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January 3, 2022

Welcome to Our Newest Intern: Holly Parker

We are pleased to announce that Holly Parker has joined The Family History Guide Association team as an intern. She has a Family History Research Certificate from the BYU Pathway program in Rexburg, Idaho, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Studies at BYU-Idaho. A few of Holly’s achievements in family history include: Currently serving as a family...

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December 27, 2021

The Family History Guide Highlights for 2021

As usual, this past year has been a busy one for The Family History Guide. Here is a list of some of the features that we added to the website in 2021: New QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos—These are hosted on our YouTube Channel and included in various country and research pages: Researching Records in Canada; Beginning Your Research in...

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December 27, 2021

New: Come, Follow Me Companion for 2022

We are excited to begin another year of family history lessons in the Come, Follow Me Companion for family history. This year the topic of study is the Old Testament. Previous years include New Testament (2019), Book of Mormon (2020), and Doctrine and Covenants (2021). Check out the Come, Follow Me Companion for the Old Testament. Now when you go...

Church Of Jesus Christ
December 27, 2021

The WikiTree Challenge Week: A Great Opportunity and Experience

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   Somehow, I was chosen to be the focus of a WikiTree Challenge. This is when a team of WikiTree volunteers focus on the tree of a “special guest star.” Quoting from the Help page for the WikiTree Challenge: In 2021 we have focused on “genealogy stars” such as bestselling...

Research/U.S. Research
December 20, 2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

In this holiday season each year, we often focus on what gifts we would like to get for those we love. Something we may not think about is the gifts that family history gives back to us. Here are a few of them to be grateful for, and you may think of additional ones as you read this list: A...

Research
December 13, 2021

Sneak Peek: Our RootsTech 2022 Video List

As we noted in an earlier blog article, RootsTech 2022 is coming fast, and we have been busy preparing for it. An important part of the preparation is creating videos for The Family History Guide’s Bronze Level sponsorship. We will be providing approximately 24 videos in a number of categories. While we can’t share the actual videos yet, we thought...

Country Research/Research/RootsTech/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
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

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