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December 7, 2025

University Genealogy Collections around the US

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.library.ca.gov/sutro Many genealogists can become fixated on the big four online genealogy websites and ignore other important collections of valuable genealogical records in local university libraries. There isn’t a single, definitive number of university genealogy collections (like “425 libraries”) because no central agency tracks every university with a...

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December 1, 2025

New in TFHG: “I Have a Question”

We are excited to introduce the “I Have a Question” page in The Family History Guide. As of this writing, the page features eight videos that each answer a commonly asked question about doing family history research. The videos are brief, about 90 seconds each, and are hosted by our friendly avatars. You can find the I Have a Question...

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December 1, 2025

Invitation: RootsTech 2026 Booth Workers, TFHG

Are you planning to attend RootsTech 2026 in Salt Lake City? We would love to have youhelp as a Booth Worker for The Family History Guide! Thanks to all who have helped us in the past—we’re excited to have you join our expanded booth in the high-energy Expo Hall again. Event Details Booth Worker Information How to Sign Up Please reply ASAP to ann@thefhguide.com if you...

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November 22, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving from The Family History Guide Association

The Family History Guide Association would like to wish each of you a happy Thanksgiving. We are especially grateful for Thanksgiving Fun Facts This coming Thursday marks the 404th anniversary of the famous Thanksgiving celebration in the Plymouth Colony in 1621. Here are some interesting things you may or may not know about Thanksgiving in the United States: Thanksgiving at...

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November 22, 2025

Miles Meyer RootsTech Presentations

Our Education Director, Miles Meyer, will be delivering several feature presentations at RootsTech 2026. Here’s the current list, along with some brief descriptions for each of them, courtesy of the RootsTech website: > Spot misleading census entries > Work around poor indexing and missing records (like the 1890 census) > Use nearby households to uncover hidden connections > Piece together...

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November 16, 2025

More Practice Exercises, England Counties

Over the past few weeks we have added more Record Search Practice Exercises for England counties. Below are the new additions so far, with more to come. To access the England county pages, use the the alphabetical list in the England country page (just below the main picture). To see a complete list of Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide, click here for...

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November 9, 2025

What’s New with Guided Learning Videos

The work with Guided Learning videos in The Family History Guide rolls on! Here are the latest Guided Learning videos, since our last blog post on October 18: New Inline Links The Guided Learning videos are gradually replacing the Class Oulines in the main pages of The Family History Guide. (Class Outlines are still available from the Trainers menu.) We...

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November 9, 2025

Retrospective: The Family History Guide Interns

As we look back over 10 years-plus with The Family History Guide Association, we have been blessed to work with great interns, who have helped to maintain and grow The Family History Guide website. We have active intern partnerships with Brigham Young University, BYU-Idaho, and Utah Valley University, through their History departments. Inernships are typically 50-120 hours of work, helping...

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