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Have you ever checked out The Vault in The Family History Guide? To keep the learning portion of the Family History Guide Projects streamlined, the Projects are designed in a way that uses the concept of (Just in Time Learning). Each goal is very carefully selected to be exactly what you need when you need it. The Project Goals are purposely limited to five of six choices in many cases. That way you do not get bogged down with a lot of extra details in that phase of your learning process.
The Vault is the place where secondary and very helpful resources are stored in case you want to further pursue a certain subject you've been learning about in a Project. I highly recommend looking in the Vault now so you get an idea of what is there. The following (in Black) is an adaptation of Bob Taylor' Blog piece on the Vault. Because it contains graphics that I could not just copy and paste over, you can click on the blue link to view it.
When you view it in the Family History Guide's Official Blog, if you scroll down on the sidebar on the right, you can subscribe to the official TFHG Blog. This blog to date has three contributors, Bob Taylor, CEO, Angelle Anderson, Manager of The Activities portion of The Family History Guide, and me, Bonnie Mattson, the Social Media Coordinator for The Family History Guide.
Bob Taylor wrote...Do you have a utility room, a food storage room, or a garage with all sorts of great stuff inside but a fair amount of clutter as well? Every so often you just need to roll up your sleeves and tidy up the space. And that’s what we have done with our favorite storage room in The Family History Guide – the Vault.
Let’s step inside and see what’s new. (Nothing scary here, even though Halloween is a coming soon!)
Navigation Links in the Header
We have replaced the vertical Index with a series of links in the header area of the page. To show them, click the Topics link near the top of the page. The links help you get to Vault topics quickly and easily. The links remain visible until you click Topics again.
New Table Format for Vault Entries
Instead of using long, scrolling lists we now use tables to show the Vault entries. This saves space and cuts down on scrolling. (This is really a great improvement...Bonnie)
Video links are marked with “V” and are the first entries in tables, followed by the article links (“A”).
No More “Top” Links
The old Vault page had “Top” links every so often to take you back to the top of the page. These have been removed, as it’s easier to navigate now with the header links.
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We hope you enjoy the new Vault format. Step inside and see what treasures you might find!
