Genealogy Merit Badge Free at Riverton Family Search Library

The 2nd Saturday of every month, the Riverton Family Search Library offers a free Genealogy Merit Badge class from 10:00 to 11:30 am.  The library is located at 3740 Market Center Drive; Riverton, Utah 84065.  To register, visit www.familysearch.org/fhc/riverton and select "Classes and Class Schedules" from the menu.  Then scroll down to  "Boy Scout Workshop/Genealogy Merit Badge".  It is recommended the boys complete the following items before coming to the class,

• Contact a family member by telephone, e-mail or letter, and interview them about their life. Ask about events that have occurred and where they happened. Record the information you learn and bring this information to the workshop.
• Complete a pedigree chart. Click here for a .pdf fill-in pedigree chart.  The information can also be handwritten. List yourself and at least two additional generations. Bring this information to the workshop.
• Complete two family group sheets, one listing your parents and all of the children in your family, and another listing one of your parents and their siblings in a family group with your grandparents. Click here for a .pdf fill-in family group sheet. The information can also be handwritten. Bring this information to the workshop.
• Please also bring the name of an ancestor or relative who was alive in 1940.
• List 8 to ten important events in your life (time line) and bring the list to the workshop.

Utah Recycles Day Exhibition

November 15, 2013 is America Recycles Day.  In celebration, The Recycle Coalition of Utah is hosting an exhibit at the South Towne Expo Center.  Attendees will have the opportunity to meet vendors that play a major role in Utah's recycling, see a pyramid built entirely out of recycled bales, and learn how to better our environment.  Scouts are invited to attend between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm to earn their Pulp and Paper Merit Badge.  Cub Scouts are also invited to attend and will have the opportunity to pass "Your Living World".  Bring an aluminum can donation for an opportunity to win a big screen TV.