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January 24, 2022

Guidestar 2022 Platinum Seal for The Family History Guide Association

We’re excited to share that The Family History Guide Association has earned a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency with Candid GuideStar! GuideStar is the foremost clearinghouse for over 88,000 nonprofit organizations, and with our new Platinum Seal of Transparency we join an elite group of top tier nonprofits. This Platinum Seal of Transparency shows our commitment not only to our...

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January 24, 2022

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video, narrated by James Tanner: “Researching Records in Scotland.” This video covers important details in Scottish history and introduces essential types of records in Scotland, including census, church and cemetery, emigration and immigration, military, probate and wills, etc. It also discusses the best sites for finding these records online. The...

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January 3, 2022

New QRB Video: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland. The video gives an overview of the history of Scotland and where to find the resources you need for Scottish research. The video is available on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics playlist, as well as in Goal...

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January 3, 2022

Welcome to Our Newest Intern: Holly Parker

We are pleased to announce that Holly Parker has joined The Family History Guide Association team as an intern. She has a Family History Research Certificate from the BYU Pathway program in Rexburg, Idaho, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Studies at BYU-Idaho. A few of Holly’s achievements in family history include: Currently serving as a family...

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December 27, 2021

The Family History Guide Highlights for 2021

As usual, this past year has been a busy one for The Family History Guide. Here is a list of some of the features that we added to the website in 2021: New QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos—These are hosted on our YouTube Channel and included in various country and research pages: Researching Records in Canada; Beginning Your Research in...

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December 13, 2021

Sneak Peek: Our RootsTech 2022 Video List

As we noted in an earlier blog article, RootsTech 2022 is coming fast, and we have been busy preparing for it. An important part of the preparation is creating videos for The Family History Guide’s Bronze Level sponsorship. We will be providing approximately 24 videos in a number of categories. While we can’t share the actual videos yet, we thought...

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December 13, 2021

Coming Soon – Youth Family History Handouts

One of the entries in the main menu for The Family History Guide is the Youth pages. It includes sections for Photos and Stories , Activities, Family Tree, Places and Cultures , Indexing, and Apps and Sites, as well as a section designed for Latter-day Saint youth. We’re excited to announce that soon we will be adding a series of...

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December 6, 2021

RootsTech 2022 Registration Is Open

It seems like the time has flown by this year: it’s already time to start registering for RootsTech 2022, being held form March 3-5. You can learn more about RootsTech registration here: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/ It’s free, and it’s the largest family history conference in the world! The Family History Guide Association at RootsTech The Family History Guide Association was a Bronze...

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November 28, 2021

New in The Family History Guide: Interactive Chat

You may have noticed recently that there is a new button on our Home page, in the lower-right corner. We now have an interactive chat feature, powered by Crisp.chat. You can click it to send private chat messages to ask questions to The Family History Guide Association. As you explore the new chat feature, please keep the following points in...

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November 22, 2021

A Message of Thanksgiving

As we enter Thanksgiving week in the United States, we at The Family History Guide Association would like to express our gratitude for the many millions of people around the world who are taking part in some form of family history. This could be researching ancestors, collecting or passing along their stories, photos, or documents, or enjoying fun activities to...

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Category: What is new at The FHG

Guidestar 2022 Platinum Seal for The Family History Guide Association

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Scotland

New QRB Video: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland

Welcome to Our Newest Intern: Holly Parker

The Family History Guide Highlights for 2021

Sneak Peek: Our RootsTech 2022 Video List

Coming Soon – Youth Family History Handouts

RootsTech 2022 Registration Is Open

New in The Family History Guide: Interactive Chat

A Message of Thanksgiving