The Family History Guide - Project 1: Family Tree - Part 2

Okay, have you had a chance to visit The Family History Guide www.thefhguide.com yet?? If you haven't you really need to take the time. It is such a worthwhile tool for us as a consultant but it is also great for members that we are working with. You can even give the members 'homework' with these lessons. They explain well for you. It helps you by saving a ton of time. Before you meet with a member, have them go through one of the lessons before hand. That way the information isn't so brand new. Terminology will be more familiar when you teach.

Are you ready??

Visit The Family History Guide, hover over the FamilySearch Tab, a drop down menu will come down. Click on Project 1: Family Tree.

You will see all the lessons that are available.

Go through them before showing to members. You don't need to know everything but you do need to know where to find the answers. This is a perfect place to find those answers. My opinion, it is better than FamilySearch help section. I personally have been waiting for a web site like this for years.

One last item to cover. Tracking Sheets. They have a tracking sheet system that you keep an eye on your training for yourself or for your student. This is a great way to see progress or to see areas of improvement that would be needed.

On the home page of The Family History Guide, go to the upper right hand corner....

This is where you can track your progress. For the Online Tracker, you just need to create a FREE account and then you can take notes, mark progress and save the information. If you feel better keeping track with paper copies, you can download the Tracker (Word) version. You will download what you need. (Remember where you downloaded it.) You can either keep track of it on your computer, it would just be 'offline' vs 'online'. Or you can print and keep them in a binder for quick reference. They think of everything.

I hope this helps a bit and we will dive into more of The Family History Guide later on.

Enjoy,
Jill