December 2018 – The Family History Guide Blog

December 31, 2018

Announcing the “Come Follow Me” Companion, from The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide now includes a family history Companion for the 2019 Come Follow Me gospel study program from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (These Companion pages are produced by The Family History Guide Association, not the Church.) You can find the Come Follow Me Companion in the Faiths menu...

Learning/What is new at The FHG

December 31, 2018

2018 in Review: Top 20 Additions to The Family History Guide

It’s almost time to turn a new page on the yearly calendar, and it has been a great one for The Family History Guide website. Let’s take a look at what we feel are the top 20 additions and updates made to The Family History Guide in 2018, from 20 to 1 … 20. Exercises for Partner pages—Exercises are added...

General/What is new at The FHG

December 29, 2018

A Miracle in Denmark

According to Dennis B. Neuenschwander: “Families collect furniture, books, porcelain, and other valuable things, then pass them on to their posterity. Such beautiful keepsakes remind us of loved ones now gone and turn our minds to loved ones unborn. They form a bridge between family past and family future. Every family has other, more valuable, keepsakes. These include genealogies, family...

LDS

December 28, 2018

It’s a New Year – Let’s Start This Week to Record Our Personal Histories!

It is nearly 2019 and I would guess that for most of us, it is a hard fact to comprehend. We contemplate the past year, and although so much happened, it is the pace at which it transpired that makes us worry about the new year approaching and then suddenly being a memory. Finding a way to record the events of our lives...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records

December 23, 2018

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide

What a year it has been, and we have so much to be grateful for. Millions around the world are joining hands to connect all of us through family history, whether by extending family trees, discovering and sharing memories, joining in family history activities, or simply breaking the ice and getting started on the journey of family discovery. The Family...

General/What is new at The FHG

December 23, 2018

Announcing the Study Center

We’re excited to announce a new learning tool in The Family History Guide—the Study Center. It’s a handy way to organize your learning in 2019, a bit at a time. The Study Center combines a step-by-step approach with high-level Goals to point you in the right directions for learning. The opening screen for the Study Center is shown below. There...

Learning/What is new at The FHG

December 23, 2018

Planning Ahead for Discovery Days

The 2018 year is almost to a close, and it has been a great one for The Family History Guide. Looking ahead to 2019, there are plenty of opportunities to spread the good word about The Family History Guide—one of them being Family Discovery Days, the family history fairs that are typically held around the world at family history centers...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training

December 17, 2018

Finding Help with The Family History Guide

You can think of The Family History Guide as one large Help system, with Projects, Goals, Choices, and Steps to assist you along the way. There are also many “just-in-time” learning resources on the website, such as links to videos and articles, and there are navigation tips, Summaries, Exercises, and more—all designed to help you learn family history faster and...

FamilySearch/FS Partners/Learning/Navigation/Training

December 17, 2018

Training Tips from Our Facebook Group

If you’re a member of the Trainers/Consultants/Directors Facebook Group for The Family History Guide, you’re likely familiar with the weekly “Training Tips” feature. At the time of this writing, there are 18 tip articles so far on the Facebook page. We’ve decided to make these available on the main website as well, with one difference: new Training Tips articles will...

Training

December 16, 2018

The Benefits of Discovery in Traveling to Your Ancestors’ Homelands

If you haven’t ever traveled to do genealogy and your family history I would highly recommend it. My husband and I have traveled quite a bit in the last 10 years. We have had a yearning deep within us to go and see the places where our ancestors lived. We have had marvelous experiences both in and out of The United States. The trips...

Case Studies/Country Research/Family History Activities/Family History Travel

Monthly Archive: December, 2018

Announcing the “Come Follow Me” Companion, from The Family History Guide

2018 in Review: Top 20 Additions to The Family History Guide

A Miracle in Denmark

It’s a New Year – Let’s Start This Week to Record Our Personal Histories!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide

Announcing the Study Center

Planning Ahead for Discovery Days

Finding Help with The Family History Guide

Training Tips from Our Facebook Group

The Benefits of Discovery in Traveling to Your Ancestors’ Homelands