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August 27, 2023

Getting Excited About Family History!

“Our Turtle House” is a popular and inspirational YouTube channel with over 35,000 subscribers. On August 20, Mark Williams hosted a livestream session with family history experts Shenley Puterbaugh and Scott and Angelle Anderson (the latter two who are members of The Family History Guide team). In the session, the guest speakers share tips and suggestions for how to make...

Families/Family History Activities/The Family History Guide Association/YouTube
June 19, 2022

Learning about the Fathers in Your Family Tree

Happy Father’s Day to everyone! On Sunday, June 19 we honor fathers everywhere, including of course the ones that are part of your family tree. My dad was a family history enthusiast. He wasn’t a professional or studied researcher, but he collected a wide variety of photos, documents, and stories and passed them on to me and my siblings. These...

DNA/Families/Memories
May 9, 2021

Writing Family Histories: Unanticipated Blessings

Note: This article was published previously by Dave Castleton, Director of the Granite Family History Center, on the Granite Family History Center blog site and is used with the author’s permission. A number of years ago I felt prompted to write a history about my father. He died quite young and most of my children and all of my grandchildren...

Families/Memories
December 28, 2020

The Come, Follow Me Companion in 2021

In 2020 the Come, Follow Me Companion for family history provided 50 weekly lessons based on the Come, Follow Me curriculum. These lessons are rich in activities and discussions, making it simple and effective to integrate family history into home-centered gospel study of the theme for the year, the Book of Mormon. We are excited to announce that the Come,...

Families/What is new at The FHG
November 29, 2020

10 Questions Everyone Should Ask Their Grandparents

Making good conversation with grandparents can sometimes be difficult, and as the end of the year looms, you may find yourself sharing Christmas with older relatives who you don’t routinely speak to. Home care workers or nursing support can drastically improve a senior’s quality of life, but on the other hand, family members may find themselves missing out on those...

Families/Memories
November 22, 2020

A Thanksgiving of Gratitude

In this pandemic year, many of us have been tried and tested in unimaginable ways. With all of the heartbreak and loss, there is still much to be grateful for in our lives. Russell M. Nelson, a former world-famous heart surgeon and current President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently issued a plea to people of...

Families/Family/The Family History Guide Association
October 25, 2020

Reviewing Your Memories

Recently I had an interesting experience with several family members (names changed in this article) that reminded me of the importance of reviewing family history memories from time to time. As I ate lunch with my daughter Anna one day, she told me that she had found an old email from my brother Max about my parents. She began relating...

Families/FamilySearch/Memories
August 10, 2020

“Remember Me…”

On August 1st, as part of our anniversary, my wife and I went and visited the This is the Place monument in Salt Lake City. Although the walkout to the monument was closed, we went to the adjacent Heritage Village and saw the various replicas of houses and stores that were, at one point, built by many of the early...

Families/Memories/Records/Uncategorized
August 2, 2020

The Inspiration of Blogging and Family History

Note: This article by Miles Meyer originally appeared in the Miles’ Genealogy Tips blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Sometimes, as a blogger with a smaller following, I wonder how my posts affect people or may be used to inspire them in their research. When my son was younger, we home schooled him and many of his...

Families/Research
July 5, 2020

Freedom, Family, and Perspective

Several days ago my wife and I watched “Hamilton” in its streaming debut. The music and stage production were, of course, terrific. My wife was more familiar with the songs and dialog, and she finally was able to see the faces and places associated with the words. As I thought about what I had seen, three basic concepts came to...

Families/U.S. Research
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