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October 23, 2017

The Family History Guide Achieves Public Charity Status – 501(c)(3)

It’s a day that has been a long time coming, from a dream to reality. We knew that we needed to take the next step and become a nonprofit organization, so we formed The Family History Guide Association about 6 months ago. As of last week, the final piece has come into place: the Association is now recognized by the...

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October 22, 2017

Announcing Openings for Content Specialists

The Family History Guide is a game-changer in how family history and learning are done worldwide. As it continues to grow and improve, The Family History Guide Association is announcing several openings for volunteer Content Specialists. As a Content Specialist for The Family History Guide website, you will Find family history online resources that would make good additions to the...

General/What is new at The FHG
September 23, 2017

Family History Training: A Different Approach

Do either of these questions seem familiar? “I need to teach a class on <xyz family history topic> for the first time. Should I borrow Tom’s slide deck and change it around, or should I make my own? I only have a few days to prepare, and there are handouts to print, files to proofread and upload …” “I like...

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September 20, 2017

Use The Family History Guide to learn about Web Indexing and check out this upcoming worldwide event

Indexing makes records searchable online and is something most everyone can do. Each indexed record is a gift to someone, somewhere -allowing him or her to learn about and gather ancestors into the family tree. Indexing is not hard to do (you can select the level of difficulty) and it is so much fun! The Family History Guide offers the newest information and detailed...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/Technology
September 15, 2017

From Newsletter to Blog

Greetings to all our newsletter subscribers with The Family History Guide, and welcome to our Blog site. We have decided to transition from newsletter to blog, which means that going forward we will be producing blog articles instead of newsletter articles. The newsletter has been dear to our hearts, for over 2 years and 28 issues. The past newsletter issues...

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September 14, 2017

It’s Not Too Soon to Mark Your Calendars for Rootstech February 28 – March 3 2018!

Read all about it – Rootstech 2018! The Family History Guide Association is already making plans for its presentation booth to highlight what The Family History Guide is all about and share why and how it can make a difference in your family history experience! The Family History Guide Mission: “To greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide,...

Family History Activities/General/RootsTech
September 12, 2017

Goin’ to Kansas City …

I just returned a few days ago from presenting at the GenealogyKC Conference in Kansas City. As many of you know, that’s Royals and Chiefs territory, and the shirts and caps with those logos were on display everywhere. And so was the Missouri hospitality I experienced. GenealogyKC is smaller compared to some conferences, but it more than makes up for...

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