December 19, 2017 Features Help Is Here We recently gave a sneak peek at the new Features Help page, and one day later … it’s here. Find out more below … Learning/Navigation/What is new at The FHG
December 18, 2017 Coming Soon: Features Help Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a handy “cheat-sheet” page for the cool features in The Family History Guide? Well, that page is on its way – it will be finished in a few days. The text is pretty much done, and it’s just waiting for some graphics and a few finishing touches. When finished, the Features Help page... Learning/What is new at The FHG
November 27, 2017 Tips to Start Your Family History Journey It is sometimes difficult to know where to start when you become interested in doing family history work. These helpful tips are from Findmypast which is one of The Family History Guide Partners. The following categories are included in the drop-down menu for the Findmypast learning path (see tabs on the main page): 1. Account 2. Family Tree 3. Docs/Photos 4. Research 5.... General/Learning/The Family History Guide Association
November 16, 2017 Context Switching and Family History: From Foe to Friend I am proud to say that I can walk and chew gum at the same time! I’ve done it so often that I’m quite confident in my skills. When the tasks gets more complicated than that, however, I don’t always do so well. Many of us consider ourselves true multi-taskers, but there are some trade-offs there, especially when it comes to... Learning/Training/U.S. Research
November 4, 2017 The Family History Guide Will Help You Find Your Way Editor’s Note: The following article is republished from the Family History Newsletter of the Ogden FamilySearch Library. Thanks to Elder and Sister Erickson! Do you like family history, but feel a little overwhelmed by the fire hose of information that is out on the Internet? Then you’ll like the Family History Guide, a fairly new learning, resource, and training center for genealogy.... Learning/Training
November 4, 2017 Family History Activities – “I Do … and I Understand.” Much has been written about the benefits of helping children and youth connect to their ancestors through family history activities. For example, research published in Emory University’s Journal of Family Life showed that children and teens who know stories about relatives who came before them show higher levels of emotional well-being and connection – “Family stories provide a sense of identity through time,... Family History Activities/Learning
October 13, 2017 Case Studies: Learning from the Best One of the unique features of The Family History Guide is that it brings some of the best tools for family history research into one easy-to-use location. Learning from the best is something that people have done for ages: if you want to become a great painter or musician, you study their works to help you develop your own style.... Case Studies/Country Research/Learning
October 11, 2017 You Are Invited to the Webinar “Family History Activities with The Family History Guide” presented by Bob Taylor This coming week, Bob Taylor, CEO of The Family History Guide Association, will present a webinar featuring The Family History Guide Activities Section. He will discuss how using this invaluable resource will help families, singles, youth, and children to experience the joys of family history activities. Family history activities are an integral ingredient in fulfilling the mission statement of The Family History Guide “To greatly increase... Family History Activities/Learning/Technology
October 6, 2017 Starting Your Research with What You Already Know Most of us want to know about our immigrant ancestor, the one who came across a border or crossed an ocean to come to America. Unless you are a first generation immigrant, you have to work with United States (or the country of your birth) records first. Country Research/Learning/Training
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... General/Learning/Training
