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March 19, 2023

New QRB Videos on Our YouTube Channel

Recently we posted eight new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos on The Family History Guide YouTube Channel. These include A three-part series on Adding Social History to Your Family History, by Miles Meyer A three-part series on Mapping Your Way to Genealogical Success, by James Tanner A two-part series on U.S. Census Records, by Miles Meyer We have also included...

Records/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 19, 2023

A Few Google Translate Fixes

Google Translate is an important part of our website in terms of providing native language text to our site visitors. You can access is on any page in The Family History Guide by using the Select Language button. Although it’s a powerful and ever-evolving tool, it does have a few quirks. We discovered that the menu translation bar for Google...

What is new at The FHG

March 13, 2023

New: Introduction Video for The Family History Guide

We have a new video that gives you a guided tour of The Family History Guide website in just under 40 minutes. It covers the highlights of the site with navigation and examples, narrated by Bob Taylor, the creator of The Family History Guide. The video also has three “try it” inserts where you can pause the video and visit...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 13, 2023

BYU Webinar: What’s New in The Family History Guide

The Family History Guide continues to roll on, with content updates and new features being added regularly to the site. This Thursday, March 16, at 5 p.m. Mountain time, I will present a webinar for the BYU Family History Library, titled “What’s New in The Family History Guide.” This is a good opportunity to see how The Family History Guide...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 5, 2023

New Feature: Customizing Menus

The Family History Guide covers a wide variety of information, for beginners through advanced researchers. The top menus (or side menus if you are using a tablet or phone) are the key to navigating the website and finding the features you need. If you find that there are certain menus in The Family History Guide that you don’t plan to...

Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG

March 5, 2023

Amazon Smile – Thanks for the Memories

As you may be aware, Amazon recently discontinued their popular Amazon Smile program. In that program, Amazon customers could designate a non-profit organization as their preferred charity, and Amazon would donate a percentage of the proceeds from each Amazon Smile purchase to that company. The Family History Guide Association has been the beneficiary of many supporters throughout the years of...

What is new at The FHG

February 26, 2023

Catch Us on YouTube Live at RootsTech 2023

Just a few more days until RootsTech 2023 begins, and we and many others are busy preparing for a successful and productive conference. If you are attending RootsTech virtually this year, you can still get an up-close and personal view of The Family History Guide Association in the RootsTech Expo Hall. YouTube Live Schedule – Noon to 1 p.m. Mountain...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

February 26, 2023

The Family History Guide on the Radio

On President’s Day, February 20, I had the distinct pleasure of appearing on the Hotline Talk Show for KNPT Radio in Newport, Oregon. I spent an hour chatting with radio host Cheri Brubaker about a wide variety of genealogy topics, from getting started with family history to doing DNA research – and lots of things in between. The interview also...

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

February 19, 2023

Bronze Sponsor List for RootsTech 2023

The Family History Guide Association is proud to be among the Bronze Sponsors for RootsTech 2023. We have been on the Exhibit Floor each year since 2016, as well as the last two years with Virtual RootsTech. FamilySearch has written a brief blog article describing this year’s RootsTech Bronze Sponsors. As you can see, The Family History Guide Association is...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG

February 19, 2023

Updates to The Q&A Center

The Q&A Center is your one-stop place for finding and answer questions about a wide variety of family history topics, from Learning Paths to international research. We have recently added Q&A links for Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast, in Sheet 1: FamilySearch and Partners. In the About tab for the sheet, you’ll see a new Change Log column. Each time new...

What is new at The FHG