September 12, 2017

Using The Family History Guide Trackers with your Family

The Family History Guide online trackers provide a fun, efficient way to track your progress through the Family History Guide from anywhere you have internet access.  They help you know what you do and don’t know, and provide a solution to what happens sometimes when you stare at the computer and are not sure what to do next in your...

Family History Activities/Learning/Technology
September 12, 2017

Find help to build your family tree using The Family History Guide and create a timeline in TWILE

Just sharing something I am so excited about! One of the family history activities listed on the Youth Page of The Family History Guide Family Activities section (Documenting the Past) is to create a timeline using Twile. I am having so much fun with Twile – an interactive, cloud-based service in which you can create a timeline of your family’s past, present, and future. Made...

Family History Activities/Technology
September 12, 2017

Announcing the new Family Section of The Family History Guide

September 7th was a red-letter day for the Family History Guide with the launch of the FAMILY SECTION – the new “go-to” place for ideas, inspiration, and resources for family history activities. Here you will find something for everyone – families, singles, youth, and children: 1. Anytime Activities and Games 2. Plan-Ahead Activities 3. Making family history 4. Documenting the...

Family History Activities
September 11, 2017

Fostering Independent Learning with The Family History Guide

One of the things I love the most about The Family History Guide is how it allows a person to grow and learn independently.  Of course everyone needs help when they are getting started with family history, but how long can a person realistically sit at another person’s elbow as they go forward in their learning?  If we don’t foster that independent...

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