2022 has been a good year for The Family History Guide Association, and we are looking forward to great things in 2023! Here’s a brief summary of some of the highlight events and website features for 2022:

All Year

This year has been busy with presentations to genealogical societies across the United States, as well as a keynote address for the East Texas Genealogical Society and the WikiTree International Symposium.

November

In the Trainers menu, we added a new Consultant Training page and a Q&A spreadsheet page for consultants and learners. We’ll add a few updates to the spreadsheet in coming weeks.

September

We rolled the Certified Trainer program into the Volunteer Instructor Program (VIP). No certification test, just opportunities to present and teach!

July

In July I presented “Research with The Family History Guide,” a webinar for the BYU Family History Library.

June

The Video Info buttons are now easier to use, and there are more of them. Just click the Info icon and you’ll see a list of timings you can jump to inside popular family history videos.

We also added a Quick Prep page in the Trainers menu that helps you prepare a class or presentation with The Family History Guide, quickly and easily.

March

March was the online RootsTech conference, and The Family History Guide was well-represented. One of our feature videos was “The Family History Guide: The Inside Story.”

We made some significant updates to The Family History Guide Home page to facilitate navigation. We also updated the Get Started page with new tiles and categories.

Feb

In January and February we added a series of 30-second Spotlight videos to our YouTube Channel.

January

We added some great family history activities for youth, focused on ward and stake participation. These include Youth Activities Sheets for Latter-day Saints and Ward and Stake Activities for Youth.