Tonight our family went to visit the new FamilySearch Center in Lehi, UT. It is a huge building close to Thanksgiving Point. We had a great experience there!
The center offers research assistance on how to start on familysearch.org, how to find your family, and everything you need to engage in genealogy. They also have the Discovery area - large interactive screens where you can login into your family search account and explore so many fun things about yourself, your family and your ancestors!
On the discovery area we discovered the meaning of our names and interesting facts that occurred during the year we were born, we discovered where our ancestors came from by exploring photos, stories, and immigration maps, etc. And everything you do there, they send it directly to your e-mail! Like these:
We can also discover how we are related to church leaders, political leaders, inventors and celebrities. Ale found out he is related to Elder Tom Perry, while I took pictures of my face onto some cultural clothes around the world.
Something really cool they have it's a group or individual recording studios where you can record memories of yourself or your family. We basically answer some question while everything is recorded and sent to your email. We tried to make one, but we stopped when Bianca started a tantrum. We are definitely going back for that though!
We finished our tour capturing pictures of our heritage: Brazil, Italy and Utah.
Before you go:
If you already have a FamilySearch account, be sure to remember your username and password when you visit the center. If you do not have an account, you can set up one here. It would be good to have a least one connection to a deceased ancestor. Assistance is available at the center to help you set up an account and to build your family tree.
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