Author: Bob Taylor

“Discover, Gather, and Connect” and The Family History Guide

You have probably noticed the Church is now describing the process of doing family history work as “Discover, Gather, and Connect”. This new initiative was introduced at RootsTech 2018 by President and Sister Oaks in a keynote session. To see a brief video of the address, click the picture at the right. Changes to the LDS Project Page In the...

Updates to the Family Activities Page

Angelle Anderson, our Marketing Director, has been hard at work updating an already impressive Family Activities page  to make it even better. On the way are similar updates for the Activities pages for Singles, Youth, and Children. Updates Here’s a recap of the changes that were made to the Family Activities page: Pictures were added for each of the activities....

Guidestar Silver for The Family Guide Association

The Guidestar organization is like the yellow pages for registered non-profit and charity organizations. (Old enough to remember the yellow pages? If not, think Google searches …) You can find all sorts of information about non-profits in Guidestar, and since The Family History Guide Association is a charitable non-profit, you can find us there, too. Recently, The Family History Guide...

Announcing Info Links

Ever wish you could get a glimpse inside an article (or video), before you actually decided to open it? Well now you can … with our new Info Links. What’s an Info Link? An Info Link is an information icon that appears next to an article title. A sample Info Link (circled “i”) is shown below, at the right of...

Computer Basics, New and Improved!

The Computer Basics section (Intro > Computer Basics) has been around since the early days of The Family History Guide. (OK, when we say “early” we mean about two and a half years, but you get the idea.) We included some great articles and videos that have helped people get started and improve their basic computing skills, whether on PC...

What’s New in The Family History Guide: Top 20

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 we presented a BYU Webinar that recapped 20 important changes that have taken place in The Family History Guide website over the last few months. We’re excited about the recent updates, and we hope they will help you be even more productive with using the website. View the BYU Webinar here. The changes to the...

The Family History Guide Brochures: A New Look

If you’ve been around The Family History Guide for a while, you’re likely familiar with the brochure that you could download, print, or order online. As of RootsTech 2018, we have a different strategy: we’ve replaced the old brochures with a series of new ones that you can download and print (we no longer offer the online order service). A...

Triple the Smiles, with AmazonSmile

As you might know, The Family History Guide Association participates in the AmazonSmile program, where you can designate your favorite public charity organization (like us!) to receive AmazonSmile donations when you shop at Amazon. Well, things got even better: first purchases with AmazonSmile now get triple the donations for a limited time. Read on for details, and thanks for your...

Activities Pages: Adding an Index and Trackers

We’ve added some new features that will help you get even more enjoyment from your experience with Activities in The Family History Guide: two indexes and three trackers. Main Index The main index for activities provides an alphabetical list of activities by type, across all activities pages. When you find an activity of interest in the index, the link will take...