The Family History Guide Highlights for 2021

As usual, this past year has been a busy one for The Family History Guide. Here is a list of some of the features that we added to the website in 2021:

  • New QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos—These are hosted on our YouTube Channel and included in various country and research pages: Researching Records in Canada; Beginning Your Research in Canada; Researching Records in the Netherlands; Starting Your Netherlands Research; Researching Irish Records; Starting Your Irish Genealogy Research; United States World War II Records; German Records, Words, and Scripts; Germany Maps and Surnames; U.S. World War I Records; German Immigration; Finding German Records in America; England Census Records; U.S. Civil War Records; Revolutionary War Records; DNA Research, Case Studies; DNA Test Types; Intro to Research with DNA; Spain Church and Civil Registration Records; Spain Research Overview, Using Mapping Tools; Surname Mapping; United States Research Topics; England Civil Registration; Intro to European Archives (French, German, Dutch, Belgian, Italian, British, Irish); Exploring Other U.S. Records; U.S. Travel and Migration Records; U.S. Church Records; Naturalization and Passenger Records; U.S. Newspapers
  • Print-friendly feature—A print button was added to the header area of each page. This enables you to selectively print content on any page of The Family History Guide website.
  • Updated Show Me videos—A number of Show Me videos were update to reflect changes made in screens from FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc.
  • Activities Planning Sheet—This is a downloadable spreadsheet with columns that help you plan and the manage family history activities you hold.
  • Open/Close button—This button in the header area for Projects now toggles between Open Choices and Close Choices, in the same button.
  • 500 Tips of the Day—We passed the milestone of 500 entries for Tip of the Day, with more to come.
  • Teaching Family History with The Family History Guide, BYU webinar—This webinar was given several months ago and is available to watch on the BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel.
  • Trainers menu, VIP and Presenting TFHG—Items were added to the Trainers menu for the new VIP (Volunteer Instructor Program) and Presenting The Family History Guide.
  • Pass-along Cards in More Languages—Pass-along cards can now be printed in these additional languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).

In addition to the above features, links to many additional articles, videos, and databases were added across the site. Stay tuned in 2022 for additional features and a lot of great new content as we grow.

Bob Taylor