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Sister Millie McCuen, FamilySearch Worldwide Support Research Missionary: Yesterday I got a call from a woman who was looking to hire a professional to help her with Germany research. She said she would rather do it herself but had no maps to follow and no documents to help her keep track of all the changes in Germany. I showed her the FamilySearch Wiki and went through the browse by countries list until we found the Germany portal. Then she found the Germany page and was really excited at all the information. When she saw the map and I showed her how to click on it and make it bigger and how to use the historial guidelines she was thrilled. She decided with the help of the Wiki she would try and tackle her own family history research. | Sister Millie McCuen, FamilySearch Worldwide Support Research Missionary: Yesterday I got a call from a woman who was looking to hire a professional to help her with Germany research. She said she would rather do it herself but had no maps to follow and no documents to help her keep track of all the changes in Germany. I showed her the FamilySearch Wiki and went through the browse by countries list until we found the Germany portal. Then she found the Germany page and was really excited at all the information. When she saw the map and I showed her how to click on it and make it bigger and how to use the historial guidelines she was thrilled. She decided with the help of the Wiki she would try and tackle her own family history research. | ||
=== September === | === September === | ||
9/24/10 Sister Menzel, Arizona: While constructing an email for a patron who needed Germany/Prussia research help and specifically how to to read and translate old German Gothic script I suggested several things including the online classes in “[http://bit.ly/6nqzSc German Kurrent]“. | |||
Also, in the FHL under “[http://bit.ly/bJTtMB Research Help]” I clicked on “Articles” and with a few clicks can download a [http://bit.ly/bY4aFX 60 page booklet] on Germany Research under “Resource Documents”. I also found a [http://bit.ly/biQEyo template ]for the German Gothic Script under Resource Guides. | |||
I next suggested she go to the Wiki and enter “[http://bit.ly/baUvuq German Vocabulary]” in the search box. This page is loaded with research helps, links, vocabulary, handwriting, and you name it. This is by far the '''''BEST'''''Wiki page I’ve ever seen!<br> | |||
=== October === | === October === | ||