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March 10, 2019

“Introducing The Family History Guide” Gets a Refresh

Every once in a while you discover a gem that just needs a bit of polishing to make it good as new. We recently discovered that one of the items on our Media page, “Introducing The Family History Guide,” was in need of some polishing—so that’s what we did. It now has links to some of the latest features in...

Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
March 10, 2019

Attending Rootstech 2019 Was Unforgettable

I am still feeling the exhilaration of Rootstech, after my return home on Tuesday.  The atmosphere is just electrifying there in Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace. It is a pure joy to be among people who have a desire to do their family history. In doing so, we can gather tangible evidence of our ancestors and preserve and treasure it. Often it...

FamilySearch/Learning/RootsTech/Training
March 4, 2019

RootsTech 2019 Recap: Beyond Words

Now that RootsTech 2019 has concluded, it almost seems like it went by in a flash—but what a flash that was! By all accounts it was our most successful RootsTech ever, in terms of number of people reached and the feedback we got from them. And the new tower and monitor display at our booth were a hit with the...

RootsTech/The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
March 4, 2019

A Healthy Addition of Exercises

At the end of most Choices in The Family History Guide are Exercises links. These Exercises help you achieve Good or Proficient status for skills. They also provide criteria to help you rate yourself in the Word Tracker (status) or the Online Tracker (slider bars). These Exercises have been available for Projects in FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast. Recently we...

Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG
March 4, 2019

Where Are the Daughters?

Editor’s Note: This blog post from Liz Kennington was originally published on February 2, 2019 and is reprinted here with her permission. One of the difficult things about doing family history work is finding all the women in the family. Even if you don’t know a wife’s maiden name, you at least have a clue when there is a “Mrs” mentioned....

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