April 30, 2023

Resources from the Allen County Public Library

One of the top genealogical libraries in the United States is the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its Genealogy Center provides a number of helpful resources, such as PERSI, the online Periodical Search Index for locating genealogy articles Gateways for African American and Native American research Family histories and corresponding information files Free online and on-site databases...
Learning/Research/Technology/U.S. Research/YouTube
April 24, 2023

BYU-I Pathways and The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide will be included as an important resource in the upcoming downloadable textbook for Family History studies through BYU-I Pathways. The Pathways program offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees in a number of areas, including Family History. Current Family History Courses Offered The current family history course offerings are listed...
Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 16, 2023

United States Social Security NUMIDENT Records Added to FamilySearch

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. This is one of the collections of 63,700,494 records on the FamilySearch.org website that has only been available for a relatively short time. Here is the description of the files from the FamilySearch.org entry shown above. The Social Security Administration created these records to track the earnings of US workers and...
FamilySearch/Records
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