I have seen on this site what I thought were excellent suggestions for getting ward teenagers involved in family history. However, since that was many months ago and I didn't need that info at the time I didn't save it. I do recall a few suggestions but would appreciate hearing from any of you who have had success working with these busy, busy young people. My husband and I as ward consultants are excited to work with the youth but we want to start out right by impressing them with the importance of this work but also acknowledging how busy most of them are already. We do not want to say or do anything that will discourage them. Thanks in advance for your help. Sandra Harris Tucson ____________________________________________________________ Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTRHI9FPywA0iVF3DhoX4LJ1btlLC8f3ZTH3iWzN1Vn9fJ2gNuPbTy/

Recently I attended a family history conference and talked with some of the FamilySearch Indexing representatives from Salt Lake. They said that many wards had more success with indexing when they approached the youth instead of the adults. There is a time and season for everything. For the youth, indexing may be a better fit for their lives than other genealogical pursuits. Aloha, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra E Harris" <sehharris@juno.com> To: <LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:33 AM Subject: [LDS-WC] How to get teens interested in FH? HELP! >I have seen on this site what I thought were excellent suggestions for > getting ward teenagers involved in family history. However, since that > was many months ago and I didn't need that info at the time I didn't save > it. I do recall a few suggestions but would appreciate hearing from any > of you who have had success working with these busy, busy young people. > My husband and I as ward consultants are excited to work with the youth > but we want to start out right by impressing them with the importance of > this work but also acknowledging how busy most of them are already. We > do not want to say or do anything that will discourage them. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Sandra Harris > Tucson > ____________________________________________________________ > Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTRHI9FPywA0iVF3DhoX4LJ1btlLC8f3ZTH3iWzN1Vn9fJ2gNuPbTy/ > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message