If you happened to miss Part 1 you can find it here. I'm preparing my strategy for helping Scott through his next few visits to our Family Search Library. He is a bright man, and he has made a commitment to keep coming to the library each week to learn more. Adding those things to his technological skills on the computer, he has some very good elements going forward to proceed and be successful. His success with The Family History Guide last week has established his confidence in it and the likelihood that he will continue to look there for solutions and answers to his questions in the future.
The thing that holds him back now is that he needs to acquire a firm foundation in the basics of Family History. So the first place we are going to go next Tuesday is the Home page of The Family History Guide. www.thefhguide.com He'll then click on the For Beginners link. He can skip the first section on Computer Basics because he doesn't need it. http://thefhguide.com/begin.html
The first thing I will show him is where he can find the various Glossaries of terminology that he will need to know at some point in his genealogical work. There is a really cool entry on how to determine relationships. The things like great and grand designations and 1st and 2nd cousins and how "removed" fits in with that. There is also a choice to learn about acronyms and abbreviations. Of course he doesn't have to learn it all at once, but he should know where to find it for when the need arises. I'll suggest that he take a few notes as we talk and work together.
Further down on the page there are choices for learning various aspects of getting started. Some are videos and some are articles. I looked through several of them but will just feature one with Scott that I thought was great. It is called Getting Started with Genealogy On The Web. It is the 5th selection on the list. It contains several links to things he can learn about if he doesn't already know them.
https://www.vodien.com/blog/education/getting-started-genealogy-web.php
If I feel it is too advanced for him as we are actually talking I can switch to another one at the time. In this way I can customize my approach to his needs the more I discover about him.
I'll also point out to him that there is more information in the Vault which is a black link on the page up near the top and slightly to the right. In the Vault there are also other videos and links considered secondary to what is on the Beginner page.
And one last thing to note on this page, up on the top to the left is a link that takes you to videos that had been translated into various languages that pertain to getting started.
Whether you are a trainer or a learner or both, I hope these ideas will assist you in what you desire to accomplish. I love that when I use The Family History Guide I can work with a patron without overwhelming them with a bunch of information they are not ready for yet. We don't want to discourage anyone. We want their experience to include some successes right away. That is why I like to be guided by the Family History Guide as I go. I want Scott to keep coming back because he is enjoying the process and making progress.
The thing that holds him back now is that he needs to acquire a firm foundation in the basics of Family History. So the first place we are going to go next Tuesday is the Home page of The Family History Guide. www.thefhguide.com He'll then click on the For Beginners link. He can skip the first section on Computer Basics because he doesn't need it. http://thefhguide.com/begin.html
The first thing I will show him is where he can find the various Glossaries of terminology that he will need to know at some point in his genealogical work. There is a really cool entry on how to determine relationships. The things like great and grand designations and 1st and 2nd cousins and how "removed" fits in with that. There is also a choice to learn about acronyms and abbreviations. Of course he doesn't have to learn it all at once, but he should know where to find it for when the need arises. I'll suggest that he take a few notes as we talk and work together.
Further down on the page there are choices for learning various aspects of getting started. Some are videos and some are articles. I looked through several of them but will just feature one with Scott that I thought was great. It is called Getting Started with Genealogy On The Web. It is the 5th selection on the list. It contains several links to things he can learn about if he doesn't already know them.
https://www.vodien.com/blog/education/getting-started-genealogy-web.php
If I feel it is too advanced for him as we are actually talking I can switch to another one at the time. In this way I can customize my approach to his needs the more I discover about him.
I'll also point out to him that there is more information in the Vault which is a black link on the page up near the top and slightly to the right. In the Vault there are also other videos and links considered secondary to what is on the Beginner page.
And one last thing to note on this page, up on the top to the left is a link that takes you to videos that had been translated into various languages that pertain to getting started.
Whether you are a trainer or a learner or both, I hope these ideas will assist you in what you desire to accomplish. I love that when I use The Family History Guide I can work with a patron without overwhelming them with a bunch of information they are not ready for yet. We don't want to discourage anyone. We want their experience to include some successes right away. That is why I like to be guided by the Family History Guide as I go. I want Scott to keep coming back because he is enjoying the process and making progress.
