Research Brochure, Web Version

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About

The Family History Guide: It's free. It's fantastic. And it's for you.

www.thefhguide.com

Expand your research horizons and find the results you need.

The Family History Guide can help you:

• Get organized for effective research.
• Learn best practices and strategies to guide your research efforts.
• Explore over 100 geographic pages, with learning and research Goals.
• Use QUIKLinks to find records & websites you need, faster & easier.
• Get help with your research & collaborate with others.
• Discover strategies for breaking through geographic & historical research barriers.
• Learn research techniques on FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast.

Accelerate your learning and your progress!

From any of the Partner menus, select Project 4; OR, click Countries (top menu) & select a region for research.

Project 4: Discover / Research

Here's an overview of the Goals in each Project 4:

Common to All Partners

• Get Organized for Research
• Identify a Line to Do Research On
• Form a Research Strategy
• Develop Search Skills
• Solve Research Problems
• Plan & Take Family History Trips

FamilySearch

• Use FamilySearch Tools for Research

Ancestry

• Search Ancestry Records
• Search Ancestry Record Collections
• Analyze Search Results
• Use Ancestry Homepage Options

MyHeritage

• Use the MyHeritage Research Menu

Findmypast

• Use Findmypast Search Menus

Country Research

In the Countries menu, choose U.S., Canada, or England; or choose a region to select a country. For example, choosing Scandinavia leads to pages for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Goals and Choices

In each Country page there are Goals, Choices, and Steps to help you make solid progress with research. Typical Goals include:

• Basic Research
• Archives and Libraries
• Civil Registration
• Churches and Cemeteries
• Newspapers, Maps
• Get Help, etc.

QUIKLinks

Many of the Country pages feature inline QUIKLinks, which take you directly to record search pages in FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast. There are QUIKLinks for website resources such as GenealogyLinks, Ancestry & FamilySearch Wikis, etc.

States, Provinces, Counties

The United States and Australia pages have their own state pages:

50 for the U.S. (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico) and 6 for Australia. Additionally, each U.S. state page has QUIKLinks to corresponding county records.

Additionally, the Canada page has 10 province pages, and the England page has 36 county pages.

Project 6: Help

In Project 6: Help you'll learn to work with others who are researching similar lines, techniques for successful collaboration, and getting help via social media.

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