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May 9, 2021

Finding the Female Ancestors in Your Line

As we pause and give thanks to mothers everywhere on this Mothers’ Day, we should note the special place that they have in our family histories and pedigrees. As genealogists, sometimes we get distracted by looking only for male ancestral lines, to see how far back we can extend a link. There is much more to family history than that,...

Research

May 9, 2021

Writing Family Histories: Unanticipated Blessings

Note: This article was published previously by Dave Castleton, Director of the Granite Family History Center, on the Granite Family History Center blog site and is used with the author’s permission. A number of years ago I felt prompted to write a history about my father. He died quite young and most of my children and all of my grandchildren...

Families/Memories

May 9, 2021

The FamilySearch Wiki and The Family History Guide

As you might expect, we are sometimes asked what the difference is between the FamilySearch Wiki and The Family History Guide. You may have wondered that as well, so this article will point out some similarities and differences between the two that may be helpful. Similarities: Both help with family history research. As a side note, the full name of...

Country Research/FamilySearch/Learning

May 3, 2021

Update: Family Locket Podcast Now Available

Last Monday (April 25), Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer of the Family Locket website interviewed me on their regular podcast series. You can find the link to the podcast here: https://familylocket.com/rlp-147-the-family-history-guide-with-bob-taylor/ Here are some of the questions that were discussed in the interview: How did The Family History Guide come to be? What audiences does the website serve? How does...

What is new at The FHG

May 2, 2021

What’s New in The Family History Guide – 5/3/2021

Here is a summary list of updates made to The Family History Guide website, as of May 1, 2021: 4-27-2021 – In MyHeritage Project 3: Photos and Docs, added a new Choice H for Goal 5, to describe the Deep Nostalgia photo animation feature. 4-26-2021 – In the England pages, added links to research guides from the National Archives in Britain....

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

May 2, 2021

What Is Genealogical Research?

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. A quote attributed to Confucius says: “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” A common genealogical saying similarly states that you should always begin your research by proceeding from what you know to what you do not know. I find...

Research

April 25, 2021

Podcast: Family Locket and The Family History Guide

On Tuesday, April 27 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time, Bob Taylor of The Family History Guide Association will be the featured guest on the regular podcast series from Family Locket. The podcast episode will cover topics such as how The Family History Guide got started, what interesting features it has, and how people can use it to accelerate their family...

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

April 25, 2021

Brick Walls and Puzzles

Recently in The Family History Guide’s Facebook Group for Trainers, Consultants, and Leaders, I published a brief post about breaking through brick walls in research. One of the members of the Group, Dan McFadden, had an interesting reply to the post. With Dan’s permission, I am sharing his reply below, and then I will add a few additional thoughts that...

Research/U.S. Research

April 25, 2021

Welcome to Our New BYU Intern, Karlee Twiner

We are pleased to welcome our newest BYU intern to The Family History Guide Association! Karlee Twiner joins us starting on April 28 and will be working to review and expand research content on the site. Karlee is majoring in Family History Studies at Brigham Young University, with an emphasis in Irish genealogy. She is working as a research assistant...

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

April 19, 2021

Inform, Inspire, and Unlock

To use a familiar comparison, The Family History Guide is something like an iceberg: about 90% of its content is hidden (although certainly not under water). There are menus, pictures, and instructions to guide you—and when you get farther into the site, you discover that there are links to thousands of articles and videos, right where you need them. This...

Learning/Research