Home  >  Bob Taylor

Author: Bob Taylor

February 12, 2024

New: 2-Minute Demos

We’ve added a new item in the Trainers menu of The Family History Guide – 2-Minute Demos. At RootsTech, volunteers and staff for The Family History Guide Association have given thousands of demos of The Family History Guide website to visitors. Now we are unveiling a series of 2-Minute Demo scripts to help people show the site to friends, colleagues,...

RootsTech/Training/What is new at The FHG
February 12, 2024

The Family History Guide: Mini-Classes at RootsTech

If you’re planning on attending RootsTech live in Salt Lake City, be sure to stop by the Exhibit Hall and visit us at the booth for The Family History Guide (next to the FamilySearch booth). This year we are putting together a series of fun and informative mini-classes at the booth, each about 20 minutes in length. Here’s a graphic...

Learning/RootsTech
January 31, 2024

Breaking News: A New Educational Partnership

Today we are excited to announce an official partnership between The Family History Guide Association and the National Genealogical Society. The Family History Guide Association will provide educational materials and training to the National Genealogical Society, enabling their members to accelerate their learning and research skills in genealogy. “We are thrilled to connect our organization members with the wealth of...

Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 28, 2024

Getting to Know Genealogy Trails

GenealogyTrails.com is a handy website that focuses on United States research, particularly for U.S. states and counties. It’s a collaboration effort run by a series of expert volunteers, with lots of great resources that are hard to find on other sites. Their forte is transcribing many thousands of records, such as military, obituary, biographies, voter registrations, and more. In The...

U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
January 21, 2024

Update: New Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide

The Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide offer a simple yet effective way to help you explore a variety of record collections around the world. Each exercise has a problem statement with three research questions and a QUIKLink to a record collection, hints for working with the records, and the answers to the questions. You can see more information...

What is new at The FHG
January 21, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Language Resources

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that shows you how to take advantage of language resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers Google Translate capabilities for the website, YouTube language captions for videos, translated videos, and more. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above. It’s also included below for your convenience. We...

What is new at The FHG
January 14, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Navigating Country Pages

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that helps you find and use the Country page resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers how to use the various menus to find country pages for research, as well as the “smaller” countries that typically have fewer records. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 14, 2024

New QRB Video: Starting Research in Austria

We have added a new video to our QRB (Quick Research Basics) playlist: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Austria, by James Tanner. It covers history, geography, research tips and more, to help you find your Austrian ancestors. There are now 88 videos in the QRB playlist, covering many countries around the world as well as providing basic tips for successful research...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 7, 2024

New: Intro Video for The Family History Guide, 2024

We’re starting the new year off with a bang by introducing an updated Intro video for The Family History Guide. You can see it on the Home page of the website, and it’s included below for your convenience: This Intro video covers more features than the previous Intro video, while being about five minutes shorter. There are  57 individual chapters...

The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 7, 2024

Find The Family History Guide at RootsTech 2024, Online

RootsTech 2024 is coming! The online event is from February 29 to March 2. You can register here – https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ – for the online event, which includes classes, keynote addresses, online exhibitor booths, and more. If you are planning to attend RootsTech 2024 online, be sure to find the virtual booth for The Family History Guide Association. Stay tuned for...

RootsTech/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
Close