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August 15, 2021

Where Are the Records?

The quest for finding historical records is one of the main objectives for anyone doing genealogy research. Without records, family history easily becomes family mystery, or even mythology. Many types of historical records have been produced by governments, churches, and other organizations, such as vital records, census, immigration, property, military, and many more. The question “Where are the records?” has...

Country Research/Records/Research

August 15, 2021

Upcoming Events for The Family History Guide Association

The next six weeks will be busy ones for The Family History Guide Association. We have a number of presentations scheduled via Zoom, with the BYU Education Week delivered in-person. Here’s a summary of the upcoming events: August 18-20 – BYU Education Week. Scott Anderson, Public Relations Director for The Family History Guide Association, will be a featured speaker, and...

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August 15, 2021

Getting Started with Genealogy

The Family History Guide has some great resources for getting started with family history and genealogy. Here are a few of the features on the website that are designed to help you successfully embark on your family history journey: Get Started page—This page helps you identify which aspect(s) of family history speaks to you, and where you might want to...

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August 1, 2021

New Languages for Pass-along Cards

We are excited to announce that our popular pass-along cards for The Family History Guide are now available in the following additional languages: Italian Russian Japanese Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Simplified) These cards are available in do-it-yourself sheets that you can print and cut. In the Family History Guide, you can find them in Media > Media Resources > Pass-along Cards...

What is new at The FHG

August 1, 2021

Getting to Know FamilySearch Community and Partner Trees

When we think about using the Search menu in FamilySearch, the most familiar choice is right at the top: Records. The other items in the menu may be less familiar, however. Halfway down the menu is the Genealogies option, which is an interesting one. Many of us are aware that a huge number of user-submitted pedigrees are available on FamilySearch....

Country Research/FamilySearch/FS Partners/Records/Research

August 1, 2021

Update on the Digital Public Library of America

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. From time to time in the past, I have written about the Digital Public Library of America. As you can see from this screenshot, the DPLA now has well over 44 million images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. If you visit the website, you will...

Technology

July 25, 2021

Remembering Our Pioneer Ancestors

Elaine Hardman, Communications Assistant for the Granite Family History Center, recently published a blog article that reminds us of pioneer ancestors, around the July 24 Pioneer Day celebration. With her permission, part of the article is quoted below: There are many resources available to research our pioneer ancestors. As we commemorate the entrance of the vanguard company of pioneers...

Country Research/Research

July 25, 2021

What’s New in The Family History Guide – 6-28-2021

Here is a summary list of updates made to The Family History Guide website, as of July 26, 2021: 7-24-2021 – Added QUIKLinks for FamilySearch, Ancestry, and Findmypast record collections. 7-23-2021 – Added Choice B in Finland Goal 2, Archives & Libraries, for the DIGITAALIARKISTO site. 7-25-2021 – Added links to new FamilySearch Learning Center videos. 7-23-2021 – Moved the...

What is new at The FHG

July 25, 2021

Changes to Computer Basics and Technologies Projects

The Computer Basics section of The Family History Guide is available in the Intro menu. It has covered a wide variety of topics, from PC and Mac basics to applications and social media tools. To achieve a better learning balance, we recently moved the applications and social media items to the Technology Projects (in the menus for FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage,...

What is new at The FHG

July 19, 2021

New: VIP Self-Paced Quiz

The Volunteer Instructor Program (VIP) is gaining momentum, with new instructors from around the globe signing up to give presentations about The Family History Guide. We have recently added a new tool for instructor preparation: The VIP Quiz There are 50 questions in the quiz, based on these categories: FAQs Navigation and Basic Features The Learning System Project Types Research...

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