{"id":232,"date":"2017-09-16T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=232"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:42:11","slug":"exploring-the-world-with-the-family-history-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/exploring-the-world-with-the-family-history-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the World with The Family History Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding international resources for your family history research is quick, \"\"easy, and powerful with The Family History Guide. Instead of spending time navigating through a maze of menus, you can get to your destination in a matter of seconds, using the Countries<\/a>\u00a0page. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer …<\/p>\n

Getting There<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can access Countries from the links area The Family History Guide home page, or at the bottom of any of the Projects menus on the home page. For example:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Home page links area:<\/p>\n

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Projects menus on the home page:<\/p>\n

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When you click one of those circled entries, you’ll see the Countries<\/a> page. Here’s a sample …<\/p>\n

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(Note: This example is just a small selection of the available countries.)<\/p>\n

From there, you can click a country name to see its research page, or click a U.S. state, Canadian province, or England county. To help you navigate, region links are listed just below the picture near the top of the page:<\/p>\n

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What You’ll Find<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each Country page typically has similar research Goals, each with helpful steps to follow, and links to articles and videos. As an example, here are the Goals from the California page:<\/p>\n

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Get Help (Goal 12 in the example above) points you to Facebook pages and genealogy societies who can help you with specific research questions.<\/p>\n

Digging Deeper<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll find QUIKLinks on many of the Country or state pages that take you directly to search pages or helpful websites:<\/p>\n

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Also included for U.S. state pages is a QUIKLink to Counties. Clicking this link on the California page:<\/p>\n

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will take you to the Counties section, where you can search for county records from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and Linkpendium.<\/p>\n

Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few additional tips for working with the Countries page:\"\"<\/p>\n