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April Closures: The Burley Family History Center will be closed on Sunday, April 3, 2022, for General Conference and on Sunday, April 17, 2022, for Easter!
Monthly Spotlight - What does the center offer?
Much of family history has moved online and a lot of things can be done in the comfort of your own home. So why would one want to come to the center? Here's our top ten reasons:
10 - Treats. We always have a candy dish of treats for everyone coming through our doors! Watch for special treat days during our Youth Summer Program June 14th- August 10th!
9 - Happy smiling faces! Come and spend some time with our consultants. Our consultants have a variety of training and can assist in whatever your questions might be. And, if they don't know personally how to assist you, they will direct you to someone who can help you.
8 - Camaraderie. Not everyone loves family history the way we do at the center. Sometimes it's fun to share your "new family history find" with someone that can really understand your love of family history or the excitement of finding that long lost document! We'll cheer with you.
7 - Another set of eyes. Sometimes we have looked at our own research so much that we can't even see anything else or have any idea where to look next. It's amazing what another set of eyes can see. Something we missed on the document, or a new way of looking at the information we have. Or a thought of a different way to approach your situation. Or another someone else to validate what you are thinking about a record or a merge/separation, or any other difficult FamilySearch issue.
6 - Help for Ward and Stake Temple and Family History Consultants and Leaders. We have put together a training that we use at the center for teaching our consultants everything FamilySearch related. The links to this guide are shown in the Temple and Family History Consultant Page on this blog. But we offer assistance to individuals or groups seeking to learn more about their callings and the specific components of the Ward Temple and Family History Plans, Coordination Meetings, and how it all fits together. Consultants/Assistants can help on Mondays and Wednesday AM and Wednesday PM with Ward Consultants. If groups are seeking to have a training, they should contact Tammy for more information.
5 - Specialized Research Assistance. We have consultants who are proficient in the following areas: Germany, England, French Canadian, Old English, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, England, Netherlands and DNA. Also, we can offer translating for records in many of these languages.
4 - Free access to the Portal (over $400 worth of websites) only available at the Family History Center. Access includes: British Newspapers, Newspapers.com, Ancestry, Find My Past, My Heritage, American Ancestors, American Civil War, Fold 3, Kinpoint, Paper Trail, Puzzilla, and others.
3 - Evening groups. We are available on Wednesday evenings from 7 pm to 9 pm for group appointments. These must be made at least one week in advance. Groups of all sizes; we recently had a ward come with 75 people for an evening group. Call the center to schedule your Wednesday, or contact Celia for more specific information. Groups for other times are available as well- contact Tammy for information on those options.
2 - Several classes every month. We offer classes up to four days a week on a multitude of topics and skill levels. If you don't see a class that you would like to have offered, just reach out and we'll do our best to find someone to teach that class. We also offer evening classes on a limited basis. Contact Tammy for more information.
1 - Top reason would be to digitize. Do you have any of those things shown in the picture above? Do you wish there was an inexpensive way to share them with family and friends in a digital format? Come to the center and see what we can do for you for FREE! We have the capability to digitize everything shown in the photo, plus more: photos, negatives, slides, audio cassettes, 8 mm movies on reels, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, 8 mm tapes, mini DV tapes, audio reels, and documents of all sizes and shapes.
