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March 15, 2026

Training Others with Guided Learning Videos

We now have over 100 Guided Learning videos on The Family History Guide. While primarily used for self-paced, individual learning, these videos can also be used by instructors in group learning settings, such as the following: The New “Training with Guided Learning Videos” Page To help you get started training others on topics from Guided Learning, we’ve created a new...

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March 15, 2026

New RootsTech Video Links in TFHG

RootsTech 2026 produced hundreds of videos in the online library, covering a wide variety of family history topics. We have added nearly 100 new links in The Family History Guide to some of the best of these videos. About half of the new additions are on the following pages (look for the 2026 dates): Also, over 50 videos were added...

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March 9, 2026

Wrapping Up RootsTech 2026

The Family History Guide Association just finished its 10th RootsTech conference, this time as a Bronze Level Sponsor. We had a wonderful team of volunteers helping us at our booth, from Thursday through Saturday. It was great to see many hundreds of guests coming to the booth to see demos of the website. A number of our guests mentioned that...

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March 1, 2026

Get Ready for RootsTech 2026!

The countdown is on … according to the RootsTech page, at the time of this writing, here’s the time remaining: For the 10th year, The Family History Guide Association will have an exhibitor booth in the Expo Hall. It’s number 1219, not far from FamilySearch and Storied booths. We started with a simple 10×10′ booth in 2016, and we are...

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March 1, 2026

Presentations at The Family History Guide RootsTech Booth

This year at RootsTech we will be featuring a number of free classes and presentations right from our booth in the Exhibit Hall. Here’s a look at what we have planned – if you are at RootsTech 2026 in Salt Lake City, be sure to stop by our booth and join in the fun and learning! Our booth in the...

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February 22, 2026

Guided Learning Videos in Spanish

When we published Welcome to The Family History Guide and The Inside Story, we also included Spanish versions of both videos. Now we have added Spanish-language versions of 14 more Guided Learning videos, including all of the I Have a Question videos. The translations, and the original videos, are produced on the Synthesia platform, which does an amazing job of...

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February 15, 2026

Guided Learning Webinar at RootsTech 2026

RootsTech 2026 is Whether you’re attending RootsTech 2026 live or streaming it from home, be sure to check out this featured webinar: Guided Learning: The Next Step in Family History Education. This webinar will be delivered live from The Family History Guide Association booth in the RootsTech exhibit hall, by Bob Taylor, creator of the Guided Learning approach for family...

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February 15, 2026

TFHG Staff Welcomes Brittney Nielsen

Brittney Hart Nielsen: Creative Consultant We are pleased to announce that Brittney Hart Nielsen has joined the staff of The Family History Guide as our Creative Consultant. Brittney has already been busy helping with preparations for our exhibitor’s booth at RootsTech 2026, designing posters and other booth features. Here’s more about Brittney, from our About the Association page: “Brittney Hart...

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February 9, 2026

Update: New “I Have a Question” Videos

The “I Have a Question” video series is fun and informative, with each video taking about 90 seconds to share some key anwers to common questions in genealogy. We recently added several new videos to the series, as described below. Handling Difficult Situations – “I have some ancestors I’m not proud of … Record Matches – “I found a record that seems...

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February 9, 2026

Welcome to Katie Brimhall, Social Media Intern

We’re excited to announce that Katie Brimhall is our newest new intern for The Family History Guide Association, from Brigham Young University. Here’s a bit about Katie: “Katie Brimhall is a recently returned missionary from the California San Diego mission. She is from North Carolina. She loves all kinds of art, from painting to video creation. She is studying Editing...

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