Getting Started

Training Guides

For Our Beginning Friends:

General Public Quick Start Training Guide (English)

General Public Quick Start Training Guide (Spanish)

For Consultants, Leaders, Trainers, Training the Trainers and Beginning Patrons:

Member Quick Start Training Guide

Fourth Thursday Introduction to FamilySearch @ 7:00PM 

• Start or recover a FREE FamilySearch account and receive FREE support building your family tree

• Public drop-in Class for anyone (age 13 and up) with a permanent email and phone number for account security and recovery

• Please come for a brief introduction to FamilySearch and the American Fork FamilySearch Center website (about 15 minutes)

• Class includes a computer lab activity to get you started building your first four generations on your Family tree (about 45 minutes)

• Please download, print, fill out the Four Generation Family Chart and bring it to class

• Free forever, with no proselyting or solicitation in connection with any FamilySearch account or classes. 

Second Thursday Classes @ 10:00AM & 7:00PM

• Public drop-in classes

• Everyone welcome to improve FamilySearch skills

• Click here to see our next training, download the handout, and download previous handouts as desired

FamilySearch Learning Lessons Table of Contents

When you've mastered our Quick Start fundamentals, Learning Lessons on Family Search is a great indexed place to get answers about specific questions: https://www.familysearch.org/en/fieldops/quick-start-learning-lessons-table-of-contents.

You can also find this link through the FamilySearch website. Go to familysearch.org home page (No need to log in!). Click on the question mark in the circle, top right. In the search box, type "How do I" and click Enter on your keyboard.