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May 1, 2022

BYU Family History Library Subject Guides

The Brigham Young University Library has handy subject guides on just about every topic you can think of—including family history, of course. One of the great things about these guides is that they provide essential resources and overviews, in an easy-to-use format. Inside the family history subject guide are tabs for the following topics: Beginning Research: Tips for starting your family history...

Learning/Research
April 25, 2022

The Family History Guide: Tips and Tricks

The BYU Family History Library recently posted a new YouTube video titled The Family History Guide: Tips and Tricks. This video gives you an inside look at some useful features and tips for using them, such as shared and hybrid topics, hidden gems, resource stars, info buttons, and a lot more. The video has had about 500 views in its...

Learning/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 25, 2022

Indexes in The Family History Guide

It’s no secret that The Family History Guide website covers a lot of information. Although it doesn’t contain source records (it points to sites where the records can be found), it has links to thousands of great articles and videos, plus hundreds of useful websites, databases, and family history activities. These resources are included in our Learning System, so you...

Learning/Navigation
March 13, 2022

A Wealth of RootsTech 2022 Videos

RootsTech 2022 Connect concluded on March 5, but the fun continues! There are over 3,700 videos posted on the RootsTech site, all free to watch at any time. Scroll down to the Sessions area on the home page and then click Explore. To find videos of interest, you can choose search filters such as Getting Started, Content Type, and Topic....

Learning/RootsTech/YouTube
January 24, 2022

Browsing The Family History Guide

With today’s advances in technology, we often become focused on getting quick answers to well-defined questions. Google, Wikipedia, and many other sites are wonderful resources for doing just that. However, there is another aspect to information-gathering, as Steven Johnson points out in his book Where Good Ideas Come From—”serendipitous browsing.” The hypertext nature of the World Wide Web makes it...

Learning/Research/What is new at The FHG
January 3, 2022

Make 2022 a Family History Year

Happy New Year to everyone! We have finally turned the page on a challenging year in 2021, and we look forward to great things to come in 2022. A familiar ritual for most of us is the art of making—and keeping—New Year’s resolutions. Favorites include fitness, finances, family, and a host of other positive steps and habits to embrace. May...

Learning
December 6, 2021

The Best Christmas Present Ever

Note: This article by David Castleton was published previously on the Granite Family History blog site. A few weeks before Christmas last year one of my sons approached me and asked me what I would like for Christmas. As a parent you appreciate the inquiry but know all the demands on young families. Most years I give the same response,...

Family History Activities/Learning/Memories
September 27, 2021

Podcast: Scott Fisher (ExtremeGenes.com) and Bob Taylor (TFHG)

Scott Fisher is one of the leading genealogy podcasters in America. Through his nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, “Extreme Genes,” as well as his courses, Fisher inspires a feeling in his followers of “I really can do this!” for over 300,000 people a month. This past week, Scott got together with Bob Taylor to talk about The Family History...

Learning/Research/Technology/What is new at The FHG
September 5, 2021

New: Presenting The Family History Guide

If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out the new entry in the Trainers menu: Presenting TFHG  (The Family History Guide). It’s a guide for preparing and delivering a full, customizable presentation of the website, in 50 minutes or less. There are two main sections on the page: Guidance Slides and Doing the Presentation. The full presentation...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
August 29, 2021

This Week at the BYU FHL: Training Webinar for The Family History Guide

On September 1 at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time, I will be presenting a webinar for the BYU Family History Library titled “Teaching Family History with The Family History Guide.” The webinar is free, and you can sign up using the link at the top of this page: https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/ Here are some of the topics that will be covered, all relating...

Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training/YouTube
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