As I promished in my blog on 06 January 2014 at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/01/beginning-genealogy-study-group.html, I watched Dear Myrt’s Beginning Genealogy yesterday. It passed my test of ‘Was it worhwhile?” with a resounding “Yes!”. I will continue to watch the rest of the study group as it proceeds.
There were a couple things
that I learned, and they were -
She
is taking the FamilySearch Wiki as the basis of the study. The Wiki
is at
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Principles_of_Family_History_Research
and is called Principles of Family History Research. She went
through Step 1, gave examples, and had good interaction between
herself and the comments that were made on Dear Myrt’s Genealogy
Community at
https://plus.google.com/communities/104382659430904043232
She went over how she
organises her computer folders by colors using the program Folder
Marker at http://foldermarker.com/index.php. I think that I wll use
that method because right now I don’t use any method. For example,
I have my genealogy divided into surnames starting with Andrew
Barclay, George Barclay, John Barclay, Cecil Barclay, and my father,
Harold Barclay. But I will start to use file folders now. She also
has a folder of paper which she had yet to put into appropiate
surname folders.
So if you want to watch
this seesion, it is on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UskxuqHfJ4I
Remember to make yourself
a member of Dear Myrt’s Genealogy Community before watching the
YouTube Google+ Hangout on Air at
https://plus.google.com/communities/104382659430904043232
If you haven’t done so
alreay, remember to check the Canadian Week in Review Monday
morning for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History
news in Canada.
If you missed last week’s edition, it is at
http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/01/canadian-week-in-review-05-january-2015.html
It’s
the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!
