Wiki, Get Help, and Catalog leads to Homework!!! 25 May 2016

Our training today created homework!  This morning we learned about the Get Help and Wiki features on FamilySearch.  There are so many resources available to help with research and family history, it is mind-blowing.  We did not explore even a hundredth part of what is available.

This afternoon we learned about the Catalog.  Again, more resources are available than we had time for learning about even a small part of what is there.

We were given some time to do the applied learning exercises, but there were some things that just needed more time, as I left at 3:30 to go to choir practice.  I opted to drive, because I needed to go to the store and pick up a few things.  I found that the store was close enough that I could get there and shop and get back before practice started.

Because we have a holiday on Monday, our schedule of singing has changed, and we are also beginning to practice for a Pioneer Day program.  One of the fun pieces is a medley of Primary songs:  "Whenever I Think About Pioneers" and "The Handcart Song".  We also are singing a version of "O My Father" to the tune of Stephen Foster's "Gentle Annie".

Tomorrow will be our last day of "generic" training.  On Friday we each go to our assigned floor, and there we will receive more specific training for that floor.  Maybe in June I will get to actually help patrons!  Until then, I am just grateful to have learned how better to do my own work.  We actually get three half-days a month to pursue our own research, and one full day off to attend the temple. What a blessing that will be!