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Post by scrapcat on Jan 4, 2019 15:01:44 GMT
Has anyone taken this course? Any reviews. It appears to be self-paced. I am wondering if it would help me get started on getting some of this ancestry research into a finished product. I've been working on it for so long, but I really need to streamline and get something produced already. I thought the digital elements would help to organize as well. Here is a link if you want to check out: www.jessicasprague.com/p/familyhistory-albumThere is some other associated courses, but I think the album one would be the most beneficial. Anyone take it or something similar? Or want to share your ancestry album ideas? Thanks!
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scrappington
Pearl Clutcher
in Canada
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Jun 26, 2014 14:43:10 GMT
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Post by scrappington on Jan 4, 2019 19:42:05 GMT
This is great for your immediate relatives that you have photo's of, but what about further back? Like great great grandparent?
I have an extensive family tree and I have scrapbooked some of the old photos I really liked. the information though , its very hard to present in a scrapbook style.
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Jan 4, 2019 19:48:50 GMT
Hmmm, i think i signed up for that but didnt get far. I cant remember much about it and must revisit - I like Jessica Spragues classes and have learned a great deal from her. If I remember anything useful (like why I didn't continue) I will let you know!
ETA I just checked and yes, I got as far as class four. I think my main issue was that I was spending a lot of time inputting lots of very basic info because I didn't use a programme that was acceptable as an import source. I think I was too far along the family history road for it to be genuinely useful.
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Post by scrapcat on Jan 4, 2019 19:58:21 GMT
This is great for your immediate relatives that you have photo's of, but what about further back? Like great great grandparent? I have an extensive family tree and I have scrapbooked some of the old photos I really liked. the information though , its very hard to present in a scrapbook style. Yes, well I think the idea is that it gets you started with a format then you can go from there? Yes I agree it is hard to present, which is why I have just been working on the "how" part for 3 years. In my situation I do not have as many photos, but more information so it will be more about using historical location photos, etc. Hmmm, i think i signed up for that but didnt get far. I cant remember much about it and must revisit - I like Jessica Spragues classes and have learned a great deal from her. If I remember anything useful (like why I didn't continue) I will let you know! I guess that's the thing, even if I get a little bit from it, a jumping point would be nice. And bcz she does have lifetime access, can always refer back. I have done her classes way way long ago and always learned a lot of techniques for photoshop. Yes, if you remember anything let me know. Thanks!
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GiantsFan
Prolific Pea
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Jun 27, 2014 14:44:56 GMT
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Post by GiantsFan on Jan 4, 2019 21:06:44 GMT
I did the 2010 class version and it was "live" at the time. I didn't have a lot of stories about my Greats and my Grands had all passed when I took the class, so I mainly filled out the "tree" part. The class included all the digi papers and files to work on the project.
JS is an excellent instructor. I've taken most of her digi classes - from U&R to BootCamp, plus a lot of the extra ones.
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Post by Linda on Jan 4, 2019 21:42:30 GMT
I'm intrigued - I'm frozen right now but I've bookmarked it for future reference - I would love to get at least some of my research off the computer and into albums. scrappington - I think if I'm reading it correctly - it'll cover parents, grandparents and great grandparents (which at least for me, takes me beyond family photos). I think I would need to use historical photos of the places they lived and the like instead of actual family photos. I can see doing additional albums with a grandparent or great grandparent as the focus and covering THEIR parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents -again using historical photos rather than family ones.
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Jan 4, 2019 22:20:24 GMT
GiantsFan I second everything you say about the quality of JS classes. She's my all time fave when it comes to learning PS and I credit her with more or less everything I know about digiscrapping. scrapcat thanks for prompting me to return and take a look at where I got to and to recall why I came to a halt. That's not normal for me - I am a completer of everything usually, but I seem to remember being irritated by something. Was it the focus on LDS family record sources, I wonder? I'm in England and have done all my research using UK records - I've got a comprehensive Ancestry tree with a lot of information. I'm fairly sure that it was something connected with that which stopped me.
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Chinagirl828
Drama Llama
Melbourne, Australia
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Jun 28, 2014 6:28:53 GMT
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jan 5, 2019 1:02:28 GMT
I also took it back in 2010 although looking at the folder where my layouts are I can see I never quite finished it but I have most of the layouts done. I took this class when I was just starting to get into family history so for me it was a really nice jumping off point. As I was only just starting the closer relatives perspective worked really well for me and I like the mix of details (birth/marriage/death) and story telling I have on these pages.
I will second reviews about Jessica's teaching style. I was only just learning PSE when I took her classes and found she goes at a good pace, and her presentation of the class info was clear and concise.
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