I'm using it in my class in a couple of weeks on "Good Research Practices in the day of New FamilySearch" at the BYU conference. Are you coming to the conference? Your chart is really the most fabulous way of explaining it to beginners I think. Keep up the good work.

Although I came to genealogy knowing that to be useful, genealogical research must be "scholarly," as a raw beginner, I haven't known a lot about going about it. I didn't see this group when I first joined Genealogy Wise; I would have joined when you started it.

I bought Christine Rose's book sometime this year, and have been working to apply it to my work. Telling researchers about such resources is part of how you teach us beginners to use it. I'm sure that my attempts to apply GPS will improve with time, but the fact that I know about it and can try to apply it, gives me a head start on beginners who "don't have a clue."

The structured chat room talks help us to learn about practices such as GPS (even those which may not mention it by name). The chart which Mark has supplied will be a help to me. I can use it along with the Christine Rose's book, to improve my practices.

Just some musings from a beginner.

Sue

I teach an advanced class at the local community college. The first time I taught it, I covered the GPS in class 1, and everybody's eyes glazed over;) I have since moved it to Class 5, and it is received much more charitably--after we've covered many of the steps in other classes. I also found that working through an example or case study, helped the students to understand and see how it's applied.