family History Studies. He has about 25,000 hours of research experience in original records and microfilms/digital images for many Eastern European countries. Come and learn the basics of how to research your ancestors from Germany. Google Meet ID Number: meet.google.com/dqf-eyxm-sze

Thursday, August, at 7 pm in the computer room, Shelly Strand, will be teaching Researching Your Family. This is a hands-on class. Shelly will share resources to assist you in your search for family records. Shelly just finished her bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Family History Research. This week, we will focus on using FamilySearch’s Record Finder. Learn about this tool that directs you to records types and collections that could have the information that answers your research question.

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= FamilySearch Connect Series = 



 Connect - Family Trees on FamilySearch

There are handouts with each of these previous courses that helps a person learn an appropriate way to build, discover different pedigree views and correct any mistakes in your tree. This foundational course will teach how you and your patrons can collaboratively build a family tree.

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 Connect - How to Introduce FamilySearch

Are you helping others start their family history? These handouts help you teach a person where to start, or restart, in FamilySearch.

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<font size=3 color=#175873> Connect - Family Trees on FamilySearch

This handout helps how to build, discover different pedigree views and correct any mistakes in your tree while showing how to build a family tree.

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<font size=3 color=#175873> Connect - Stories Make Our Ancestors Come Alive

Everyone has a story. Can you help others capture their family stories? These stories can be written by themselves or told from a relative. They can also be found in a journal or newspaper. These handouts explore how to help others record their family members memories. Class Handouts Class Handout



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<font size=3 color=#175873> Connect - Basic Searching in FamilySearch.org

This class covers how to use the search menu in FamilySearch to add record sources to your FamilyTree. Class Handout



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