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November 28, 2021

New in The Family History Guide: Interactive Chat

You may have noticed recently that there is a new button on our Home page, in the lower-right corner. We now have an interactive chat feature, powered by Crisp.chat. You can click it to send private chat messages to ask questions to The Family History Guide Association. As you explore the new chat feature, please keep the following points in...

What is new at The FHG

November 28, 2021

FamilySearch and Computer-assisted Indexing for Digitized Records

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2021-10-29/computer-assisted-indexing-familysearch-records-231067This article is interesting from several different aspects. First, there are some interesting and updated statistics. Here is a quote with some of the statistics from the above linked article to start out. In September, FamilySearch announced a milestone 83 years in the making — the completion...

FamilySearch/Technology

November 22, 2021

A Message of Thanksgiving

As we enter Thanksgiving week in the United States, we at The Family History Guide Association would like to express our gratitude for the many millions of people around the world who are taking part in some form of family history. This could be researching ancestors, collecting or passing along their stories, photos, or documents, or enjoying fun activities to...

Family/What is new at The FHG

November 22, 2021

New at FamilySearch: Feeds and Groups

You may have noticed that FamilySearch recently introduced two new features for helping you connect with others and share information: Feeds and Groups. The Feeds feature helps you share memories and other information with friends and family, similar to how social media works. With the Groups feature, you can create groups for sharing memories, messages, and temple reservations (for Latter-day...

FamilySearch

November 22, 2021

New QRB Video – Researching Records in Canada

We have just published a new video on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics (QRB) playlist. It’s titled Researching Records in Canada, and its a companion to the Beginning Your Research video that was published last month. This new video covers the following topics: History and types of Canadian records Finding records on the major Partner sites Using...

Country Research/YouTube

November 14, 2021

Grandpa’s Storybook

For my most recent birthday I got an interesting and unusual gift—”Grandpa’s Storybook.” At first I thought it would be a collection of stories to read to grandkids, but then I realized it was actually a journal … with a twist. Instead of a blank spaces to write what happens each day, or an invitation to write a life story,...

Memories/Stories

November 14, 2021

U.S. Census Tools in The Family History Guide

In the United States page of The Family History Guide, there are two Goals related to census research—C1: Census Records, and C2: By Decades. The “By Decades” Goal has links to great articles and videos for each decade of the U.S. census, from 1940 back to 1790, to help you locate your ancestors in census records. What you may not...

Research/U.S. Research

November 14, 2021

Holiday Giving and The Family History Guide

This is a great time of year to express thanks for the blessings of family. An important part of that is family history, which gives us a sense of connection to our ancestors, and in turn brings us all closer together and increases our understanding of each other. The Family History Guide Association, a charitable non-profit organization which sponsors The...

The Family History Guide Association

November 8, 2021

Milestone: 500 Tips of the Day

As I remember, it was shortly after one of our Management Team meetings for The Family History Guide Association about two years ago. Kim Powell, our financial strategist, remarked to me that it would be a great idea to have a genealogy tip of the day on our website. He was spot on with that observation. This past week we...

What is new at The FHG

November 8, 2021

New Research Goal: Learn the Basics

If you are new to genealogy research, there is a new Choice in The Family History Guide you’ll want to check out. It’s titled “Learn the Basics,” and it’s Choice A in Goal 2 of Project 4: Discover. (It’s also available in Goal 2 for the research Projects in Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast.) This Goal is brief and simple in...

Research/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG