A Shout Out from Scottsdale – The Family History Guide in Action
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Karen Meyer, who currently serves with her husband Ted as the North America Southwest Temple and Family History Advisors for the Scottsdale Coordinating Council.
I just want to do a shout out to thank all of you at The Family History Guide Association for your excellent work in putting together the most comprehensive Family History Computer Training portfolio in one site … probably on the face of the earth 
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. Ted and I are the North America Southwest Temple and Family History Advisors for the Scottsdale Coordinating Council, and we heartily support this effort. In all of our training, we recommend starting here at The Family History Guide to get your basics and to track your progress.
It is so heartwarming that someone as young as 12 years old, or people in their late 70s, can work on the site for their benefit. They progress in their personal computing skills, and they bridge the gap back to those who first did family history work manually. You might remember taking one-hour or longer trips to the Los Angeles Temple Library, or paying $3.50 at the Ward Library for microfiche, only to have it arrive three weeks later and be the wrong one. Now those people can have the luxury of having it all at their fingertips! Thank you again.
And whose idea was it to put a proficiency Tracker on the website? That’s my favorite part! It gives people more confidence in their own abilities as they learn from The Family History Guide; it increases their self-esteem and bolsters their courage. Pure genius – love it!
Some exciting announcements will be made at Roots Tech. For example, the guidance is that all old curriculum (brown classroom manuals, yellow classroom manuals, and the green manual) are to be discontinued and destroyed. The new family history site at LDS.org replaces these. This site partners heavily with The Family History Guide, using the find-take-and-teach in conjunction with the Consultant Planner. This is all in concert with the goal of every member 12 and older having his or her own account, and submitting or releasing a name to the temple for completion of the work.
Editor’s Note:
Be sure to check out the North America Southwest blog for Temple and Family History Consultants, and Karen’s blog.
** Has The Family History Guide helped you in your calling? We’d love to hear about your experiences!
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