Taylorsville Salt Lake Community College FamilySearch Center





Welcome to the Taylorsville Utah 10-Stake Family History Center at the Salt Lake Community College Institute of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Redwood campus). We have 20 new 23-inch solid-state-drive PC's (8GB), a Lexmark MX611 printer/scanner, 12 new desks/tables. We added an HP color printer/scanner Mar 2017, a Kodak PS80 high-speed photo scanner with flatbed Dec 2017, and the Swedish Death Records 1860-2016 program Aug 2018. We now have two slide scanners as of July 22, 2019: a PowerSlide X from Pacific Image Electronics (automatic-slide), and a Wolverine F2D Titan (manual-slide). We have 43 fantastic consultants and are open 36 hours per week. The directors Jon & Cheryl Thomas from the Bennion Utah West Stake were called May 2016. We opened September 1, 2016.





Center Contacts and Hours

 * Language: English


 * Address: 4554 So 2025 W, Taylorsville UT 84129
 * Off of Community Blvd, a.k.a Bruin Blvd.
 * The Institute building is the last building on the southwest corner of the main Redwood campus. (Just immediately west of the new SLCC administration building)
 * 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).

Location Map

 * Google Map

Schedule

 * Open Hours: (effective since April 30, 2018) 
 * Mon: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
 * Tue: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, then re-opens from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 * Wed: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
 * Thu: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, then re-opens from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 * Fri-Sun: CLOSED - (but we can open for families of 3-15 by appointment reserved two weeks in advance)
 * Remaining 2019 Closure Dates:
 * All State and U.S. Holidays (or anytime SLCC is closed),  and in addition :
 * Wed Nov 27 - Thu Nov 28 (Thanksgiving, including the day before)
 * Mon Dec 16 - Thu Jan 9, 2020 (Christmas - New Years break)
 * Mon Mar 9 - Thu Mar 12, 2020 (Spring Break)

Parking



 * Parking Instructions for Patrons as of 1/16/2019:
 * Park in any yellow-lined student stall in Lot E (2-3 rows south side of the Institute), or Lot F (any row west & southwest of the Institute).
 * After Wed Sep 4 2019, if arriving before 4:00 PM, call Carleen Rowley - Institute Registrar 801-912-0113 before arriving.
 * If she doesn't answer (she's out Wednesday mornings), call Cheri Bowen - Institute front office 801-912-0111.
 * Give your name, phone#, and license plate#. They will instruct SLCC Parking Services to register your vehicle for a one-day pass (that day only), for Lot E or Lot F only.
 * Newly purchased vehicles with a temporary permit will not be ticketed and does not need to be registered.
 * If your car has a ticket when you leave anyway, take it to the Institute front office window to request it be appealed or annulled (or call Carleen Rowley 801-912-0113 or Cheri Bowen 801-912-0111 & leave a message with ticket#). Then after two working days call Parking Services at 801-957-4011 with your ticket# to verify nothing is owed.
 * No parking tickets will be issued the first two weeks while starting any new SLCC term. See [Https://www.slcc.edu/academiccalendar/docs/academic-calendar.pdf SLCC Academic Calendar] or call 801-957-4011.
 * If arriving after 4:00 PM, no worries -- no ticketing after 4PM. Just park & come on into the FHC.

Contact Info

 * Phone: 
 * Family History Center: 801-590-7838
 * After Hours / weekends, call: 801-718-9772 (director's mobile)
 * Taylorsville Utah (Redwood campus) Institute of Religion office: 801-964-3064


 * E-mail: ut_taylorsvilleSLCC@ldsmail.net

Upcoming Events: (Mostly Discover-Gather-Connect)

 * Thu Nov 14 - 10:30 AM: Holladay Healthcare - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * Thu Dec 12 - 10:30 AM: Holladay Healthcare - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * Approx 2020 - Taylorsville North Stake Family History Fair (1250 W. Atherton Dr) per Carol Moore & Candy Caballero
 * >>> 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 Group Events (Mostly Discover-Gather-Connect)

 * Bennion Utah East Stake
 * 2017-07-20 - Stake and ward T&FH consultants training (per Mitch Wiley)
 * 2017-07-26 - POSTPONED: Brookshire Ward: 10 YW with leaders per Debbie Hacker
 * 2017-07-26 - Brookshire Ward, per David Smith HPGL
 * 2017-08-29 - Brookshire Ward, per David Smith HPGL
 * 2017-09-27 - Brookshire Ward YW per Debbie Hacker
 * 2017-10-03 - POSTPONED: Bennion 12th Ward Council 1st half per Michael Winn
 * 2017-10-04 - POSTPONED: Bennion 12th Ward Council 2nd half per Michael Winn
 * 2018-10-10 - Brookshire Ward RS & Elders Quorum per Debbie Hacker
 * 2018-10-27 - Stake Indexing Event @ TayFHC per Mitch Wiley
 * 2019-09-24 - Bennion 5th Ward YW per Judy Bunkall


 * Bennion Utah Stake
 * 2017-03-15 - Stake PEC (Stake Presidency & High Council) per Pres. Brent Calder
 * 2017-06-15 - Bennion 5th Ward Relief Society **FH intro at their wardhouse** per Judy Bunkall
 * 2017-06-21 - Bennion 14th Ward YW per Sister Krogue
 * 2017-09-13 - Bennion 2nd Ward Activity Day girls per Laura Dahl
 * 2017-10-18 - Bennion 5th Ward Relief Society per Judy Bunkall
 * 2018-04-10 - Bennion 19th Ward YW per Lisa Tucker
 * 2018-08-01 - Bennion 4th Ward Primary Activity-Day Girls per Jill Krogue - not one-on-one
 * 2018-08-02 - Bennion 2nd Ward Primary Activity-Day Girls per Jill Krogue - not one-on-one
 * 2018-10-13 - Bennion Stake FH Discovery Day per Corwin Bunkall (Jon taught two classes)
 * 2019-03-28 - Bennion 14th Ward Temple & FH Consultants, per John Robinson


 * Bennion Utah West Stake
 * 2016-12-06 - Stake YM/YW Presidencies per Nathan Winters
 * 2017-01-05 - Bennion 1st Ward Council per HPGL Larry Wright
 * 2017-03-08 - Ridgecrest 1st Ward Council per Claire Dieterle
 * 2017-03-28 - POSTPONED: Bernina Ward YW group intro per Tammy Ferrin
 * 2017-03-29 - POSTPONED: Ridgecrest 1st Ward YW per Tiffany Lofgren
 * 2017-04-26 - Hazelhurst Ward HPGL (reduced) per Warren Brunson HPGL
 * 2017-05-03 - Bernina Ward YM per Brady Thompson YMP
 * 2017-05-09 - Bennion 1st Ward YW per Amy Cook
 * 2017-06-05 - Bernina Ward Primary Activity girls per Janelle Kendrick
 * 2017-06-07 - Hazelhurst Ward YW per Sandra Brunson
 * 2017-09-20 - Ridgecrest 1st Ward Relief Society per Jennifer Ford
 * 2018-01-09 - Bernina Ward T&FH Consultants per Bob Hauser HPGL
 * 2018-01-11 - Stonewood Ward RS & HP per Elaine Speirs
 * 2018-01-17 - Ridgecrest Ward YW per Tiffany Lofgran
 * 2018-01-31 - POSTPONED: Ridgecrest 1st Ward YM
 * 2018-03-07 - Hazelhurst Ward YM per Lucas Carpenter
 * 2018-03-10 - Bennion West Stake Discovery Day per Herb Robertson (not an FTT)
 * 2018-04-04 - Bernina Ward - Sweet Family (5) per Cliff Sweet
 * 2018-04-04 - Bernina Ward - Sweet Family (2) per Cliff Sweet
 * 2018-04-26 - Bernina Ward - Sweet Family (4) per Heather Flores
 * 2018-10-04 - Ridgecrest 1st Ward RS per Leslee Petrick
 * 2018-11-08 - POSTPONED: Bernina Ward - Sweet Family (4) per Cliff Sweet
 * 2019-01-08 - Bernina Ward YM per Mori Rasmussen
 * 2019-02-12 - Bernina Ward YW per Rosanne Day
 * 2019-04-02 - Bennion 1st Ward YW per Amy Cook
 * 2019-10-23 - Hazelhurst Ward YW (per Rebecca Carpenter)


 * Taylorsville Utah Central Stake
 * 2017-03-22 - Stake PEC (Stake Presidency & High Council) per David Miller
 * 2017-04-19 - Taylorsville 10th Ward Council per Jan Parke
 * 2017-05-10 - POSTPONED: Taylorsville 30th Ward Council per David Miller
 * 2017-07-11 - Sauniatu Ward HP group per Amosa Wong HPGL
 * 2017-07-18 - Taylorsville 19th Ward Relief Society per Sherril Fairbourn / Laurie Cline
 * 2017-08-01 - POSTPONED: Sauniatu Ward YW (Samoan) per Rubina Siaosi
 * 2017-10-11 - Taylorsville Gardens 1st Ward Council +spouses per Mike Funk & Terry Gidney
 * 2017-11-01 - Taylorsville 30th Ward RS per Nancy Beckstead
 * 2018-02-13 - Gardens 1st Ward YM per Kirk McDougal
 * 2018-04-03 - Taylorsville Gardens 1st Ward YW per Maria Van Adrigham
 * 2018-04-19 - Taylorsville 30th Ward Rel. Soc. per Diana Miller - Basic Teaching
 * 2018-09-11 - Sauniatu Ward RS per Tia Aiono (3 patrons without pre-planned lessons)
 * 2018-10-16 - Sauniatu Ward RS per Tia Aiono (3 patrons without pre-planned lessons)
 * 2019-04-23 - Taylorsville 30th Ward YW group, per Nanette Sorensen
 * 2019-06-12 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley & Barry Kent)
 * 2019-06-19 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-06-26 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-07-03 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-07-10 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-07-17 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-07-31 - Taylorsville 19th Ward adults (per Melody Nalley)
 * 2019-08-27 - Taylorsville 10th Ward random unscheduled sign-ups (per Guy Tinkham)
 * 2019-09-11 - Taylorsville 19th Ward - 3 adults (per Sylvia Kent)
 * 2019-11-06 - Taylorsville 19th Ward - 3 adults (per Barry Kent)


 * Taylorsville Utah North Central Stake
 * 2016-11-30 - Stake YM/YW Presidency members, 5 HPGLs, 3 HC's, per Brandon Free
 * 2017-01-04 - Taylorsville 24th Ward YM/YW per Brandon Free
 * 2017-02-15 - Meadow Heights Ward YM/YW per Hyrum Okeson
 * 2017-02-28 - Mackay Meadows Ward YM/YW per Jeaneah Cutler
 * 2017-03-01 - Sunnybrook Ward YM/YW per Rick Francom
 * 2017-07-13 - HarvestLand Ward Youth Conference two groups per Teri Daniels
 * 2017-07-30 - Mackay Meadows Ward combined Prstd/RS @ wardhouse per Scott Pugh (not FTT)
 * 2017-08-02 - Mackay Meadows Ward adults per Scott Pugh
 * 2017-08-22 - Sunnybrook Ward Council per Brent Jensen
 * 2017-09-12 - Roxborough Park Ward Council per Roscoe Taylor HPGL
 * 2017-09-13 - POSTPONED: Meadow Heights Ward YM/YW with leaders per Rick Francom
 * 2017-12-05 - POSTPONED: Sunnybrook Ward YM/YW (1st half) per Nicole Olsen (was Nov 29)
 * 2018-03-27 - Mackay Meadows Ward Council per Scott Pugh
 * 2019-04-30 - Mackay Meadows Ward RS group, per Rick Francom
 * 2019-05-21 - Mackay Meadows Ward adults group, per Rick Francom
 * 2019-07-23 - Mackay Meadows Ward RS group, per Sue Pugh


 * Taylorsville Utah North Stake
 * 2017-09-19 - Taylorsville 8th Ward Council per James Payne
 * 2019-08-22 - POSTPONED: Taylorsville 3rd Ward (per Rick Francom via Lynne Plummer)
 * 2019-09-04 - Taylorsville 3rd Ward YM (per Cody Williams)


 * Taylorsville Utah South Stake
 * 2017-07-13 - Stake & Ward Temple & Family History Consultants Training per Pres. Stettler (not FTT)
 * 2018-02-27 - Taylorsville 39th Ward YW per Kathy Hess
 * 2018-03-13 - Taylorsville 16th Ward YW per Sarah Evans
 * 2018-03-14 - Taylorsville 25th Ward YM per Nathan Mendenhall
 * 2018-10-17 - Taylorsville 23rd Ward YM/YW group per RaAnn Foote
 * 2019-09-12 - Taylorsville South Stake Elders Quorums Leaders & Relief Society Leaders (per Brett Seastrand)


 * Taylorsville Utah Stake
 * 2017-03-07 - Stake Presidency & wives per Mark Ethington
 * 2017-07-12 - Stake High Councilors with wives per Todd Jasper (1st half)
 * 2017-07-19 - Stake High Councilors with wives per Todd Jasper (2nd half)
 * 2017-08-23 - Bridgeside Ward Council per Sarah Nelson
 * 2017-11-15 - Millrace Ward YW per Tiffany Black & Michael Silva
 * 2017-12-13 - Millrace Ward YM (2nd half) per Michael Silva
 * 2018-02-21 - Millrace Spanish Ward YW per Tiffany Black
 * 2018-04-17 - Taylor's Grove Ward HP Group Leadership (emeritus) +wives per Sterling Tholen
 * 2018-11-08 - Millrace Spanish Ward YM & adults (12) per Alan Rogers
 * 2019-09-21 - Taylorsville Stake Family History Fair Teaching (per Jerry Barrett) - 4845 So. Woodhaven Dr (1365 W.)


 * Taylorsville Utah Valley Park Stake
 * 2017-04-05 - Valley Park 1st Ward YW group per YW Pres Wendi Tye
 * 2017-05-23 - Valley Park 5th Ward YW group per Kay Cherrington
 * 2017-06-20 - Valley Park 5th Ward Badger family (cold turkey) per Kay Cherrington
 * 2017-06-28 - Valley Park 5th Ward Relief Society per Jean Wahlquist
 * 2017-12-06 - POSTPONED: Valley Park 6th Ward YW/YM per Megan Darger
 * 2018-04-11 - Valley Park 6th Ward YW per Kathie Longmore
 * 2018-08-28 - Valley Park 1st Ward RS per Janene Alvey
 * 2018-09-04 - Valley Park 1st Ward TS per Janene Alvey
 * 2019-01-29 - Valley Park 1st Ward RS per Janene Alvey
 * 2019-02 (1st 3 Saturdays) - Valley Park 5th Ward Family History Training per Kay Cherrington
 * 2019-03-06 - Valley Park 5th Ward Youth Indexing taught by Kay & Dale Cherrington
 * 2019-03-09 - Valley Park 5th Ward group FH training & workshop taught by Kay & Dale Cherrington
 * 2019-04-11 - Valley Park 5th Ward Indexing Event per Kay Cherrington & Anna Maloney
 * 2019-06-20 - Valley Park 5th - Ward Council FH Training (per Cherringtons)
 * 2019-06-25 - Valley Park 6th Ward Relief Society (per Katie Crockett)
 * 2019-07-30 - Valley Park 6th Ward Relief Society (per Katie Crockett)
 * 2019-08-01 - Valley Park 5th Ward Relief Society (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-09-07 - Valley Park 5th Ward Council (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-09-14 - Valley Park 5th Ward Council (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-09-19 - Valley Park 5th Ward Council (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-09-21 - Valley Park 5th Ward Council (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-09-28 - Valley Park 5th Ward Council (per Kay Cherrington)
 * 2019-10-16 - Valley Park 5th Ward Youth Indexing (per Anna Maloney)


 * Taylorsville Utah YSA Stake
 * 2017-05-13 - Stake Discovery Day (FHC staff invited to assist)
 * 2017-11-12 - Temple & Family History Consultants Training at TayFHC per Dave Hull
 * 2018-06-09 - Stake Family History Discovery Day at the Institute (Jon taught 5 classes at the FHC)
 * 2018-06-20 - Indexing group of 4 (mostly beginners) per Erica Ferrin
 * 2018-11-03 - Both Magna Wards Family History Fair (7731 W. 3500 So) per Megan Osterloh
 * 2018-11-15 - Temple & Family History Consultants Training at TayFHC per Dave Hull
 * 2019-07-01 - Rio Vista Ward FHE (per Bishop Castro)


 * Taylorsville Coordinating Council (all 10 Stakes invited)
 * 2017-11-09 - High Priest Group Leaderships (and Temple & Family History Consultants) Training (per Area Seventy Elder Michael H. Bourne)
 * 2019-04-10 - Taylorsville Coordinating Council 10 Stakes - Stake Presidencies and T&FH High Councilor / Leader Discussion in Rm 105 (Stan & JoAnn Child)
 * Other Groups, Possibly from Outside of Taylorsville
 * 2017-10-17 - Brother Miller's Institute Eternal Families class - cold-turkey 30-min FTT
 * 2018-02-07 - Murray Parkway 15th Ward HP Group Leadership +wives, per Rick Baird (Murray Parkway Stake)
 * 2018-02-22 - Brother Gunnell's Institute Eternal Families class - 25-min FTT (11:25 AM)
 * 2018-02-28 - Brother Gunnell's Institute Eternal Families classes - 25-min FTT (6:55 PM & 8:35 PM)
 * 2018-03-06 - Garden Park 4th Ward YW per Robyn Hall (South Jordan Park Stake, in Daybreak)
 * 2018-05-30 - POSTPONED: West Jordan River 5th Ward YW per Laura Lovell (West Jordan River Stake)
 * 2018-08-30 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2018-09-13 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 2 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2018-10-11 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2018-11-08 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 5 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-01-17 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-02-14 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-03-14 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (cancelled per Emily Simon due to shuttle bus in shop)
 * 2019-04-11 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 3 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-06-13 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-07-11 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-08-01 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-09-12 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)
 * 2019-10-10 - Holladay Healthcare Center - 4 Residents (per Emily Simon)

Class Schedule

 * CES Institute course 261 "Introduction to Family History" (2 credit hours) - taught to Taylorsville Institute students by Charla Hancuff:
 * Cancelled until further notice

Staff Training Meetings

 * 2nd Monday of each month at 3:00 PM (none on months with major closures such as August or December).
 * The public is welcome to attend; not restricted to just staff consultants. (Our 23 chairs fill up fast when typically half of our 44 staff show up, but we have extra chairs.)
 * Encouraging staff & patrons to do training on their own schedules, such as:
 * click thru desired lessons at The FH Guide online
 * attend classes at Riverton FH Library
 * attend / watch classes / webinars at SLC FHL
 * attend / watch RootsTech lectures / presentations or view the complete syllabus' on each of our PC's desktop
 * watch BYU FHL Webinars
 * watch LDS.ORG/FamilyHistory Training lectures / talks / snippets by category
 * watch Ancestry.com training videos at youtube.com/user/AncestryCom

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: - search may show record images available to view here that you might not be able to view at home.
 * NEW: Swedish Death Records database 1860-2016 ("Sveriges Dödbok") program on PC #7

Databases and Software

 * Swedish Death Records database 1860-2016 ("Sveriges Dödbok") program on PC #7
 * NEW Feb 2019: PaperScan Pro software on PC # 8, so scans from Kodak 8 1/2" X 14" Flatbed can be OCR-converted into a Text-Searchable PDF file.
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Microsoft Office 2007 - on 5 PC's (#1, 2, 4, 8, 14)
 * ArkivDigital Online v1.5.4-rc3 - a program to help access Swedish Research easier, then just at Https://www.arkivdigital.net/
 * Ancestral Quest (latest FHC version) - can read your old PAF, then can sync with FamilySearch Family Tree !
 * Roots Magic (latest FHC version) - also sync's your own private database tree with FamilySearch Family Tree
 * IrfanView (latest 64bit version) - helps in editing or viewing your photos on your USB thumb drive
 * Overhead / Housecleaning background software for Safe Browsing:
 * Rainmeter - 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

 * USB thumb drives available for sale ($5 each)
 * 20 Dell 23-inch touch-screen all-in-one desktop computers installed August 2016. Each has 8GB RAM and a Solid State Drive (SSD).
 * Lexmark MX611dhe B&W printer (with color scanner) installed August 2016. We charge 5 cents ($0.05) per page (per side) printed.
 * 11 new tables, new desk, and new projection screen installed October 2016.
 * HP OfficeJet 8715 color printer/scanner installed March 2017. We charge 15 cents ($0.15) per page (per side) printed.
 * Microsoft Office-2007 installed on 5 computers April 2017.
 * Kodak PS80 high-speed photo scanner (with legal flatbed scanner) installed 1 Dec 2017.
 * Overhead projector with large pull-down screen. (+New audio/video mixers & HDMI cabling installed 5 Oct 2018) And: projector upgraded 16 May 2019 to brighter, sharper, wireless Epson EX9220 that does wireless screen mirroring from most smartphones.
 * NEW July 22, 2019: Two slide scanners:
 * PowerSlide X from Pacific Image Electronics with 50-slot slide tray. Scans directly to PC # 4 using the CyberViewX program. Does super high-resolution (hence can be slow, but automatically advances to next slide).
 * Wolverine F2D Titan slide scanner for multiple slide sizes. Four slides per tray, manual feed (hence fast). Stores onto an SD card which you can insert into any of our PC's to transfer to your USB thumb drive.
 * Free rebuilt computers available for anyone short on funds: (Just fill out a form explaining how/why you need one)
 * Desktop: HP with 14" screen, Windows 7 (32-bit mode), 500 GB HD, 3.3 GB RAM, with mouse & keyboard.
 * Apple MAC laptop.
 * Apple MAC workstation.

Staff Research Specialties

 * Copy old diskette data to a USB thumb drive (Jon Thomas)
 * Hope Chest (Chrome extension; see above)
 * Danish Research (Cheryl Thomas)
 * English Research
 * Norwegian Research (see https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb/browse)
 * Brazilian / Portuguese Translation (Bill Juszcak)
 * Family Tree (in FamilySearch)
 * Indexing
 * Roots Magic (Pat Payne)
 * Ancestral Quest (Jon Thomas)
 * U.S. Research

Stakes Sponsoring this Family History Center
The following 10 stakes are the sponsoring stakes (from the Taylorsville Coordinating Council led by Area Seventy Elder Kelly R. Johnson - previously Elder Michael H. Bourne) who are providing budget and staff 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 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
 * Riverton FH Library Class Schedule
 * SLC FH Library Class Schedule
 * FamilySearch Partner Access - (setup free accounts for church members to the following 5 sites)
 * Ancestry - Has an amazingly good record-search algorithm
 * FindMyPast - Claims to be "The home of British & Irish Family History"
 * MyHeritage - Runs nightly searches for record matches & tree matches from your tree (must upload a GEDCOM to start)
 * American Ancestors - by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
 * Geneanet - I haven't tried this yet...
 * RecordSeek for creating source citations from any web page (install its Chrome extension)
 * Taylorsville Institute (our hosts)
 * The FH Guide - universally approved online FH Training lessons with links to relevant help
 * FamilySearch Blog
 * My Pioneers (a FamilySearch Campaign)
 * Find-A-Record (was a fantastic tool, but discontinued after 18Sep2018 when FamilySearch implemented a major overhaul to their interface)
 * Hope Chest Software - install the Chrome extension to search your tree for temple-name candidates, saving the list in your FS account
 * BYU FH Technology Lab Tools (Relative Finder, Virtual Pedigree, Descendancy Explorer, Pedigree Pie, Games, etc)
 * Midvale FHC - whom we admire & try to emulate if only in principle
 * All the Stories in One Place - Searches your tree for stories (click "Synchronize") - started working again as of 14 Nov 2018!
 * My Obituaries - your relatives recent obituaries that may not be linked to their record yet
 * BYU FH Library (in the northeast basement of the Harold B Lee library)
 * Sandy UT Granite FHC - has good media conversion equipment (took over a prior Junior High Seminary, home of TheFHGuide.com authors)
 * Official Church FH Training Videos  - for Leaders, Members, Consultants, or anybody
 * FHC Locator - world map to search or click to find map markers of your nearest FHC or FH Library
 * Find-A-Grave - an amazing resource that puts it all together (although sometimes under wrong assumptions)
 * FamilySearch Newsroom - Announcements worthy as a media publication resource
 * RootsMapper - amazing tool that shows your ancestors immigration paths graphically (as if they took a jet plane route)
 * FamilySearch Places Research tool - zoomable or searchable world map with good details & evolving
 * FS Obituaries database - from partnering with GenealogyBank, for 1980-2014
 * Utah Digital Newspapers - searchable hundreds of current & prior newspapers going way back
 * Puzilla - powerful way to look at multi-generation family relationships graphically. Can make missing pieces look obvious
 * FS England-Wales County Maps - color-coded. Click on a county and it lists all parish maps within
 * Welsh Mormon History - by Dr. Ron Dennis at BYU. Searchable for your Welsh ancestors bio details
 * RootsTech - the annual largest FH conference in the world, here in SLC UT. See recordings of many presentations
 * DigitalArkivet - Norway National Archives of Parish Registers
 * Denmark Census - searchable online records from Denmark
 * Danish National Archives - Church records from Denmark
 * Swedish ArkivDigital - online searchable genealogy records from Sweden

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.