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January 19, 2020

Don’t Forget the Unindexed Records on the FamilySearch Website

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously in the “Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad” blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Don’t Forget the Unindexed Records on the FamilySearch website As of November 2019, there were 1.73 billion digital images published only in the FamilySearch.org Catalog. This compares to 1.4 billion images published in the searchable FamilySearch...

FamilySearch/Records/Research

January 12, 2020

The Family History Guide at the East Texas Genealogical Society Fair

The 20th Annual Family History Fair for the East Texas Genealogical Society—”Discovering Your Roots and Branches”—will be held on Saturday, April 11. The Fair will be at the University of Texas Soules College of Business in Tyler, TX (about 90 minutes southeast of Dallas). It’s free and open to the public. I have been invited to present on The Family...

Uncategorized

January 12, 2020

New: Activities Index for the Come, Follow Me Companion

One of the highlights of the Come, Follow Me Companion is the variety of fun and engaging family history activities. There are several for each weekly lesson, and they can be adapted for the particular needs of families or individuals. To help you quickly find activities from past weeks at a glance, we have created the Activities Index. It’s a...

What is new at The FHG

January 12, 2020

It’s Back: The Events Page

After a several-month hiatus, our Events page is back online—and there’s a lot going on this year. You can find the Events page in the Misc. menu. Below is a snapshot of the next half-year of events so far for The Family History Guide Association, as listed on the Events page. More details will be added as they become available....

Training/What is new at The FHG

January 5, 2020

Happy New Year, and the Tip of the Day

We at The Family History Guide Association want to wish you a Happy New Year for 2020! A new decade of family history and genealogy begins, and it will be interesting to see what trends and patterns emerge. We are excited to guide you through the maze of technology, records, and resources in your family history journey! To get the...

What is new at The FHG

January 5, 2020

RootsTech Mini-Class Schedule at The Family History Guide Booth

If you plan to be at RootsTech 2020 in Salt Lake City (Feb. 26-29), be sure to stop by our booth in the Exhibit Hall (#933) … we would love to say hello and get acquainted. In addition to demos of the website, we will be offering 20-minute Mini-Classes on various aspects of The Family History Guide. The initial class...

RootsTech/Training/What is new at The FHG

January 5, 2020

New Show Me Videos and Country Page Updates

On our YouTube Channel there are quite a few Show Me videos for FamilySearch Goals. We now have two new Ancestry Show Me videos on the channel, with more Ancestry videos to come: Ancestry Project 1, Goal 1: Account and Tree Setup Ancestry Project 1, Goal 3: Customize Your Homepage Country Page Updates We are making enhancements and additions...

Ancestry/Country Research/YouTube

December 30, 2019

The Top 20 for 2019

It’s that time of year—specifically, the end of the year—to take a look back at The Family History Guide’s year in review. Here are 20 accomplishments, ranked from 20 to 1 (yes, in a somewhat arbitrary scale): 20 – Help pages for Online Tracker Groups & Reporting In the Online Tracker, help pages were added for the Groups feature (creating...

What is new at The FHG

December 30, 2019

Research Basics: Part One

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was originally published in the Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Research Basics: Part One It is time to get back to research basics. I suspect that the only formal training, if any, that most people have regarding research is some sort of “research project”...

Case Studies/Country Research/U.S. Research

December 22, 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

It is truly a most wonderful time of the year! To our Christian friends, we wish you a joyous Christmas, remembering the transcendent gift of a Savior born to us in a simple manger in Bethlehem. To our Jewish friends, we wish you a happy Hanukkah week—may your menorahs shine brightly in the Festival of Lights! We thank you for...

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