{"id":3439,"date":"2018-10-14T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2019-01-16T21:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:26:02","slug":"your-15-minutes-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/your-15-minutes-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 15 Minutes Are Here &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common reasons people use for not getting involved in family history is, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have the time.&#8221; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3440 size-medium\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/home-top2-300x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/home-top2-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/home-top2.png 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Yet if you ask busy people if they could spare 15 minutes a day\u2014or every other day\u2014for something very important, chances are they&#8217;d say yes. That&#8217;s where the &#8220;15 Minutes&#8221; approach can be helpful. We recently added a &#8220;15 Minutes&#8221; button on the Home page of\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">The Family History Guide; an example is shown at the right.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Quick Tour button shows a 6-minute video about the features of The Family History Guide.<\/li>\n<li>The Get Started button takes you to the Get Started (Quick Start) page, where you can review family history or computer basics, or<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">The 15 Minutes button takes you to a newly revised &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/more-to-do.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Things to Do<\/a>&#8221; page. This page is geared towards doing family history tasks and activities in short spurts, which may be ideal for young families and others who have busy schedules.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Things to Do, and Tips for 15-Minute Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The intro to the More Things to Do page explains the concept of working in short segments. It also offers links to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;15-Minute Magic,&#8221; which is a list of tips for making your time count with family history,<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/fitting-fh-into-life.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fitting Family History into Your Life<\/a>,&#8221; a PDF document with suggestions for activities that span 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 hours or more. This document is courtesy of Janet Helland, who coordinates the Temple and Family History Consultants at the Sandy Granite family history center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The family history &#8220;to do&#8221; items in the More Things to Do page are shown below. On the website, all links in green are active.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/more-to-do1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/more-to-do1.png 788w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/more-to-do1-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/more-to-do1-768x810.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the 15-Minute approach and the many fun and useful tasks and activities it offers!<\/p>\n<p class=\u201cwv-ignore\u201d>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.websitevoice.com\/gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.wvData=window.wvData||{};function wvtag(a,b){wvData[a]=b;}\n  wvtag('id', 'gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA');\n  wvtag('text-selector', '.entry-inner');\n  wvtag('widget-style', {\n    className: 'wv-circle-small',\n    contrast: 'wv-contrast-dark'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common reasons people use for not getting involved in family history is, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have the time.&#8221; Yet if you ask busy people if they could spare 15 minutes a day\u2014or every other day\u2014for something very important, chances are they&#8217;d say yes. 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