Tag: Vault

New 5-Minute Feature: The Vault

Need a deeper dive into family history topics? Or perhaps you’d just like to go exploring and see what amazing bits of knowledge you can discover. Either way, the Vault section of The Family History Guide has what you need, with links to over a thousand articles and videos on a wide variety of family history topics. We recently published...

It’s a Date: Adding Dates to the Article and Video Links

In a recent blog article on The Family History Guide, we mentioned that dates (years) have been added to entries in the Vault. The entries are sorted by year, within video and article categories, with blanks for unknown years. Now we have begun adding years for article and video links in the main part of The Family History Guide. Unlike...

Revisiting the Vault

In The Family History Guide, the Vault is somewhat like the back room of a bookstore: you’ll find some extra treasures of learning there, with a little bit of digging. Recently we have made that “digging” process a bit easier with the following enhancements—we hope you enjoy the enhanced Vault page! Improved Organization We have moved a few links to...

What’s New: Updates to the Topics Page and the Vault

The Family History Guide has something for everyone, whatever the skill level or past experience. For those wanting to see at a glance what’s in The Family History Guide, the Topics page can be especially useful. The topics are arranged alphabetically, with corresponding links. The Topics page is in the Intro menu, towards the bottom of the list. For those...

Vault Links, and the Course Catalog

During the past few months, over 400 links to articles and videos have been added to the Vault. To make that content more accessible, we’ve added some additional navigation links across the site. Here’s a brief list of the navigation links; each of these is explained below in more detail. Vault menu items Vault header links Course Catalog links Project...

Updating the Vault

If you’ve been meaning to check out the Vault in The Family History Guide, now’s a great time to do it. The Vault is where we keep links to extra articles and videos on family history topics. The Vault has been a popular (but not creepy) hangout place for genealogists, since The Family History Guide was created. We recently added...

U.S. County Research with The Family History Guide

When you’re looking for information on your ancestors in the United States, remember to take advantage of resources at the county level. These may include vital records, directories, census records, military records, newspapers, and more. The Family History Guide can be a great asset for your research. Here are four items to explore when you are looking into doing county...