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September 20, 2017

Learning about Mobile Devices & Apps

Mobile devices are used quite extensively for genealogy and family history now and it is projected, it will be even more so going forward. If you’d like to know more about doing family history “on the go” check out The Family History Guide, Project 7: Technology, Goal 2: Smart Phones and Tablets. There you will find a great deal of...

Learning/Technology
September 19, 2017

The Family History Guide and “Just in Time Learning”

Being a California girl, I love the redwood trees along our coastline. I love how small they make me feel as we walk next to them. There is something so awesome and reverent about them. I’ve noticed people often whisper in places like Muir Woods, if they talk at all. Sometimes I feel exactly like that when I realize how...

Learning
September 18, 2017

The Family History Guide and Boy Scouts of America

Some of you may have read the title of this post and said, “What does The Family History Guide have to do with BSA?” Well, the answer is a lot actually. The Boy Scouts of America have a Merit Badge for Genealogy.  Shortly after we began working at the Family Search Library in 2011, my husband, Jim, was asked to teach Scouts and...

Learning
September 17, 2017

Successful and Fun Cousin Collaboration with Help from The Family History Guide

At age 83, my mom is one of the oldest cousins on her mother’s maternal line, and so she is one of the few who can remember things that happened even before younger cousins were born. In this photo, she is the girl holding the two baby cousins on my great grandfather’s front porch. To capture and record stories from the past...

Family History Activities/Learning/Technology
September 16, 2017

Exploring the World with The Family History Guide

Finding international resources for your family history research is quick, easy, and powerful with The Family History Guide. Instead of spending time navigating through a maze of menus, you can get to your destination in a matter of seconds, using the Countries page. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer … Getting There You can access Countries from...

Country Research/Learning
September 13, 2017

Assessing the Individual’s Needs in Family History

Yesterday I had a very interesting experience working with a patron in the Oakland FamilySearch Library.  He had never been on Family Search before and was eager to see what we had for him on Family Tree.   He had been on other big sites for a couple of free days in the past and wanted to further his search for his great...

Learning
September 12, 2017

Using The Family History Guide Trackers with your Family

The Family History Guide online trackers provide a fun, efficient way to track your progress through the Family History Guide from anywhere you have internet access.  They help you know what you do and don’t know, and provide a solution to what happens sometimes when you stare at the computer and are not sure what to do next in your...

Family History Activities/Learning/Technology
September 11, 2017

Fostering Independent Learning with The Family History Guide

One of the things I love the most about The Family History Guide is how it allows a person to grow and learn independently.  Of course everyone needs help when they are getting started with family history, but how long can a person realistically sit at another person’s elbow as they go forward in their learning?  If we don’t foster that independent...

Country Research/Learning
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