A few years ago the Idaho County Gen Society asked me to come up and do a presentation on
the Idaho Co Genweb. I didn't know what to do, so I made up a power point
presentation. My presentation was to a bunch of old gals that weren't too good on the
computer or the web, so I tried to show them how to navigate the site, etc. I also
included an overview of the whole Genweb project, with a little history of it. Then I did
screen shots of some of the pages on the Idaho County site and also some records that
needed transcribing and how I went about that part.
I also made up some flyers about the Genweb project and passed those out to them all.
I was very nervous at the beginning, but after I got going, it was really fun. They were
all so interested and had tons of questions. It turned out to be a fun thing to do.
They still put a plug in the Idaho County newspaper for me on occasion listing the Genweb
site address.
I think that whatever you do, as Tim says, make it fun. If you build it, they will come.
. . .
Keep us up on how it goes.
Penny
Idaho County
From: Tharper1963(a)wmconnect.com
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:22:14 -0400
To: idgen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair
But aren't you talking to us right now....hehehe. Seriously though, it is
scary at first, but once you start talking about something you love...You
will realize that they are all your friends anyway (or relatives). Have fun
with it, and the next thing we will hear is that you are a National Speaker
at some Genealogical Society somewhere....lol
Tim</HTML>
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