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January 14, 2019

The Family History Guide To The Rescue

One of the reasons I am so excited about The Family History Guide is that I remember the day in 2010 when I began working at a Family Search Library. Although I had been doing my own family history since the early 80s, I had no idea what was available electronically or in the stacks of books, periodicals, films, and microfiche in the library. I had no...

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January 7, 2019

Using Social Media to Capture Your Family’s History

Sometimes the thought of being a family historian can be overwhelming.  Social media can be an excellent way to keep up with our living and deceased family members’ history.  This past week has found me frantically trying to finish up last year’s family events with 2018 posts on Facebook.  One of the reasons I enjoy this is because our family is spread...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/Memories/Technology
December 16, 2018

The Benefits of Discovery in Traveling to Your Ancestors’ Homelands

If you haven’t ever traveled to do genealogy and your family history I would highly recommend it.  My husband and I have traveled quite a bit in the last 10 years. We have had a yearning deep within us to go and see the places where our ancestors lived.  We have had marvelous experiences both in and out of The United States. The trips...

Case Studies/Country Research/Family History Activities/Family History Travel
December 2, 2018

Learning More About Family Search Partner Websites

In 2016 FamilySearch announced the addition of partnering with other big genealogy database companies that have millions of records, subscribers, and great technology. These partnerships became a win/win for FamilySearch, Ancestry, Findmypast and My Heritage. The last three are all commercial websites that are competing with one another.  When FamilySearch, a free website, proposed sharing records for indexing records and...

FS Partners/General/Learning/Technology/Uncategorized
November 19, 2018

The Gratitude that Comes from Family History

Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is one of the most cherished celebrations of the blessings we receive from God. Many people make a concerted effort to be together with loved ones on this day. The airports and highways are jammed with Thanksgiving travelers every year. In the United States Thanksgiving Day usually includes a traditional feast...

Family History Activities/General/Technology
November 3, 2018

When Seeking Turns To Building in Family History

Not long ago I had a very interesting experience working with a patron in the Oakland California Family Search Library. He had never been on FamilySearch before and was eager to see what we had for him on Family Tree.  He had been on other big sites for a couple of free days in the past and wanted to further his search for his great...

FamilySearch
November 11, 2017

What is the Benefit of Facebook for Family History and Genealogy?

These past couple of months I have had lots of questions about what social media has to do with family history and genealogy.  Most people can name several social media platforms but don’t recognize that there are hundreds and hundreds of Social Media platforms.  In the broadest sense of the definition, social media is any platform that offers interaction with...

Social Media
October 28, 2017

Cousin Connections Can Bring Astonishing Results

Have you gone to the Memories section of Family Search yet?  The Family History Guide can teach you how to use this valuable section that is accessible on the Home page Project 2.  The Memories Section of FamilySearch is a compilation of photos and stories and documents that you or others can add to your ancestors’ pages.  The advantage to that...

General/Memories
October 22, 2017

Learning from the Best!

My husband, Jim, and I have spent an incredible week in Utah. This is my first time back to Utah since I joined the Family History Guide staff as the Social Media Coordinator. Last Saturday I went to the Springville Family History Center’s Springville Family History Fair. It was a full day of wonderful speakers. First I listened to Robert Kehrer,...

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