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Reflecting on your Shelf Check

Congratulations on running your Shelf Check and starting your research project!

Your feedback helps us improve how the Chronicle Makers Tools assist with your family history research. Your answers are confidential and only shared with Chronicle Makers.

We ask that you do this survey the first time you go through the Toolkit. Thank you!

Name:

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Email:

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How many generations back from you is the ancestor in this research?

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A

1, a parent

B

2, a grandparent

C

3, a great-grandparent

D

4, a 2x great-grandparent

E

5 or more

How long have you been working on this research?

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A

Less than a few months

B

A few months to 1 year

C

1 to 5 years

D

5 to 10 years

E

More than 10 years

Who did the research you have on this ancestor so far?

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(check all that apply)

Me

Me, with help from family

Someone else in my family

Online trees or other people's research

Someone I paid to research it

Where does your research on this ancestor stand today?

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What do you want to know or finish for this ancestor by your deadline?

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What is your process for keeping your research log as you work?

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For example: an AI enabled workflow, typing as you go into a spreadsheet, voice to text, or notes on paper you type up later.

Your Shelf Check

What did your Shelf Check tell you that you didn't know?

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Which parts helped? (check all that apply)

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Seeing everything I have, described back to me

My brain dump, organized

Where my brain dump, log, and folder disagree

The research log lines

My Making Log, started

The transcription queue

The file naming suggestion

None of it helped yet

Was anything in the report wrong or confusing?

Copy the line(s) if you can.

How did it feel to send your files to the Shelf Check and save what came back?

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A

Easy

B

Fine once I got going

C

Hard, but I did it

D

I needed help to finish