I have been developing training modules for family history classes for a few years now and have seen the need to provide these modules to the rest of the family history community. I will be posting links to my various class modules on this web site. All of these modules are sized to take approximately 45 minute to teach. They are intended to be general in nature and are to be used as introductions to the various topics. These are ideal for Sunday school lessons or even staff training. If you feel that these are useful please give me credit as the source.

Click on the link below to download the selected file. If you are not able to access the content on this page please check out my mirror site at http://milesmeyer.googlepages.com or http://milesmeyer1.googlepages.com.

Lesson Manuals

• Using Google Books Search for Genealogy (UsingGoogleBooksSearchforGenealogy.pdf) - (Oct.14, 2007)
  
• Introduction to HeritageQuest (IntroductiontoHeritageQuestOnlineRes.pdf) - (Sept. 9, 2007)
  
• Introduction to Roots Magic software (IntroductiontoRootsMagicSoftware.pdf) - (Sept. 6, 2007)
  
• Index to Genealogical Websites - listing of mostly free sites with digital records or indexes (IndextoGenealogicalWebSites.pdf) - (Sept. 6, 2007) 
  
• An Introduction to new FamilySearch (AnIntroductiontoNewFamilySearch.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007)

• An Introduction to GenCircles Website (IntroductiontoGenCirclesWebsite.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007) 

• An Introduction to PAF (IntroductiontoPAF.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007)

• An Introduction to Vital Records (IntroductiontoVitalRecords.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007)

• 8 Week Family History Sunday School Class (8weekFamilyHistoryClass.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007) 
• Using Message Boards Effectively (UsingMessageBoardsEffectively.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007)
• Catching Your Ancestors in the Web - Internet lesson (beginners) (CatchingYourAncestorsintheWorldWideW.pdf) (Sept. 4, 2007)
  

Monthly Newsletters - These newsletters were written by me to keep our ward and stake FHC staff informed of upcoming events. You will notice that the more recent ones deal with the new FamilySearch. Our temple district just went live on August 25 and we needed to get a lot of information out very quickly. Usually my newsletter is every 1-2 months.

• October 12, 2007 (October122007.pdf) - News Release requesting Spanish language indexers
  
• October 11, 2007 (October112007.pdf) - new FamilySearch, Google Books, beta testing FamilyInsight, nFS and Ancestral Quest 
• September 23, 2007 (September232007.pdf) - FamilySearch Wiki, AGBI Goes Online, FamilySearch Presentation
  
• September 18, 2007 (September182007.pdf) - update on FamilySearch Indexing, World Vital Records, Footnote
  
•  August 25, 2007 (August42007.pdf) - update on FamilySearch Indexing and new FamilySearch

• August 21, 2007 (August32007.pdf) - update on FamilySearch Indexing and new FamilySearch

• August 10, 2007 (August22007.pdf) - update on new FamilySearch and subscription based services

• August 1, 2007 (August2007.pdf) - new FamilySearch training, subscription based services and FamilySearch Indexing
• July 10, 2007 (July22007.pdf) - 101 Best Websites, FamilySearch labs update, Consultant Registration
• July 1, 2007 (July2007.pdf) - Requesting files from the FBI, Online Consultant Training, FamilySearch Labs Beta Site
• June 15, 2007 (June2007.pdf) - Ancestry adds 90 million Veterans Records, Footnote adds Revolutionary War Records, New Database Access for FHCs 

Other Materials

• October is Family History Month (OctoberisFamilyHistoryMonth.pdf) - You can use this flier to promote Family History Month - (Sept. 21, 2007)
  
• Family History pass along cards - (Familycard-front.pdf) (Familycard-back.pdf) print one page on the front and the other on the back of card stock to make pass along cards. (Sept. 5, 2007)