{"id":4535,"date":"2019-03-11T00:44:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2019-03-11T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T12:25:17","slug":"announcing-the-family-history-guide-knowledgebase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/announcing-the-family-history-guide-knowledgebase\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing The Family History Guide Knowledgebase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the main purposes of The Family History Guide are to accelerate your family history learning and<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4545 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/y-girl-study-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/y-girl-study-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/y-girl-study.jpg 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> research. What better way to assist with those goals, than with a handy reference that offers definitions, tips, guidelines and more. We are excited to announce the first release of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/research.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knowledgebase for The Family History Guide<\/a>, which covers general research principles and United States research. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress: we will be adding more topics and content as time goes on.<\/p>\n<p>In the drop-down menus, there are several places where you can find the Knowledgebase:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FamilySearch menu, below &#8220;Discover&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Ancestry menu, below &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>MyHeritage menu, below &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Findmypast menu, below &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Countries menu, below &#8220;United States&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Samples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Knowledgebase is an alphabetized page with Topics you can open and close, either individually or all at once. Here&#8217;s a partial sample with the Topics closed:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4539\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-closed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-closed.png 923w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-closed-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-closed-768x478.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a sample with the Topics open:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4540\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-open.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-open.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-open-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-open-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kb-topics-open-1024x656.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see there is already a lot of useful information in the Knowledgebase &#8230; and we are just getting started! It can be used as a standalone learning tool or in conjunction with any of the Topics, which are found in The Family History Guide.\u00a0 You can click a link with green text to open the corresponding topic in the website. Citation sources are also provided for the Knowledgebase entries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming Soon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next up is the International Knowledgebase for The Family History Guide, which will contain research tips and guidelines for all country pages in The Family History Guide.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.websitevoice.com\/gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.wvData=window.wvData||{};function wvtag(a,b){wvData[a]=b;}\n  wvtag('id', 'gdg8sme9Co8djc4uHOHRfA');\n  wvtag('text-selector', '.entry-inner');\n  wvtag('widget-style', {\n    className: 'wv-circle-small',\n    contrast: 'wv-contrast-dark'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the main purposes of The Family History Guide are to accelerate your family history learning and research. What better way to assist with those goals, than with a handy reference that offers definitions, tips, guidelines and more. 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