March 21, 2022 On Vacation – Back Next Monday! We’ll be back with a new set of blog posts on Monday, March 28 – see you then! Uncategorized
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
September 12, 2021 Upcoming Class: Intro to The Family History Guide The Granite Family History Center is starting its fall semester of online Zoom classes this week. All classes are broadcast Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. Mountain time. To register for a class, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87373988340?pwd=bjMxcVB5Y3pJSzExTCtFbGxJcWt1UT09 and join 10 minutes before the class session. Classes are being recorded and will be available later on the website (https://www.granitefhc.com/videos-tutorials/). First up is Introduction... Uncategorized
August 15, 2021 Upcoming Events for The Family History Guide Association The next six weeks will be busy ones for The Family History Guide Association. We have a number of presentations scheduled via Zoom, with the BYU Education Week delivered in-person. Here’s a summary of the upcoming events: August 18-20 – BYU Education Week. Scott Anderson, Public Relations Director for The Family History Guide Association, will be a featured speaker, and... Uncategorized
August 15, 2021 Getting Started with Genealogy The Family History Guide has some great resources for getting started with family history and genealogy. Here are a few of the features on the website that are designed to help you successfully embark on your family history journey: Get Started page—This page helps you identify which aspect(s) of family history speaks to you, and where you might want to... Uncategorized
March 14, 2021 Using the Activities Planning Sheet There is a new feature in the Activities menu of The Family History Guide—it’s the Activities Planning Sheet. This is a Google sheet that you can transfer to your device to help you plan and track family history activities. You can make a copy of the sheet and save it to your Google Drive, or you can download it as... Family History Activities/Uncategorized/What is new at The FHG
February 1, 2021 Reworking the Show Me Videos Currently there are 34 Show Me videos on our YouTube Channel, in the Show Me playlist. These cover Goals for the Projects in FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage. Each video shows screen movements that are necessary for tasks, as well as walking through the steps in The Family History Guide. To simplify the approach, we have decided to focus just on... FamilySearch/Training/Uncategorized/What is new at The FHG
November 9, 2020 Finding Value in Land Records Land records might seem not to have any value to genealogical research, especially with the emphasis on vital and census records for most upcoming genealogists. However, they can be extremely helpful in locating where a family may have lived, especially when census and vital records are not available in that area for one reason or another. One reason is that... Research/U.S. Research/Uncategorized
October 5, 2020 New Pages for 4 England Counties We’ve just added Goal pages in The Family History Guide for four additional England counties. These counties each have their own page with a single goal that covers Basic Research. Choices include Do basic research Explore church and cemetery records, Explore historical maps Learn about additional resources for research There are also QUIKLinks to records for each of these counties,... Uncategorized
August 10, 2020 “Remember Me…” On August 1st, as part of our anniversary, my wife and I went and visited the This is the Place monument in Salt Lake City. Although the walkout to the monument was closed, we went to the adjacent Heritage Village and saw the various replicas of houses and stores that were, at one point, built by many of the early... Families/Memories/Records/Uncategorized