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December 13, 2021

Coming Soon – Youth Family History Handouts

One of the entries in the main menu for The Family History Guide is the Youth pages. It includes sections for Photos and Stories , Activities, Family Tree, Places and Cultures , Indexing, and Apps and Sites, as well as a section designed for Latter-day Saint youth. We’re excited to announce that soon we will be adding a series of...

What is new at The FHG

December 13, 2021

Country Pages, Large to Small

In traditional terms, a “large” country can be big in area—such as Russia, China, or Brazil—or population, such as China, India, or Indonesia. In the world of genealogy, a large country can be thought of one with a lot of available records, such as the United States, England, and Canada. In The Family History Guide, country pages are generally grouped...

Country Research/Research

December 6, 2021

The Best Christmas Present Ever

Note: This article by David Castleton was published previously on the Granite Family History blog site. A few weeks before Christmas last year one of my sons approached me and asked me what I would like for Christmas. As a parent you appreciate the inquiry but know all the demands on young families. Most years I give the same response,...

Family History Activities/Learning/Memories

December 6, 2021

RootsTech 2022 Registration Is Open

It seems like the time has flown by this year: it’s already time to start registering for RootsTech 2022, being held form March 3-5. You can learn more about RootsTech registration here: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/ It’s free, and it’s the largest family history conference in the world! The Family History Guide Association at RootsTech The Family History Guide Association was a Bronze...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG

December 6, 2021

Using Chrome Remote Desktop to Help Others

Helping others with their family history can be a rewarding but also challenging experience. Sometimes a verbal explanation is enough, or referring them to a resource like The Family History Guide for following steps, reading articles, or watching videos. Other times you can give a demonstration of what to do, using your own computer or device. But there are some...

Technology/Training

November 28, 2021

A Message from Our Executive Director

Greetings and Happy Holidays! I’m Bob Ives, the Executive Director and co-founder of The Family History Guide Association. I urge you to please take a few moments and read this entire update. Our mission is “to greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, and to make everyone’s family history journey easier, more efficient, and more...

The Family History Guide Association

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