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Developing familiarity with ancestry.com and 'Find Penguins'

29/9/2018

Family History projects are featuring at all of our sessions at the moment. It is so good to watch as people develop familiarity with ancestry.com and begin to move around it with greater ease. It’s not too long before people some people feel confident in working on their project at home while others like to come to our sessions to spend focused time on their project.

Over recent months we have been following our travellers through the ‘Find Penguins’ travel blogs they have developed on the internet. ‘Find Penguins’ is a versatile app which can be used on laptops, tablets and smartphones when travelling. It is quite intuitive to learn for people with good internet skills. ‘Tech Savvy Projects’ provides an opportunity to get support in setting up a ‘Find Penguins’ travel blog before you head off if you aren’t particularly confident. On returning home, there is the option of creating a beautiful photobook based on the Find Penguins travel blog to keep as a permanent record. While many photobook apps and programs are available, members with intermediate to advanced computer skills are finding Find Penguins a worthwhile option.

Photos downloaded from train buff Wende's 'Travels with Ted' travel blog on Find Penguins...

A reminder to ‘Be Connected’ short course members, you are welcome to come along to work on your modules at the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 3 to 4.30pm sessions of Tech Savvy Projects.

Bev Lee

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Family Research

Family Research is a guided self-help group for members who are already working on their family tree who enjoy, learn and gain confidence from group interaction. The course includes two sessions a month -

1. A group session which commences with reports on ‘pains and gains’ over the previous month accompanied by shared problem solving and lots of encourage-ment and ideas for next steps. Presentations by group members, guest speakers and excursions will increase your awareness of different approaches and resources and will also expand your understanding of local and other family research initiatives. You will be encouraged to set project goals such as working on a particular family line; preparing stories for a collection; publishing and giving family history related gifts to families, and more.

2. A drop in session with a hands-on component which will support you to build further confidence in using online geneology programs; to resolve problems you are in danger of putting in the too hard basket, and to complete your project goals.

Experienced members of the group will be available as mentors at the drop-in session and for one to one consultations or appointments if required. .