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Workshop Access: January 13 - March 2, 2025
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Meet the Instructors
Say Hello and Introduce Yourself
Take a Step: Imagine Your Future Genealogy Materials
Before we begin ...
Friday, January 17th at 2pm Eastern
Friday, January 24th at 2pm Eastern
Q&A Session 1: Modules 1 and 2 (Recorded Friday, January 17th)
1. Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals for Your Project
Take a Step: Set Organizing S.M.A.R.T. Goals
2. Why You Should Digitize
3. Deciding What to Keep (and What to Toss!)
4. Planning Your Sorting Session
Take a Step: Make a Plan and Gather Materials
Take a Step: Now, Sort Your Materials
5. What Does Sorting Look Like
6. Disposing of Materials
Take a Step: Make a Disposal Plan
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What’s next?
Introduction
1. How to Handle Inherited Genealogy
2. Home Archiving Basics
3. Select Items for "Quick Digitization"
4. Resources for Archival Supplies
Questions? Ask them here
1. Organizing your genealogy workspace
2. How to organize and name your files and folders
3. Naming Files and Folders
4. How to Make a Family History Binder
5. More about organizing digital files
Meet Your Instructor
1. Planning for digitization
2. How to scan documents and photos
3 . How to use a smartphone to digitize documents and photos
4. How to find digital copies of things you've photocopied
5. How to (re)name your files, folders and photos
6. Metadata – what it is and how to use it
7. How to back up your digital files
