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September 23, 2019

RootsTech 2020 is Just Around the Corner!

RootsTech 2020 is the 10th Anniversary of RootsTech in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is in the Salt Palace again! It is such a fabulous venue and right in the heart of the city near Temple Square and the Family History Library, the flagship of the nearly 5000 other libraries worldwide. The 2020 dates are February 26-29! Yes, it is Leap Year! RootsTech is...

Family History Activities/FamilySearch/Learning/RootsTech/Social Media

September 23, 2019

New: Home Page Updates

When you access The Family History Guide website, you’ll see a new look—it’s simpler and more colorful. Here’s a summary of the changes we’ve made to some key pages of the website, and why … Home Page: What’s Different Previously we had a group of four large tiles in the upper-right area of the Home page. The links from these...

What is new at The FHG

September 21, 2019

Closed Captioning for Our YouTube Videos

One of the cool features available for YouTube videos is closed captioning. This is where you see text across the bottom of the screen, matching the dialogue that’s happening in the video. Closed captioning is especially helpful for Hearing-impaired viewers Clarifying parts of the dialog that are soft or perhaps unclear Seeing dialog when the video volume needs to be...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG

September 16, 2019

The Family History Guide on Instagram

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide now has an Instagram page! This is a great place to follow The Family History Guide, especially with RootsTech London coming up in a little over a month. You can find a link to our Instagram page in the Blog/Social menu of The Family History Guide. ...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG

September 16, 2019

Are You Giving The Gift Of Family History?

Years ago I went to my first BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference and one of the speakers said, “If you want to find your ancestors, do other people’s research!” There was a bit of a gasp from the audience! The thought ran through my mind, seriously? I can’t even do my own very well. This was probably a decade...

Case Studies/FamilySearch/Learning/Research/The Family History Guide Association/U.S. Research

September 16, 2019

The Miracle of Community Indexing

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Karen Meyer, Area Temple & Family History Consultant, North America Southwest. You open a heavy trunk, hidden by debris in a dusty attic. Lifting the lid, you see it is full of old pictures. You routinely turn them over in your hands. You notice that a few of the pictures have a name,...

Records/Research/U.S. Research

September 9, 2019

Some Of My Favorite Things!

I love reading The Family History Guide when I have a few minutes to learn something new. I was reading Bob’s blog post from August 25th and remembered I had planned to watch Bob’s recent Webinar for the BYU Family History Library. I had forgotten to do it. So I stopped what I was doing and did it right away. I’m glad...

General/Learning/Technology/What is new at The FHG

September 9, 2019

New: The MyHeritage App Project

You may be aware that over the past year, The Family History Guide has included Projects for three mobile apps: FamilySearch Tree, FamilySearch Memories, and Ancestry Family Tree. Now there are four, as we are just finishing a new mobile app Project for the MyHeritage App. The Project has entries in the Word Tracker and the Online Tracker so you can...

FS Partners/MyHeritage/Technology/What is new at The FHG

September 8, 2019

The Family History Guide’s New BYU Intern

We are proud to announce that a new intern from Brigham Young University has joined The Family History Guide Association—Hailey Belshe. Hailey has already begun attending meetings and is starting her first assignments as a content specialist for The Family History Guide website. Below is a brief bio and picture of her young family. Welcome aboard, Hailey! Hailey is a...

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

September 2, 2019

Fostering Relationships From Generation To Generation

Recently I have had opportunities to talk with people about family history and many want to know more, but do not know where to begin. In the past few weeks, I have found that many people think of genealogy as being just pedigree charts and family groups sheets. The umbrella we call family history is so much more than just...

Families/Family History Activities/FamilySearch/General/Learning/Memories/Stories