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July 27, 2026

11 Years for The Family History Guide

The Family History Guide website launched on July 25, 2015 at the Brigham Young University Family History Conference. We have now reached 11 years helping to spread family history throughout the world and make learning family history easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable. Before The Family History Guide was a site or even a brand, it started out as a...

July 24, 2026

I Have a Question: Obituary Records

There’s a new “I Have a Question” video – “How do I get the most from obituaries?” This video helps you find obituaries, glean the essential information, and analyze your findings. Thanks to our BYU intern, Natalie Gibby, for the research for this video. This brings the total number of “I Have a Question” (IHAQ) videos to 18, plus 45...

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July 19, 2026

Another Vacation Week

We’re enjoying another summer week off, but the blog articles will return on July 27. See you then!

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July 11, 2026

New Guided Learning Videos for U.S. States

We;ve added quite a few new Guided Learning videos over the past few weeks, for doing basic research in U.S. states. This completes the set of 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. On the Guided Learning page, these are divided alphabetically into states from A-M and from N-W. Here is a list of the recent additions: We hope you enjoy...

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July 6, 2026

On Vacation

The Family History Guide blog is on vacation this week – see you next week with some new family history articles. Have a great week!

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June 14, 2026

Practice Exercises for Australia

This week we added 18 new Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide for Australian records. Here are the links, and you can find them in the corresponding Australian state pages in The Family History Guide: Enjoy!

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June 7, 2026

I Have a Question: U.S. Census Records

There’s a new “I Have a Question” video – “How do I work with “United States census records?” It includes an overview of census records and four essential tips for getting the most from them in your research. Thanks to our BYU intern, Natalie Gibby, for the research for this video. This brings the total number of “I Have a...

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May 31, 2026

Youth Family History Discovery Camp Manual

In the Youth menu of The Family History Guide there is an entry for Latter-day Saints, which has a tile for Ward and Stake Activities. That page has a new addition, Youth Family History Discovery Camp, which contains a complete manual for running a full family history discovery experience for youth, originated by Christine Francis, a popular RootsTech speaker. Here’s...

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May 31, 2026

New: Guided Learning Videos in Portuguese

Over the past few weeks we added 15 Portuguese language versions of our popular Guide Learning videos. These complement the English, Spanish, and French versions that already exist for these videos. Here are the videos, and you can also find them on our Guided Learning page (look for the “PT” links on the page). As of June 1, we have...

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