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March 4, 2019

RootsTech 2019 Recap: Beyond Words

Now that RootsTech 2019 has concluded, it almost seems like it went by in a flash—but what a flash that was! By all accounts it was our most successful RootsTech ever, in terms of number of people reached and the feedback we got from them. And the new tower and monitor display at our booth were a hit with the...

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February 10, 2019

The GPS of Family History ~The Family History Guide

This week I read a wonderful article about, Dr. Gladys West, one of the top 100 Women mentioned by the BBC, as one of the most important contributors to science in our times.  Dr. West was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall Of Fame in 2018.  Dr. West, now in her 80s, is a noted mathematician and early contributor...

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February 4, 2019

RootsTech Presentations from The Family History Guide

It’s hard to believe that RootsTech 2019 is less than three weeks away! The Family History Guide will be busier than ever, with a presentation session on Thursday, Feb. 28 and two sessions on Saturday, Mar. 2 (Discovery Day at Roots Tech). Here’s a brief look at the sessions, from the information featured on the RootsTech Schedule page: The Family...

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January 27, 2019

The Value of Church Records in Family History

One of the most rewarding things about doing family history research is the things you can actually discover from all kinds of records.  The facts recorded in birth, marriage, and death records on one family can really paint a picture of what life was like for those who have gone before.  Some call it “putting the flesh on the bones” when we can acquire information that goes beyond names,...

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January 20, 2019

New: Come Follow Me Family History Companion Slides

The Come Follow Me Family History Companion has become quite popular in the brief time it has been up on our web site (see our earlier blog post on the Companion for details). It fills a need for including family history activities that are correlated with the Come Follow Me home-centered study from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

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January 14, 2019

The Family History Guide To The Rescue

One of the reasons I am so excited about The Family History Guide is that I remember the day in 2010 when I began working at a Family Search Library. Although I had been doing my own family history since the early 80s, I had no idea what was available electronically or in the stacks of books, periodicals, films, and microfiche in the library. I had no...

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January 14, 2019

30 Things to See

Sometimes trimming down is a good idea. (No, this is not about New Year’s resolutions.) Here, we are talking about a document that was originally titled “50 Things to See and Show in The Family History Guide”. A while back it was reduced from 50 to 40 things, and this past week it was reduced even further to “30 Things...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 13, 2019

100 Questions and Answers

Life has a way of working in circles—experiences from the past sometimes come around again in new ways. Such is the case with the “100 Questions and Answers” reference document in the Media page of The Family History Guide. It was created over a year ago but has recently been refreshed with new content to match the updates to the...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 7, 2019

Updates to the Certified Trainers Program

We have a great group of Certified Trainers for The Family History Guide, spanning from Australia to Nigeria. These CTs, as we call them, provide valuable training at family history fairs, genealogy libraries, family history centers, and more. In preparation for new growth in the program, we recently we made some notable changes to the Certified Trainer Program and its web...

Training/What is new at The FHG
December 23, 2018

Planning Ahead for Discovery Days

The 2018 year is almost to a close, and it has been a great one for The Family History Guide. Looking ahead to 2019, there are plenty of opportunities to spread the good word about The Family History Guide—one of them being Family Discovery Days, the family history fairs that are typically held around the world at family history centers...

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