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May 31, 2020

The Basic Steps in Cleaning Up the FamilySearch Family Tree

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was published on the Genealogy’s Star site and is used with the author’s permission. Whether you are currently deeply involved in researching and adding new names to the FamilySearch.org Family Tree or just now beginning to learn about how to sign on, we all have the same basic challenges. I know I have...

FamilySearch/Research

May 31, 2020

Putting Your Ancestor into Historical Context

In my last blog post, I used several examples from my research of Gideon Tripp and his father-in-law Benjamin Watts, along with both of their families. I worked on these two families as part of a research project for a class I took earlier this year. As I was researching their residence in Sangamon County, Illinois from the mid 1830’s...

Country Research/Learning/Stories

May 24, 2020

Memorial Day: Remembering Those We Lost

My brother-in-law, Mark Sargeant, served in the United States Army for over 20 years as a Military Intelligence officer. His duties took him and his family to Arizona, Germany, Georgia, Kansas, and Nebraska. He retired in late 1999 and worked for 10 years for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, assisting with the security of missionaries in Africa...

Memories/U.S. Research

May 24, 2020

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Five

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by James Tanner in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Analyzing genealogical records and documents boils down to making decisions about the accuracy of the records and documents. One of the most common categorizations of documents makes a distinction between an original document and a copy. This...

Country Research/Research/U.S. Research

May 24, 2020

Searching for Clues: When Census and Vital Records Are Not Enough

Growing up as a kid, I loved watching movies about finding lost treasure. The hero usually hears of a legend, finds an ancient artifact or treasure map, and has to follow its clues while fighting off the greedy villain. After a long and difficult struggle, the hero finds the treasure and everything works out in the end! Family history can...

FamilySearch/Research/U.S. Research/Uncategorized

May 17, 2020

The Family History Guide Twitter Page Takes Flight

Due to various reasons, the Twitter page for The Family History Guide has not seen much activity for the last few months. Until now … We have relaunched our Twitter page at a new location: https://twitter.com/seethefhguide We are redoubling our efforts to provide timely and useful tweets, with links and photos. In The Family History Guide, you can find our...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG

May 17, 2020

Spring Cleaning with The Family History Guide

The Family History Guide has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few months. We are bringing you more content, more links, and more country pages for example. Also, website platforms such as FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast continue to make updates to their websites as well. So now is a good time for some “spring cleaning” on The...

Learning/What is new at The FHG

May 17, 2020

Who’s Interviewing You? How to Tell Your Story

There are many instances where someone asks us something about our past. It may be a new found friend or our children and grandchildren, with such questions as, “What was it like?” or “How did you two meet?” They usually are not seeking for one-liners like “It was quite difficult,” or “We met at high school.” Rather, they want stories...

Learning/Memories

May 10, 2020

Happy Mother’s Day from The Family History Guide Association

The Family History Guide Association would like to send our very best wishes to all the mothers and women who make our world a better place for all of us. We love you all! A Video from The Family History Guide Association We hope you enjoy this brief video as a small gift to each of you. Thanks for nurturing...

What is new at The FHG

May 10, 2020

Source Citations: Where Did That Information Come From?

Editor’s note: This article was written by Zachary Matthews, BYU Intern for the Family History Guide Association. You are at your computer, getting ready to do some genealogical research on your favorite website. You decided to go in a different direction today and look at your 5th great–grandmother’s uncle and his family. However, when you clicked on his profile, you...

Research/U.S. Research