FamilySearch speaker will address family tree feature

RIVERTON — FamilySearch's new "family tree" will be the topic of a keynote presentation and demonstration by Ron Tanner, a product manager for the Family History Department, at 9 a.m. on Feb. 18 at the Riverton FamilySearch Library. There will also be blocks of four classes at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

At 10 a.m., the classes include: "Your Head in the Cloud and Your Feet on the Ground," by Bret Petersen; "Loops, Dups and Oops! New FamilySearch and Ancestral Relationships," by Samantha Sulser; and "Danish Research — Using the Internet," by Orla and Karen Pedersen. "Research Strategies and Websites," by Diana Toland, is from 10 a.m. to noon.

The classes that start at 11 a.m. include "Organizing Your Genealogy," by Beth Taylor; Susler will repeat "Loops, Dups, and Oops! New FamilySearch and Ancestral Relationships"; and "Strategies for Searching — Using Ancestry.com," by Sue Maxwell.

Registration is not required for this free seminar. The Riverton FamilySearch Library is in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive. The facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just east of the Home Depot.