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July 19, 2020

Pioneers, Across the Years

On July 24, many in the United States will celebrate Pioneer Day, honoring the day when the first wagons of the Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. Amid great persecution, they left their homes and lands and made the Utah desert blossom as the rose. Their stories are well-documented, and you can find many of them on the internet...

Learning/Stories/Technology/U.S. Research

July 19, 2020

What’s Happening with Genealogically Oriented Publications?

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was originally published in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. As digitized books, newspapers, journals, and magazines became available online, there was a lot of speculation about the demise of paper publications. Despite claims to the contrary, genealogy has never been an overwhelming popular topic but the...

Learning/Research

June 28, 2020

Fitting Family History into Your Life

Question: How do you squeeze a huge object (family history) into a small box (your free time to work on it)? Answer: In small pieces. As explained in the 15 Minutes page of The Family History Guide, you can accomplish some amazing things with your family history by approaching it in segments of 15 minutes or more. In the “Fitting...

General/Learning/Memories

May 31, 2020

Putting Your Ancestor into Historical Context

In my last blog post, I used several examples from my research of Gideon Tripp and his father-in-law Benjamin Watts, along with both of their families. I worked on these two families as part of a research project for a class I took earlier this year. As I was researching their residence in Sangamon County, Illinois from the mid 1830’s...

Country Research/Learning/Stories

May 17, 2020

Spring Cleaning with The Family History Guide

The Family History Guide has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few months. We are bringing you more content, more links, and more country pages for example. Also, website platforms such as FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast continue to make updates to their websites as well. So now is a good time for some “spring cleaning” on The...

Learning/What is new at The FHG

May 17, 2020

Who’s Interviewing You? How to Tell Your Story

There are many instances where someone asks us something about our past. It may be a new found friend or our children and grandchildren, with such questions as, “What was it like?” or “How did you two meet?” They usually are not seeking for one-liners like “It was quite difficult,” or “We met at high school.” Rather, they want stories...

Learning/Memories

April 19, 2020

Checking Out the 100+ Top Blogs

Recently I’ve been going through a list of the “Top 100 Blog Sites” in the world, on https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_blogs, as well as some not on the list. The idea is to find links to additional articles that would be beneficial for The Family History Guide. It has been well worth the effort, as hundreds of new links have been added from...

Learning/What is new at The FHG

April 5, 2020

Introducing Goals for Geography, Culture, and History

Geography, culture, and history are three important but often overlooked aspects of family history. Together, they can provide a wonderful sense of context for your ancestors’ lives. Geography puts the physical framework around the places and events; culture clarifies the traditions that drive behaviors and choices; and history helps us see how external events push and pull the timelines of...

Country Research/Learning/What is new at The FHG

March 29, 2020

The World at Your Fingertips

From Bob Ives, Executive Director of The Family History Guide Association: What to do … what to do … what to do? If you are self-quarantined and have kids and youth to entertain, The Family History Guide can help. Did you know that you can go on a world tour, right from your own home or apartment? Kids can visit...

Country Research/Families/Family History Activities/Learning