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November 27, 2017

Writing a Life Sketch with Help from The Family History Guide

Family history writing activities are a way to get to know those who have gone before, discover and record details about their lives, and to learn from and be inspired by their experiences. Family history writing activities are also a way to connect with living family members, document your personal family history, and make fun memories as you put pen...

Family History Activities/Memories/The Family History Guide Association

November 27, 2017

Making Family History–Letters to Yourself

According to the production team of the Make History website, making family history is two-fold: 1) Make something new that documents, creates, or contributes to your family history, and 2) Make something of yourself that enhances or contributes to your family legacy. Check out these suggestions from the Make History Website and on the list of fun ideas on The Family History...

Family History Activities

November 25, 2017

New Post Category: LDS Topics

If you’re interested in the LDS aspect of family history, you can now find posts about LDS topics on our blog site. These posts do not appear on the main page of the blog; they are in a separate section (similar to how LDS topics are addressed on the LDS page of The Family History Guide, not in the main...

LDS

November 24, 2017

A Shout Out from Scottsdale – The Family History Guide in Action

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Karen Meyer, who currently serves with her husband Ted as the North America Southwest Temple and Family History Advisors for the Scottsdale Coordinating Council. I just want to do a shout out to thank all of you at The Family History Guide Association for your excellent work in putting together the most...

LDS

November 23, 2017

The Family History Guide and Missionary Work

There is no question what gift my husband, Scott, and I will be giving missionaries for Christmas this year. We love to give gifts that not only “keep on giving,” but gifts that can make a significant difference in someone’s life. These gifts are priceless many are absolutely free! For a missionary (or anyone preparing for a mission), receiving a...

LDS

November 23, 2017

Check out the “Early Mormon Missionaries” site!

The Early Mormon Missionaries Site contains a wealth of information – a lot of which has never before available to the general public. It reads: “During the century following the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, almost 40,000 men and women served proselytizing missions. In their travels, they taught in 36 countries and spoke to...

LDS

November 22, 2017

Rootstech Discovery Day 2018

Excerpts From LDS Church News Are you passionate about family stories? Do you have an interest in learning how to discover your roots? If so, the 2018 RootsTech Family Discovery Day is for you, and you can attend or watch live from anywhere in the world. RootsTech Family Discovery Day is a 1-day free event on March 3, 2018, designed to...

LDS

November 17, 2017

What’s New in the Online Tracker

The free Online Tracker for The Family History Guide has been up and running for about 7 months, and it now has over 1,100 registered users. (It’s the only part of The Family History Guide that requires a username and password; the rest of the site does not.) With the Online Tracker, or “OLT” as we sometimes call it, you can...

Training/What is new at The FHG

November 16, 2017

Context Switching and Family History: From Foe to Friend

I am proud to say that I can walk and chew gum at the same time! I’ve done it so often that I’m quite confident in my skills. When the tasks gets more complicated than that, however, I don’t always do so well. Many of us consider ourselves true multi-taskers, but there are some trade-offs there, especially when it comes to...

Learning/Training/U.S. Research

November 15, 2017

Happiness is … an Amazon Smile

Along with the roll-out of the new Home page and the new menu system for The Family History Guide, we also updated the footer section for each page. Here’s what it looks like now: Notice that at the very bottom of the page there is a new tile for using the Amazon Smile program with The Family History Guide.

General/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG