Third Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan on interviewing a man in my area names Clifford Rackley. He is a family history person who is very well known within the LDS church in this area.
2. Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

I have not called this person, but do plan on talking to them over the weekend. 
3. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

What kind of resources are most helpful when looking for ways to help those who are in a situation such as African Americans. 

4. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What is a unique way to convey Family History to high school students who aren't active in it at all?

5. Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

For my mentorship, I am going on Ancestry and Family Search to complete my own personal family history.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My contact is a woman names Sherri Salmans. She is considered an expert because she has not only done this for 15 years, but has also helped people by doing their family history. Throughout her time completing family history, she has had to figure the out how exactly to find family members because of coming from different countries and moving across the country in the mid-west.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

I have done 10.5 hours.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

My mentor and I work together well not only because she and both care about family history, but also because I see her on a regular basis.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Over the break I did nothing until about New Years Eve. On New Years Eve, I completed research checks that I had been behind on. While doing research, I had looked for research for future sources.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

My research was actually about basing research while completing family history. The videos I watched went over how to properly determine who your family is and to not just seeing one document and just assuming that the name on the paper is who you are looking for. I learned all of this on the Ancestry youtube channel.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

I plan to talk to other people I know who are involved in family history. I might contact someone who works at a separate Family History Center and ask them about interviewing them. I plan on doing this because it important to get more than one perspective on family history work and how they would answer my EQ based on their experience.