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August 4, 2025

The FamilySearch Together App

Recently FamilySearch introduced the Together app on its website. Here’s a brief description from a FamilySearch Help Center article: “Together by FamilySearch is an exciting new way for youth to connect with their parents, grandparents, and other family members. Users will find ways to develop stronger family bonds and create lasting memories through interactive games and activities.” Here are the...

Family History Activities/FamilySearch/Technology

July 28, 2025

10th Anniversary of The Family History Guide

It’s finally here: Friday, July 25, 2025 marks 10 incredible years for The Family History Guide! It has been quite a journey, and we are beyond grateful for the amazing support we have received from family history enthusiasts around the world. We have site vistors from over 150 countries, and The Family History Guide is featured in the Portal for...

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

July 28, 2025

New Class Outlines: England Counties

We are adding new Class Outlines to our collection. The Class Outlines can be used to deliver training to others on a wide variety of genealogy topics, or they can be used effectively as self-study methods. In eiter case, the Class Outlines are based on the content in The Family History Guide. The latest ones are for England counties: You...

Country Research/Training

July 20, 2025

Pioneer Day and The Family History Guide

Thursday, July 24 marks the 178th anniversary of the Mormon pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake valley. There will be many celebrations throughout the state of Utah and other locations to commemorate this event. If you are interested in researching Mormon pioneer ancestors, The Family History Guide can help. Check out Goal F1 in the United States page. Choice B...

U.S. Research

July 20, 2025

Hidden Gems in The Family History Guide

This coming Wednesday, July 23, the BYU Family History Library will feature a webinar titled “Hidden Gems in The Family History Guide.” The presentation will feature 25 great features, articles, and websites that you may have missed on the site but are certainly worth checking out. Here is the information for the webinar (first one in the list): You can...

Learning/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

July 14, 2025

On Vacation

Blog articles from The Family History Guide will return on Monday, July 21. See you then!

Uncategorized

July 6, 2025

Happy 4th of July Weekend

We hope you all had an enjoyable and safe 4th of July weekend! Getting to know your Colonial America ancestors can be very enlightening, and there are quite a lot of records available. Here are some resources in The Family History Guide that will help you do that, arranged by category. Revolutionary War Research New England Research Early American /...

Records/Research/U.S. Research

July 6, 2025

MyHeritage, MyStories

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star website. Quoting from the MyHeritage Blog post “Introducing MyStories: A New Service to Turn Cherished Memories into a Printed Keepsake Book“ For 21 years, MyHeritage has inspired millions of people worldwide to discover more about who they are and where they belong. While family trees, historical records, and photos are integral...

Memories/MyHeritage

June 29, 2025

Using Photos for Research

When we focus on our family history research, we often think only about finding documents and records. Photographs can be a valuable research tool, providing clues that match people with locations, events, and other people. The Family History Guide has some great resources for using photos to further your research, in Goal 7 of Project 4: Discover. Here is a...

Memories/Research

June 29, 2025

Major update to FamilySearch England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The England Jurisdictions Map of 1851 has been a long-time FamilySearch.org feature. It has disappeared for times in the past and recently has had its own location. The URL for the map is unique: https://www.familysearch.org/en/mapp/ Yes, the URL has two “ps” in map. This FamilySearch.org website is relatively obscure...

Country Research/FamilySearch