{"id":889,"date":"2017-11-04T01:05:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T01:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:59:07","slug":"the-family-history-guide-will-help-you-find-your-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/the-family-history-guide-will-help-you-find-your-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family History Guide Will Help You Find Your Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note<\/em>: The following article is republished from the Family History Newsletter of the Ogden FamilySearch Library<\/a>. Thanks to Elder and Sister Erickson!<\/p>\n

Do you like family history, but feel a little overwhelmed by the fire hose of \"\"information that is out\u00a0on the Internet? Then you\u2019ll like the Family History Guide, a fairly new learning, resource, and\u00a0training center for genealogy.<\/p>\n

Bob Ives, the Family History Guide Association\u2019s vice president and executive director, spoke at\u00a0the Ogden FamilySearch Library Saturday, October 21, 2017 to a large crowd. He said the Family\u00a0History Guide began about 2 \u00bd years ago, and they have seen one miracle after another as it has\u00a0been brought online. Their intent was to take the Internet\u2019s fire hose of information and reduce it\u00a0to a trickle, so you can focus your family history learning.<\/p>\n

The Family History Guide is free and is available in 94 languages. It is also non-denominational. It has been approved to work with FamilySearch.<\/p>\n

Some of the features include a convenient learning section. It\u2019s great for beginners and has FAQs,\u00a0tips, and goals you can select to focus your learning. There are also project areas, which\u00a0include learning about Family Tree, adding memories, finding descendants, a Discover section\u00a0for developing your research skills, help with indexing, as well as other areas titled Help, Tech,\u00a0DNA, and Countries\/Ethnic.<\/p>\n

The best part is opening one of the projects. You\u2019ll find convenient links to \"\"articles and videos.\u00a0The Family History Guide volunteers have sorted through the Web and have distilled out over\u00a01,000 of the best article and video links. QUIKLinks can take you directly to records in FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage quickly and easily.<\/p>\n

The Family History Guide offers a complete, easy-to-use training system for learners. You can\u00a0select free on-demand classes just for you from an extensive Course Catalog, where you can find\u00a0over 60 complete lessons and over 100 mini-classes, along with helpful training tips.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s something for everyone, with courses on computer basics, children\u2019s games and\u00a0activities, and an online Tracker for keeping track of your progress. We enjoyed having Bob Ives\u00a0visit us at the Ogden FamilySearch Library and hope you\u2019ll enjoy the well-organized family
\nhistory learning materials you can find at www.thefhguide.com.<\/p>\n

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