Family Search required short course every 6 months for all pardons using the program.

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Brian Eric Olsen said: If family search wants to get all pardons on board in keeping up with all the changes that are happening to the program. Like getting all pardons to follow the rules and follow basic research principles. For example when reserving temple ordinance pardons should be instructed to verify before printing the ordinance to do the work. This would save duplicates from being done. Also training all pardons when adding some one into their family tree their must be a source and reason. So other pardon can understand and support the addition. Family Search could every 6 months when a pardon try's to make addition. The program tell them they must take a short 5 or 10 minute training information course. When this is taken their account would be open to be able to make changes and make additions. Another example could be Family Search explaining how pardons should and should not use GEDCOM data. Family Search could review all the major problems they are having and add what new features in the program are happening, shared about in this required short session. If family Search will not make this required then make it required to be sent to the Messages system to each person where to go for this course. Then they could open it and receive this short course of information. I am not saying that this replace the training and other information in the help menus. Their is way to much information I am saying this message could address majors issues and direct pardon where to go for further training and the information about the problems family search is concern with. This message could be asking pardons to review and follow the directives from family search. This course could admonish pardons to use the message system and work together. So often pardons will not send messages or reply frustrating the unity of the work in getting the records correct.

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A van Helsdingen said: By "pardon" you mean a person/user ?

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Jordi Kloosterboer said: haha yeah i think he meant to write patron.

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Justin Masters said: Brian... patrons? (pardons doesn't make any sense - besides an apology, or a "get out of jail free card given out by the president... the context doesn't make sense.)

And even then, patrons typically refers to the temple.. and familysearch is a separate (but complementary) department.

but if I'm understanding what you're asking... semi-annual proof of minimum skills assessment before submitting a name for temple work or entering data into familysearch? That might not go over too well...

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Adrian Bruce said: There needs to be some sort of assessment before certain facilties are unlocked (an admission that I fought against in myself for ages). But it needs to take account of the wide ranging audience of users - I'm not a Church member for instance but consider myself a reasonably expert genealogist. I'm fine with someone pointing out that I've no experience in a new system - less so if people start getting pedantic with me on a regular basis.

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David Newton said: Ah welcome to the light side! Glad to have you here.

Ari Dale

A course called "Family Search Power User" was offered a few years ago. Does anyone know if it will be

re-offered? Much needed for this wonderful but complex site.