The Church has put out some great little video clips by FamilySearch.org to help and inspire us. Take a look. Each video is pretty short and to the point.
5 Minute Genealogy - Find a record in five minutes
5 Minute Genealogy - Recording what you know
5 Minute Genealogy - Write it down
5 Minute Genealogy - Learn from family
I am sure they will have some more classes for us so keep watching. These videos might be good ways for you to get your friends started. Check it out!
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Webinars - A New Way to Learn Online
Hi everyone! I got an email from Legacy Family Tree which is a company that has a variety of programs available - one being a genealogy program called Legacy. As you know, I use Roots Magic but being the director of a Family History Center, I also have other programs available at the center and Legacy is one of them. Anyway, I got this email from them today discussing their Legacy Webinars that are coming up and also ones that have recently played. I wend to the site and was quite excited about the classes that they offer.
A Webinar is a seminar on the web - simple! You sign up to participate or can also attend in person. There are many neat things about participating in a webinar and one is that you can ask questions live and the speaker can address your question with an answer to EVERYONE live! People sign up from all over the world so it gets really exciting.
Anyway, when I went to the site, I clicked on a class that had already happened but they had a link where I could listen to the webinar only I could not participate as the webinar was at an earlier date. I listened to the one on Blogging. It was a lesson for beginners. Most of the people listening and participating in the webinar had never set up a blog for themselves and some had never even heard about blogs. The instructor explained in very easy steps how to begin a blog and all of the little ins and outs of blogging. It was very informative.
There are a couple of webinars scheduled - on Oct 23 is Evidence Analysis, Oct 27 is New Family History Technology, and on Nov. 3 is Organize, Share, and Publish Your Digital Photos with Heritage Collector Suite.
Some of the past webinars that you can listen to are: Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE, Sharing Genealogy Electronically, Helping Unlock the World’s Records – An Insider’s Perspective on FamilySearch Indexing, and Mapping Software for Genealogists (this requires Windows Media Player to view it).
There is no charge to watch or participate in the webinars. You will need to register to get the live webinar but you may watch the previously recorded webinars at any time free of charge and without registering. They have some very interesting topics available and are here to help us all with researching our ancestors. Give it a try.
A Webinar is a seminar on the web - simple! You sign up to participate or can also attend in person. There are many neat things about participating in a webinar and one is that you can ask questions live and the speaker can address your question with an answer to EVERYONE live! People sign up from all over the world so it gets really exciting.
Anyway, when I went to the site, I clicked on a class that had already happened but they had a link where I could listen to the webinar only I could not participate as the webinar was at an earlier date. I listened to the one on Blogging. It was a lesson for beginners. Most of the people listening and participating in the webinar had never set up a blog for themselves and some had never even heard about blogs. The instructor explained in very easy steps how to begin a blog and all of the little ins and outs of blogging. It was very informative.
There are a couple of webinars scheduled - on Oct 23 is Evidence Analysis, Oct 27 is New Family History Technology, and on Nov. 3 is Organize, Share, and Publish Your Digital Photos with Heritage Collector Suite.
Some of the past webinars that you can listen to are: Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE, Sharing Genealogy Electronically, Helping Unlock the World’s Records – An Insider’s Perspective on FamilySearch Indexing, and Mapping Software for Genealogists (this requires Windows Media Player to view it).
There is no charge to watch or participate in the webinars. You will need to register to get the live webinar but you may watch the previously recorded webinars at any time free of charge and without registering. They have some very interesting topics available and are here to help us all with researching our ancestors. Give it a try.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Got a Basic Computer Question? Here are the Answers!
I found this wonderful website to answer lots of those questions about the things you need to know when using your computer. It is actually written in an easy format. I was impressed - I think you will be too! There is something for everyone. They teach you things as easy as cleaning the ball on your mouse to how to install a sound card and ALL the things you need to know in between. This Basic Computer Skills site is one you HAVE to check out. There are pictures and simple explanations on everything. It is going to be one of my favorite spots that's for sure.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
15 Minute Family History
Some members of the Family Search team have come up with this great grouping of places to help with getting you going on your family research. You can download this as a PDF file or just click on the links and get started. We will be discussing most of these links in future postings but here it is in one location for easy access. It is called 15 Minute Family History. You may get hooked and spend more than 15 minutes but it is a quick start way to begin researching. Have Fun!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Right Mouse is Your Friend (Copy/Paste and Drag/Drop)
When I teach basic genealogy classes, it always comes about that patrons do not know and understand how to do many functions on their computer that would be helpful in their genealogical work. I always end up with a basic computer class to help teach some of these skills.
Some of the most important functions to use when doing genealogy are:
1. Copy and Paste
2. Cut and Paste
3. Delete
4. Insert
5. Save as (especially for pictures)
6, Rename
And many more.
My favorite expression is "RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND". When you look at your mouse, you generally see three parts - the left side (which is the side used to do almost everything), the center wheel (which will allow you to scroll up and down your document), and the right side (which gives short cut functions).
When you are in a program, you generally have a variety of ways to access or perform functions. Most often you can go up to the Menu Bar and find ways to alter your document. There are generally icons somewhere on the program that will also allow you to do the same thing. The easiest way would often be to just use your mouse to assist you. Remembering that the RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND, click on the right side of your mouse to see what commands are available.
Many times you will need to HIGHLIGHT words, folders, or whatever you wish to work on before you click on the right side of the mouse.
So if I wanted to copy and paste something, I would first highlight the item by placing the cursor over the beginning of where I wish to highlight then keeping the left side of the mouse depressed, I then would slide the cursor over the item to be highlighted.
Once it is highlighted, I then release the left side of the mouse (highlighting will remain) and depress the RIGHT side of the mouse. The functions to COPY, CUT, DELETE, etc. will appear. I will then select to COPY the item.
I then move the cursor to where I would like the item to appear (which will be a new location or can even be in another program) and depress the left side of the mouse to insert the cursor to that location (note: You can move around using the left side of your mouse and not worry about losing the copied item because the item is held in the memory until the new function of paste or delete or whatever is selected).
I then click on the RIGHT side of the mouse again and select PASTE. The copied item will then be inserted into the new location. (note: By copying, the original item is still in the original location as well as now in the new location. If I used CUT, the item would no longer be in the original location.)
I would use this same idea, "RIGHT MOUSE IS MY FRIEND", to do a variety of functions. If you are in a program and can not remember how to do something or where to find a specific function key, remember the phrase RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND. Click on the right side of the mouse and see if what you are looking for is there...more ofen than not, it will be.
Some of the most important functions to use when doing genealogy are:
1. Copy and Paste
2. Cut and Paste
3. Delete
4. Insert
5. Save as (especially for pictures)
6, Rename
And many more.
My favorite expression is "RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND". When you look at your mouse, you generally see three parts - the left side (which is the side used to do almost everything), the center wheel (which will allow you to scroll up and down your document), and the right side (which gives short cut functions).
When you are in a program, you generally have a variety of ways to access or perform functions. Most often you can go up to the Menu Bar and find ways to alter your document. There are generally icons somewhere on the program that will also allow you to do the same thing. The easiest way would often be to just use your mouse to assist you. Remembering that the RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND, click on the right side of your mouse to see what commands are available.
Many times you will need to HIGHLIGHT words, folders, or whatever you wish to work on before you click on the right side of the mouse.
So if I wanted to copy and paste something, I would first highlight the item by placing the cursor over the beginning of where I wish to highlight then keeping the left side of the mouse depressed, I then would slide the cursor over the item to be highlighted.
Once it is highlighted, I then release the left side of the mouse (highlighting will remain) and depress the RIGHT side of the mouse. The functions to COPY, CUT, DELETE, etc. will appear. I will then select to COPY the item.
I then move the cursor to where I would like the item to appear (which will be a new location or can even be in another program) and depress the left side of the mouse to insert the cursor to that location (note: You can move around using the left side of your mouse and not worry about losing the copied item because the item is held in the memory until the new function of paste or delete or whatever is selected).
I then click on the RIGHT side of the mouse again and select PASTE. The copied item will then be inserted into the new location. (note: By copying, the original item is still in the original location as well as now in the new location. If I used CUT, the item would no longer be in the original location.)
I would use this same idea, "RIGHT MOUSE IS MY FRIEND", to do a variety of functions. If you are in a program and can not remember how to do something or where to find a specific function key, remember the phrase RIGHT MOUSE IS YOUR FRIEND. Click on the right side of the mouse and see if what you are looking for is there...more ofen than not, it will be.
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