{"id":5761,"date":"2019-11-10T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2019-11-11T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:12:15","slug":"whats-new-in-the-family-history-guide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-the-family-history-guide-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s New in The Family History Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re ever wondering what’s new in The Family History Guide website, there are two easy ways to find out:<\/p>\n

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  1. Follow our Facebook page<\/a> to get regular updates (we’re currently at update #155).<\/li>\n
  2. Check out the What’s New page<\/a> (in the Misc. menu).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    We especially appreciate the efforts of Laird Jenkins and Ann Tanner in recently reviewing website content for FamilySearch Projects.<\/p>\n

    In Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Here are a few of the items we’re currently working on. Some of these currently appear on the website, and the remainder will be finished up this coming week.<\/p>\n

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    • Revised titles for individual web pages<\/em>. Google Chrome displays title information when you hover over each open tab in the browser. We’re enhancing the page titles to give more complete information.<\/li>\n
    • Updated county links for USGenWeb<\/em>. These are for counties in all 50 U.S. states, plus interactive, clickable county maps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Coming Soon<\/strong><\/p>\n

      And now, a “preview of coming attractions” …<\/p>\n

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      • Features videos<\/em>. These are short YouTube videos that explain helpful features in The Family History Guide.<\/li>\n
      • Explorations videos<\/em>. These are also short YouTube videos that introduce areas of interest in The Family History Guide.<\/li>\n
      • Additional Quizzes for Projects and Goals. <\/em>These are for FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        For the record, October 2019 was one of our busiest months ever with The Family History Guide. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to, for November (so far) and October …<\/p>\n

        2019\u2014November<\/h5>\n
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        • Made minor updates to most of the MyHeritage Projects.<\/li>\n
        • Added a number of links to topics in the Genealogy Explained website.<\/li>\n
        • Added Resource Stars for all items in the Activities pages (Family, Individuals, Youth, Kids Corner).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          2019\u2014October<\/h5>\n
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          • Added links to RootsWeb U.S. research pages.<\/li>\n
          • Added links to about 25 videos for Genealogy TV on YouTube.<\/li>\n
          • Added links to genealogy societies, from the FGS website.<\/li>\n
          • Updated several Goals in FamilySearch Projects 2, 3, and 4.<\/li>\n
          • Made additional updates to Project 8: DNA, from Goal 5 to Goal 8.<\/li>\n
          • Changed the Vault format to lists with clickable stars.<\/li>\n
          • Added Come, Follow Me Companion cards (DIY printing and ordering) to the Media page.<\/li>\n
          • Made updates to Project 2: Memories, Goal 1.<\/li>\n
          • Added links to FamilySearch Community pages for getting additional help with topics.<\/li>\n
          • Added Vault links for a number of Choices.<\/li>\n
          • Added links for recent FamilySearch blog articles.<\/li>\n
          • Added links for Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish videos in the Language resources page.<\/li>\n
          • Updated the Trainers menu and Trainers Home page to make them more compact.<\/li>\n
          • Updated the Trainers > Consultants page and the accompanying slide deck.<\/li>\n
          • Added new QUIKLink for records from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage.<\/li>\n
          • Updated United States Goal F1: Other Records and added Choice C in F3 for prison records.<\/li>\n
          • Moved QUIKLinks in country lists to regular QUIKLinks in Choices.<\/li>\n
          • Added dates of last update to links in the Word Tracker page.<\/li>\n
          • New Resource Stars project: star icons before each article and video link let you track which ones you’ve finished.<\/li>\n
          • Added printable pass-along cards in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.<\/li>\n
          • Added a new page for translated pass-along cards: https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/passalong-lang.html<\/li>\n
          • Updated article and video links in Project 8: DNA.<\/li>\n
          • Added a number of article links from the Ancestry\/RootsWeb Wiki for U.S. state pages.<\/li>\n
          • Added entries to the Topics page on the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n