{"id":9207,"date":"2022-12-26T00:50:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=9207"},"modified":"2022-12-26T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:50:50","slug":"2022-highlights-for-the-family-history-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/2022-highlights-for-the-family-history-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Highlights for The Family History Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2022 has been a good year for The Family History Guide Association, and we are looking forward to great things in 2023! Here&#8217;s a brief summary of some of the highlight events and website features for 2022:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year has been busy with presentations to genealogical societies across the United States, as well as a keynote address for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/the-family-history-guide-at-the-east-texas-family-history-fair-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Texas Genealogical Society<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wikitree-presentation-on-the-family-history-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WikiTree International Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Trainers menu, we added a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/new-the-consultant-training-tools-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consultant Training page<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/new-the-family-history-guide-qa-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Q&amp;A spreadsheet page<\/a> for consultants and learners. We&#8217;ll add a few updates to the spreadsheet in coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We rolled the Certified Trainer program into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/vip-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volunteer Instructor Program<\/a> (VIP). No certification test, just opportunities to present and teach!<\/p>\n<p><strong>July<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July I presented &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/new-byu-fhl-video-research-with-the-family-history-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research with The Family History Guide<\/a>,&#8221; a webinar for the BYU Family History Library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/update-on-video-info-buttons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Info buttons<\/a> are now easier to use, and there are more of them. Just click the Info icon and you&#8217;ll see a list of timings you can jump to inside popular family history videos.<\/p>\n<p>We also added a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/introducing-the-quick-prep-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick Prep page<\/a> in the Trainers menu that helps you prepare a class or presentation with The Family History Guide, quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March was the online RootsTech conference, and The Family History Guide was well-represented. One of our feature videos was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/the-family-history-guide-the-inside-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Family History Guide: The Inside Story<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We made some significant updates to The Family History Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/a-new-look-to-the-home-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home page<\/a> to facilitate navigation. We also updated the Get Started page with new tiles and categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In January and February we added a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/introducing-spotlight-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30-second Spotlight videos<\/a> to our YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We added some great family history activities for youth, focused on ward and stake participation. These include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/youth-activities-sheets-for-latter-day-saints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Activities Sheets for Latter-day Saints<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/update-ward-and-stake-activities-for-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ward and Stake Activities for Youth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8931\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/computer-sign-tfhg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/computer-sign-tfhg.png 1198w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/computer-sign-tfhg-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/computer-sign-tfhg-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/computer-sign-tfhg-768x533.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 has been a good year for The Family History Guide Association, and we are looking forward to great things in 2023! 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