Mesa Arizona Regional Family History Center
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Family History Research Training

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United States Lessons (PDF)
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1 - US Research Overview

2 - Surveying and Researching the Internet

3 - U.S. Census Records

4 - U.S. Church & Civil Vital Records

5 - Immigration and Naturalization

6 - U.S. Land Records

7 - U.S. Probate and Court Records

8 - Military Records

9 - Tools

10 - Appendix B - Migration

   

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Additional online Research Video Classes (Salt Lake Family History Library)
        (For Australia, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, U.S.)


 WARD CONSULTANTS, PRIESTHOOD LEADERS and OTHERS

The Mesa Regional Family History Center offers 2 research class series to Ward Consultants, Priesthood Leaders and others who may be interested.

The next series of classes begins in January 2012.

U.S Research (Classes Start January 24 and 25)
 
This is an 8 week course in research into U.S. records. Two sessions of classes will be held.  One session will be on Tuesdays at 1:30pm and the second session on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm. Classes are held in the Training Center Auditorium, 464 E 1st Avenue, Mesa (West of the Temple). Each participant may purchase a “USB flash drive” ($10 or less) which will have all the course materials and slides.
You can sign up by calling 480-964-1200.
 
The schedule of classes will be:
Tuesday Jan 24 and Wednesday Jan 25 Lesson 1:  Surveying and researching the Internet
Tuesday Jan 31 and Wednesday Feb 1 Lesson 2:  US Census Records
Tuesday Feb 7 and Wednesday Feb 8 Lesson 3:  US Civil and Church Vital Records
Tuesday Feb 14 and Wednesday Feb 15 Lesson 4:  US Immigration and Naturalization
Tuesday Feb 21 and Wednesday Feb 22 Lesson 5:  US Land Records
Tuesday Feb 28 and Wednesday Feb 29 Lesson 6:  US Probate and Court Records
Tuesday Mar 6 and Wednesday Mar 7 Lesson 7:  US Military Records
Tuesday Mar 13 and Wednesday Mar 14 Lesson 8:  Tools

 

BRITISH ISLES Research (Classes Start January 25)

This is an 8 week course in research into the records of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Two sessions of classes will be held. One session will be on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30pm and the second session on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm. Classes are held in the Training Center Auditorium, 464 E 1st Avenue, Mesa (West of the Temple). Each participant may purchase a “USB flash drive” ($10 or less) which will have all the course materials and slides. You can sign up by calling 480-964-1200

The schedule of classes will be:
Wednesday January 25 Lesson 1:  Overview and Internet
Wednesday February 1 Lesson 2:  Census Records
Wednesday February 8 Lesson 3:  Civil Registration
Wednesday February 15 Lesson 4:  Church Records
Wednesday February 22 Lesson 5:  Land Records
Wednesday February 29 Lesson 6:  Probate and Court Records
Wednesday March 7 Lesson 7:  Military Records
Wednesday March 14 Lesson 8:  Immigration Records

 

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