Creative Hypothesis Development for Complex Genealogy Problems

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   Really like the audience participation.\n\nReally well presented. The fascinating case of John Knox Sr made it fun to engage with the techniques being discussed.\n\nSo interesting. I have a brick wall I have been working on for years. I will definitely use these methods to get a different perspective. \n\nSo, now I have the feeling that brick walls may not be surmountable after all\n\nSorry I had to leave early--I will listen to the rest on recording. Great webinar!!\n\nThank you for making this free seminar available. \n\nThat was fantastic and informative. She is so sharp and on point.\n\nThe interaction between audience and speaker was especially engaging.\n\nThe methodology techniques will be helpful to me. Thank you.\n\nThe speaker did an amazing job of engaging us in active learning. She challenged us to work through/practice the methods she was presenting. This was one of the best that I have participated in. Thanks for scheduling this session!\n\nThe speaker was enthusiastic, appreciative and otherwise interacted well with her virtual audience.\n\nThe speaker was very engaging. The presentation was interactive. The slides were "graphically" sound - not to busy or crowded\n\nThe student participation made it a great learning experience.\n\nThe suggestions were perfect for me. \n\nThe webinar was excellent. Thanks!\n\nThese techniques are promising for my brick walls. Thanks for a wonderful, stimulating webinar!\n\nThis is by far my favorite webinar I've seen in all the years I've been a subscriber! I enjoyed Jan's enthusiasm, interesting case study and mind provoking way of approaching it. I wish I had thought to do something like this on a webinar so I could have hundreds of people throw out new ideas for me! Kudos to her for thinking of that! Really, it was a great webinar!\n\nThis is the kind of webinar I may listen to more than once. Well done and thought provoking.\n\nThis was fabulous! I really enjoyed walking through the process and her responding to comments and questions so knowledgably on the fly. It does make me want to take yet another look at my brick wall ancestors and look for a new angle.\n\nThis was interesting\n\nThought provoking. \n\nVery enjoyable.\n\nVery helpful tips\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative but seemed rushed to be able to include everything . Would have been nice to have a part 2 webinar for more time and in depth presntation.\n\nVery Informative!\n\nVery informative! Jan is a wonderful presenter and the topic was very interesting. \n\nVery informative, easy to follow and useful.\n\nVery informative. Looking forward to practicing some of the research ideas.\n\nvery interesting\n\nVery interesting and informative. Thank you. : )\n\nVery interesting concepts.\n\nVery interesting hearing about the different approaches. I have a brick wall research plan to begin working on for this summer. I hope to be able to use some of these ideas.\n\nVery interesting to see a "why" research question!\n\nvery interesting; I enjoy hearing new ideas about how to solve difficult problems.\n\nWell presented and interactive\n\nWell presented. I liked the interaction with the audience. Through an indirect way gave us ideas how to pursuit our own research.\n\nWhat a great idea for part of a genealogy society meeting! A brief summary of a case and open it up to the floor for suggestions. It would really get the members talking but the presenter would have to very prepared and as succinct as our speaker.\n\nWonderful - gave many ways of working through a problem\n\nWonderful! Loved the format.\n\nWould be great to have more case studies like this. It was extremely thought provoking!\n\nwow, i like the interactivity of it. It was really fun and I think I would like to watch it again because I felt like my brain couldnt keep up with all the wonderful brainstorming ideas

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   I love to "hear other minds working." and using every clue resource know to man. Working on one now over three continents, a ship kidnapped by pirates, a party with Royal mistresses, a painting submitted to the Royal Academy and a strange will leaving 38000 lbs (1811) to over 50 people, almost all - or all related to our family\ni never heard of mind mapping, but now i will have to try it\n\nThe webinar was thought provoking and I look forward to trying the techniques.\n\nI really enjoyed the topic you covered. It gives me an additional means to explore my "lost" relatives. I look forward to using the mind mapping.\n\nI really learned a lot. I like the case study learning powerpoint method. This allowed me to understand the concepts better. I also learned some historical background issues that I can apply to my own research by the participants chiming in with ideas.\n\nI really liked the interaction in the webinar.\n\nI thought it was excellent, it gave me another method for overcoming brick walls. \n\nI thought that this was one of the best Legacy webinars I've ever attended. The presenter gave me a lot of new ideas that I want to apply to some of my brick walls. It was also good to have Geoff Rasmussen back as the narrator.\n\nI understand the thought process better when a case study is used. \n\nIncredibly interesting and fun. Plus food for thought and ideas for implementation!\n\nineresting and engaging throughout. Loved it\n\nInteractive webinars keep me awake (especially in the evening!).\n\ninteresting as well as informative\n\nInteresting case and enlightening ways of approaching it.\n\nInteresting ideas. Being a mathematician/computer scientist, seeing your processes made sense. Note: around an hour into the presentation, the voice cut out and I had to exit and rejoin. Thank you.\n\nInteresting presentation. I liked learning with the use of a case study.\n\nInteresting subject that needs further exploration. \n\nInteresting webinar. Thought provoking ... Thank you!\n\nIt made me want to think about my own family from a different perspective. More of the "why" of genealogical research.\n\nJan did a nice job of presenting this webinar. She's a keeper.\n\nI've not heard that speaker present before, I hope to hear more from her.\n\nJan Joyce gave some great ideas to help us look at our brick walls in a new way. I am really glad I attended this webinar!\n\nJan M. Joyce put together a a great webinar. I never thought about using creative hypotheses before. It might be challenging, but I understand that doing so may solve some brick walls. I appreciate the handouts, too.\n\nJan was brilliant. \n\nJan was excellent. My background is in adult education and instructional design and I found her method of teaching very effective. I loved the interaction and curiosity that she generated.\n\nJust a very thought provoking webinar!\n\nJust what I had in mind. \n\nLots of food for thought. I loved the case study format and demonstration of he \n\nLove the interaction\n\nLove the questions and showing the results \n\nLoved the actual problem to suggest ideas and have the speaker discuss those ideas! \n\nLoved the opportunity for audience participation - it taught while at the same time provided crowd-sourcing for Jan's brick wall.\n\nMade me think for sure\n\nmore ideas to look into\n\nMore, please!\n\nMost engaging of many I have attended - the key is interacting versus professing to the audience - challenging for any speaker- well done by Jan.\n\nMy first but definitely not my last. Jan Joyce's presentation was very informative and interesting.\n\nMy only "biological" Grandchild was born in Knox county Ohio. Was this named after "your" John? (I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada) Very interesting & informative,,,,,thank you!!\n\nNicely done!\n\nNow I just need to find a group for sharing!\n\nOne of the best webinars yet.........\n\npresenter talks a bit to quickly, but enthusiasm comes through.\n\nQuite enjoyable.\n\nQuite interesting and added lots of food for thought to a couple of my "hurdles". I do not call them brick walls. Unfortunately, I'm used to Wednesday afternoon webinars so found it hard to stay focused.\n\nReally enjoyed. Working the case study along with others really provided great questions - not a lot of answers - but different avenues that might lead you to an answer.\n\nReally interesting, opens up some new methods toconsider

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   6 years ago

   The webinar was very useful, it helped understand some specific points of searching for information in wills and deeds. I liked the idea of brainstorming, sharing and writing during a search of a difficult case. Thanks a lot!\n\n5++++++++++++++\n\nA good complex example was used, which required much thinking to find the underlying reasons for the actions.\n\nA useful webinare\n\nAn excellent example of arranging the puzzle pieces of life within a family tree!\n\nAwesome ideas for brainstorming! Loved it!!!\n\nClear, lively, mindbending\n\nEasy to follow and thought-provoking. It was just what I needed to inspire me to move forward with my research.\n\nEnjoyed how the webinar content was laid out so it was interesting throughout the whole session; appreciated the uplifting and encouraging voices in Jan and Geoff. Thank you.\n\nEnjoyed it very much\n\nEnjoyed the audience participation in the research process!\n\nEnjoyed the interactive format!\n\nEnjoyed the 'Quick Polls' presented throughout the presentation.\n\nEven though I was already fairly familiar with creative hypothesis development and mind mapping and have solved some brick wall problems, I found the webinar to be informative and helpful as well as enjoyable.\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent - I loved the interactivity of it.\n\nExcellent and most informative\n\nExcellent comprehensive thinking exercise which should help future problem solving!\n\nExcellent material presented. I love the incorporation of mind maps to the process. \n\nExcellent method to try\n\nExcellent presentation of the method to identify and evaluate hypotheses.\n\nExcellent presentation! Almost every family genealogist that I know has brick walls to be solved. Most of them just keep looking for more records. Rarely does anyone ask why there's a brick wall.\n\nExcellent presentation. Would have liked to have seen a case study that resulted in an actual solution.\n\nExcellent presenter.\n\nExcellent way to teach a process! \n\nExcellent!! I will be watching it again--so many good methods and thoughts to consider!\n\nExcellent, very clear, inspiring, loved the interactive exchange.\n\nExcellent. Loved the real time interaction/participation aspect\n\nExcellent. I love the interactive format. I was wondering how it would work in the webinar format but Jeff does a great job pulling out the questions and answers. \n\nFABULOUS! Great content, loved the audience interaction\n\nFascinating!!!! Such great information. I hope we hear Jan M. Joyce again...........\n\nFollowing a case study is a more engaging way for me to learn. Loved the approach.\n\nfrom a Polish perspective, it is difficult to assess American conditions and the surrounding of this case. We also do not know if he had other children who were not allowed to "deal"\n\nGained new ways to improve/motivate/inspire research on brick wall walls\n\nGave me some ideas, or reminded me, of some that I need to use in my own research.\n\ngets the brain working!\n\nGood audience participation. Good intro to mind mapping.\n\nGood info. \n\nGood webinar on techniques for working through research questions.\n\ngreat\n\nGreat great webinar.\n\nGreat idea for how to research\n\nGreat ideas that I plan to put into use very soon. Thank you!\n\nGreat information. Hope that Jan comes back again soon. I learned more tonight than I have in many others. Thanks.\n\nGreat interaction with audience. Very well organized. Thanks!\n\nGreat show. Did learn several things.\n\nGreat webinar\n\nGreat webinar! \n\nHer delivery was a bit fast, but I was able to follow. Thanks for the opportunity to listen!\n\nI could tell this was given by an instructor who knows how to get a point across. Thank you for the best seminar I have attended.\n\nI enjoyed being able to participate in brainstorming on the research question.\n\nI enjoyed hearing someone else's case. I also enjoyed that it was not the typical relationship question. \n\nI enjoyed it - a lot to take in and went very fast! I also like Geoff - he always does a great job.\n\nI enjoyed the incorporation of the case study throughout; it provided strong practical examples for the strategies presented.\n\nI especially enjoyed Jan's use of interactive polls, questions, and worksheets. \n\nI got many great ideas from her and I enjoyed her presentation.\n\nI learn something new with each webinar.\n\nI learned a lot . I appreciated mapping it out to solve brick walls.\n\nI learned a lot about how to create hypotheses and expositor narratives to create those hypotheses.\n\nI learned from Jan's methodology. She really held interest in developing and refuting hypotheses.\n\nI learned how the mapping method could bring out ideas\n\nI liked the interactive nature of the presentation\n\nI liked the mapping idea

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