Does anyone have a good example of a survey that could be used for Ward Members on their Status of F
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I would forgo the survey and instead talk to members of the Ward. Additionally you should use the full time missionaries as well as seeking opportunities to attend Ward Council either as a consultant or have the individual assigned by the Bishop to oversee Temple and Family History so that the Counil can identify those needing assistance.
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Thanks Steve for your response.
I suppose I should have given more background.
I am the Bishopric 1st Counselor in our Ward. Yesterday, our Elder's Quorum President after having met with the Temple and Family History Council which is overseen by our Ward Temple and Family History Leader and attended by a member of the Relief Society Presidency and 4 Temple and Family History Consultants and 2 full time missionaries, brought the survey discussion to our Ward Council. The Ward Council concluded that they should try a survey. I was asked to help find a sample survey from which they could develop one that would work for them.
So, back to my original question. Does anyone have an example survey that could be used for Ward Members on their status of FamilySearch and need for assistance?
Thank you.
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After reading your response, I have some suggested questions you might include in a survey:
Do you have a FamilySearch account? If not, would you like help setting up an account, including the free Partner sites.
Are your four generations uploaded to FamilySearch?
Have you experienced the joy of taking the names of your deceased ancestors to the temple and completed their Ordinances? Would you like to learn how you can find your ancestors so the you can extend Temple Ordinances to them?
Would you like to learn how to search for your ancestors? Would you like to have a Temple and Family History Consultant meet with you. Do you have specific training needs that a Consultant can help you with?
You also might remind them that our Family History work is never done, even when you think your family tree is completed there are still ancestors to be found whether in a direct line or in a collateral line. As you turn your hearts to your ancestors, their hearts will turn to you and they will guide you to them.
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very good suggestions. Thank you
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I would be interested in hearing how your final survey is accepted by your ward members.
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I don't have a survey, and I like Steve Walkers suggestions. I would maybe add
Would you like to learn how easy it is to upload a photo, add audio, a story?
Would you like to learn how to get it on your phone, Ipad, Tablet?
I wouldn't make it too long though.
Is this going to be a paper survey? Or, are you going to use an online one?
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I used the following survey, handing it out to about 100 people across the RS/EQ/YM/YW/Primary (adults only), and received a response from....
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(We have somewhat high numbers, but this is a bit... frustrating) I did hear that the youth consultants who gave the presentations were well received and did a great job.
Here's the survey:
Please indicate what area(s) of 1-1 assistance we can provide you with for your Family History & Temple work
___ Setting up a FamilySearch.org account (you can use your lds.org / churchofjesuschrist.org account)
___ Setting up a child’s (ages 8-12) familysearch.org account (ages 13+ get their own familysearch.org acct)
___ Data entry (entering your own name or family member/ancestor names)
___ FamilySearch indexing (look at document images, type in their names for others to find in searches)
___ How to find new ancestors (familysearch, Ancestry, etc)
___ How to submit names for temple work, or
____ How to find names for temple work.
___ How to set up free accounts with Ancestry, FindMyPast, MyHeritage, Geneanet, American Ancestors
(can also use familysearch.org/partneraccess )
___ Swapping family information back and forth between FamilySearch and your Ancestry account
___ Uploading/Attaching photos/documents/stories/audio recordings to your family or ancestors.
___ Use of 3rd party tools (RootsMagic, AncestralQuest, etc), RecordSeek, Puzzilla, etc.
___ Other (please write in):
Please indicate if you’re willing to share:
___ Short stories about the blessings you have received in your family history or temple work,
___ How your (or your family’s) heart(s) has been turned to your ancestors.
___ Family History related-activities your family has done
And I had instructions to turn it back in, or take a picture of the survey and send it back via text or email (contact info was provided).
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We used a Google form and surveyed ward members. The form (prepared when we could still offer a class on Sundays) is available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFwAcYcbN_K4-9nisNSU_Sl24lQQUdkOUi4k-jzjMxiDYMBg/viewform
We have also had success dividing up the ward members between consultants and calling them directly tosee what we to see what we can do to help them reach their family history goals.
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@Lorna Browne said, "We have also had success dividing up the ward members between consultants and calling them directly tosee what we to see what we can do to help them reach their family history goals."
That would seem very consistent with the premise on which current T&FH work is being accomplished - individual experiences. Like @Justin Masters we also passed out surveys in all of the adult groups, and the return was abysmal. I suspect people often don't really know enough to know what they need, and without having had much experience actually being involved in T&FH work, they may not even recognize fully what they need. If the interest isn't there, they won't bother to answer a survey because they don't feel a personal need. But when that (especially) first eperience, one-on-one with a competent consultant, occurs in the home or quietly in a FHC if a home visit isn't workable, that's when they feel the Spirit, and they they begin to want to know more. It becomes self-motivating, and they begin to soak up the desired learning, rather than being fed it on a "class" or "instruction" basis. The more we see consultants as working in very much the same way as missionaries, teaching principles first and helping people have spiritual experiences, then the details of tithing, fast offerings, weekly attendance at our meetings, etc., are better received and make more sense at a deeper level. And such it is in the equivalent T&FH process. The Brethren have been teaching more and more that there is no real difference between missionary and T&FH work, and it's beginning to become more clear as to why, I think.
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I have done surveys in my ward, about once a quarter, where I passed around a sign up list- done in excel, with space for their name and phone number and they could check the boxes across the row, that were labeled across the top. Super easy and fast. In the info at the top of the page, I put something about - if you are interested in any of these please sign up and a consultant will contact you! The labels across the tops of the columns changed from time to time, but for the most part, they said things like : creating an account, partner accounts (Ancestry, etc) using familysearch, indexing, adding memories, taking a name to the temple, how to research... etc... just what you feel inspired to offer to help with in your ward. Every time I did it (quarterly, and passed around to Primary, YW, Priesthood, RS, Sunday School- done a couple of Sunday in a row), we had people sign up- I think the lowest number was about 10- usually more like 15-20 people would sign up. Then I would divide them up - seek inspiration to match up the people and their needs with the consultants and the skills I knew they had, or other factors the Lord would give me. We would work with these people for that quarter- until we had met their needs, and then do it again. My ward is fairly stable, mostly homes, but there are still a fair number of people moving in and out.
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@Chris Schmink Thank you for a quiet... and wonderfully powerful lesson.
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This is a survey I wrote and we did in our ward last year. We were trying to learn where people are to focus on where we need to teach. It was well received and we learned time is the biggest issue, it is not that people didn't want to or know how.
________ Ward Family History Survey
Please circle your answers
Are you?? Child under 12 Youth 12-17 Adult Male Adult Female
What is your biggest roadblock to working on Family History?
Technology is challenging
Time
Don’t know where to start
Other _________________________________
Have you ever tried Indexing?
Yes? No? I do not know what that is? I want to learn
Which scenario represents you?
I am comfortable doing family history.
I am such a beginner I do not know where to start!
My tree is full so there is nothing left for me to do!
I am so busy doing everything else that I just don’t have time for it right now.
What would you like from a Family and Temple History consultant? ( Pick one or more)
Classes during the week? Day? or Evening?
Help in my own home on my computer?
Class on Sunday?
What subjects would be helpful to cover?
Where do you want to start your family history journey?
What do you hope to gain to gain from your family history experience?
Name Optional:____________________________
We can reach out to you if you give it to us.
One on One Help ---This is our goal as consultants
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We did a fifth-Sunday presentation a couple months ago where we talked about the importance of gathering on the other side of the veil (our “this side of the veil” counterparts [read missionaries] had already done their presentation earlier...). Anyway, we sent around a simple sign-up sheet letting the ward members do a school-yard pick of their consultant. We had four simple columns for them to check off their current level of FamilySearch expertise (none/novice/familiar/expert) to give us a starting place. Once we reviewed the picks, we had the consultants work with them 1:1 to give them what they needed. I still say that 1:1 personal lesson experience and relationship is the “secret sauce” - your consultant has something to talk about with the member when they chat before Sacrament meeting, they can follow up with assignments and additional training and encouragement. And the Activity Report shows that it seems to be working... I wouldn’t stray too far from anything that supports that 1:1 relationship!
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I have tried doing this in the past ( along time ago) I got more I don't have time for that right now., I don't own a computer, I am leaving it up to my kids, they understand the computer better. It takes too much time. these were the answers from our survey. So, I just invite people one by one. Teach them what I know and show them how to find out more.
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