User:TrishaKougioulis/Sandbox/User Guidance Training Manual

Welcome to User Guidance
We are happy to have you as a new member of the User Guidance Team! The contents of this page are intended to help you understand what FamilySearch Historical Records Wiki articles are, navigate through each article section, the tools that are required to create the articles, upload images, and other code templates you will use. Your trainer will go through each section and accompanying instrction page with you to explain what, how, and why we play a vital role in assisting our patrons with Historical Records Research.

Your User Guidance trainer will go through each section with you to provide more in-depth explanations about each section in this training guide. Once you start getting more comfortable finding and using templates, this will be your first place to look for answers. If you are unable to find what you are looking for, or do not understand the instructions, please ask your trainer or your unit supervisor for help. Asking for help or clarification will save you and your team a lot of time and editing in the future.

The User Guidance Team
There are currently three full time employees on the UG Team.
 * Jeff Svare, AG, Content Manager, Historical Records, Data Analyst
 * Jeff is a jack of all trades. He specializes in Danish and other Scandanvian genealogy. He has been working on the Wiki for ___ years, and has been with FamilySearch for __ years
 * Ken Nelson, Project Manager 1
 * Ken is our Military Records guru. He works extensively in the NARA (National Archives Records Administration, www.archives.gov), and he can answer almost anything about American Military History
 * Trisha Kougioulis, Research Specialist 2
 * Trisha has been with User Guidance for three years. Trisha trains missionaries and new contractors or employees, writes articles, edits and corrects published articles, assists Jeff with projects, and she is beginning to specialze in Greek genealogy and history

Document Templates
Here's the templates you will use in creating Historical Records (HR) articles.
 * Document Template with instructions. Read it before you do anything.
 * Document template for HR articles that have been published in the FamilySearch Catalog and not on Historical Records
 * Infoboxes are the eye-catching stuff on the right side of the page that give users links to other helpful material

How-Tos

 * Uploading Files to the FamilySearch Wiki