December 2019 – The Family History Guide Blog

December 30, 2019

The Top 20 for 2019

It’s that time of year—specifically, the end of the year—to take a look back at The Family History Guide’s year in review. Here are 20 accomplishments, ranked from 20 to 1 (yes, in a somewhat arbitrary scale): 20 – Help pages for Online Tracker Groups & Reporting In the Online Tracker, help pages were added for the Groups feature (creating...

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December 30, 2019

Research Basics: Part One

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was originally published in the Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Research Basics: Part One It is time to get back to research basics. I suspect that the only formal training, if any, that most people have regarding research is some sort of “research project”...

Case Studies/Country Research/U.S. Research

December 22, 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

It is truly a most wonderful time of the year! To our Christian friends, we wish you a joyous Christmas, remembering the transcendent gift of a Savior born to us in a simple manger in Bethlehem. To our Jewish friends, we wish you a happy Hanukkah week—may your menorahs shine brightly in the Festival of Lights! We thank you for...

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December 22, 2019

Announcing the New Come, Follow Me Companion for 2020

The new year is almost upon us, and Latter-day Saints are looking forward to the new Come, Follow Me curriculum in 2020, focusing on the Book of Mormon. We have been hard at work creating the first few family history companion lessons, and we are excited to announce that they will be ready shortly after January 1, 2020. The web...

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December 14, 2019

The Family History Guide Association: Bronze Sponsorship at RootsTech 2020

The Family History Guide Association is proud to announce that we will be a Bronze-Level Sponsor for RootsTech 2020! This will be year #5 for us at RootsTech, and we are excited to make this year’s RootsTech our best ever. We’ll keep you up to date on happenings in later blog posts, including our mini-class and presentation schedules. About the...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG

December 14, 2019

More Display Pages

The Display Pages are proving to be a popular and effective way to introduce people to The Family History Guide. Recently we have added new items to our Display Pages collections and content. Here’s a summary, to get you caught up on the latest: New Project Pages collection. This collection includes a page for each of the Projects for FamilySearch, Ancestry,...

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December 14, 2019

Don’t Forget to “Smile”

It’s nearing the end of the holiday shopping season, and what better time to make sure you are wearing an “Amazon Smile”! And what better feeling than to know that you’re supporting a great charitable organization in The Family History Guide Association. a) If you have not yet chosen a charity organization for your Amazon shopping, visit smile.amazon.com to designate The...

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December 9, 2019

The Family History Guide At RootsTech London – Part Four

The RootsTech, London, exhibit hall opened to an enormous crowd of excited family history enthusiasts this morning – the last day of the conference. This was the busiest of the three days with an additional 4,902 attendees coming to learn, meet new friends and relatives, and enjoy the free “Family Discovery Day” to the fullest. Miraculously, our stack of pass-along cards...

Family History Travel/RootsTech/RootsTech London 2019/The Family History Guide Association

December 7, 2019

Introducing the Display Pages

From storefront ads to electronic billboards, display advertising is everywhere. The Family History Guide Association has introduced a bit of a do-it-yourself approach with its new Display Pages. These are 8.5 x 11 PDF files that can be printed or used electronically to share The Family History Guide with others. You can use the link above to access the pages,...

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December 7, 2019

The Media Page Makeover

Every so often it’s good to have a makeover, whether it has to do with fashion, home decor, or web pages. We’ve recently done a bit of a makeover with our Media page, to streamline it for appearance and ease of use. Here’s a screen shot of part of the Media Home page: Below is a summary of additional...

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Monthly Archive: December, 2019

The Top 20 for 2019

Research Basics: Part One

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

Announcing the New Come, Follow Me Companion for 2020

The Family History Guide Association: Bronze Sponsorship at RootsTech 2020

More Display Pages

Don’t Forget to “Smile”

The Family History Guide At RootsTech London – Part Four

Introducing the Display Pages

The Media Page Makeover