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November 14, 2021

U.S. Census Tools in The Family History Guide

In the United States page of The Family History Guide, there are two Goals related to census research—C1: Census Records, and C2: By Decades. The “By Decades” Goal has links to great articles and videos for each decade of the U.S. census, from 1940 back to 1790, to help you locate your ancestors in census records. What you may not...

Research/U.S. Research

November 8, 2021

New Research Goal: Learn the Basics

If you are new to genealogy research, there is a new Choice in The Family History Guide you’ll want to check out. It’s titled “Learn the Basics,” and it’s Choice A in Goal 2 of Project 4: Discover. (It’s also available in Goal 2 for the research Projects in Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast.) This Goal is brief and simple in...

Research/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG

November 8, 2021

Veterans Day and The Family History Guide

Veterans Day is approaching soon, on Thursday, November 11. In the U.S. it’s a day when we pause to remember thesacrifices made by so many of our military veterans and those who have supported them. Yo can learn more about the history of Veterans Day in this Wikipedia article. The Family History Guide can help you find resources and records...

Research/U.S. Research

October 24, 2021

The 10 Most Common Mistakes in Online Family Trees

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The number one all time most common mistake observed in online family trees arises from copying some other person’s family tree information especially if the information comes from paper family group sheets or an old GEDCOM file. The fact that you inherited information from a relative, even...

FamilySearch/Research

October 3, 2021

Goldie May: Changes to Volunteering Feature

The Goldie May extension has had some recent developments, especially with the Volunteering option. This option enables you to attach records from the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses to people in FamilySearch Tree. Getting Started with Volunteering When you click Volunteering in the top panel (just below the Research link), an instruction page opens that explains how to attach U.S....

Research/What is new at The FHG

September 27, 2021

Podcast: Scott Fisher (ExtremeGenes.com) and Bob Taylor (TFHG)

Scott Fisher is one of the leading genealogy podcasters in America. Through his nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, “Extreme Genes,” as well as his courses, Fisher inspires a feeling in his followers of “I really can do this!” for over 300,000 people a month. This past week, Scott got together with Bob Taylor to talk about The Family History...

Learning/Research/Technology/What is new at The FHG

September 26, 2021

FamilySearch, RootsTech, and The Family History Guide

Recently, FamilySearch sent out a RootsTech email to its many subscribers, titled “4 Tips to Help with Your Research.” It has links to a featured video, as well as three additional videos from RootsTech 2021. We were delighted to see The Family History Guide represented in the final two sections: Research Tips: Vital Records, and Ancestor and Homeland Research Tips....

Country Research/Research/RootsTech/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

September 26, 2021

What Does It Take to Have Access to Genealogical Records?

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Each of the large online genealogy family tree/record websites advertises the large number of records they have available for doing user research. In many cases there are various levels of indexing to support the records they claim to have available. But access is not determined by the...

Country Research/Records/Research

September 19, 2021

New Country Pages in The Family History Guide

We have recently added country pages for the following nations: Armenia Israel Lebanon Sri Lanka These pages are available in the Countries menu (All Countries) and as separate Goal pages in the Asia collector page. Previously they were listed in the “More Countries” section of the Countries page. More Countries vs. All Countries You may be wondering why some countries...

Country Research/Research/Uncategorized/What is new at The FHG