January 2022 – The Family History Guide Blog

January 30, 2022

Introducing Spotlight Videos

We’re excited to announce that we have created a new playlist on our YouTube channel, called Spotlights. These are 30-second videos that introduce some of the great features of The Family History Guide. These are ideal for sharing on social media, as warmups for family history presentations, etc. Each video has an end screen with a link that takes you...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube

January 30, 2022

Great Databases, Part 3

Here’s Part 3 in the Great Databases series of articles, highlighting cool and useful family history databases you can access online for free. See also the Part 1 and Part 2 articles for more databases to explore. Global Ancestor Hunt—Ancestor Hunt hosts 18 resource categories: yearbooks, obituaries, newspapers, church records, directories, naturalization, photos, cemetery records, voter records, probate and wills,...

Country Research/Research

January 30, 2022

New Look to Ancestry

Ancestry has recently made some welcome improvements in the look and feel of some of its basic screens, and The Family History Guide has made corresponding updates. Here’s an article from Ancestry that summarizes the new developments: https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/ancestry-announces-new-visual-design-providing-more-modern-look-and-feel-setting-stage-more When you access your Ancestry homepage, there is also a “Take a Tour” button that introduces you visually to a few of...

Ancestry/Navigation

January 24, 2022

Browsing The Family History Guide

With today’s advances in technology, we often become focused on getting quick answers to well-defined questions. Google, Wikipedia, and many other sites are wonderful resources for doing just that. However, there is another aspect to information-gathering, as Steven Johnson points out in his book Where Good Ideas Come From—”serendipitous browsing.” The hypertext nature of the World Wide Web makes it...

Learning/Research/What is new at The FHG

January 24, 2022

Guidestar 2022 Platinum Seal for The Family History Guide Association

We’re excited to share that The Family History Guide Association has earned a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency with Candid GuideStar! GuideStar is the foremost clearinghouse for over 88,000 nonprofit organizations, and with our new Platinum Seal of Transparency we join an elite group of top tier nonprofits. This Platinum Seal of Transparency shows our commitment not only to our...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG

January 24, 2022

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video, narrated by James Tanner: “Researching Records in Scotland.” This video covers important details in Scottish history and introduces essential types of records in Scotland, including census, church and cemetery, emigration and immigration, military, probate and wills, etc. It also discusses the best sites for finding these records online. The...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

January 16, 2022

Update: Ward and Stake Activities for Youth

Last week we introduced a new page in The Family History Guide called Activities Sheets, in the Faiths menu. These activities are designed for Latter-day Saint youth. We have recently made some changes and enhancements that you will want to note: The Activities Sheet page has been renamed to Ward and Stake Activities. It’s now located as a separate tile...

Church Of Jesus Christ

January 16, 2022

Great Databases, Part 2

Last week we introduced our Great Databases series of articles, highlighting cool and useful family history databases you can access online for free. Here’s the second article, highlighting several more databases, arranged by geographical area. Enjoy! Global Geneanet—This site hosts 1.5 million family trees with over 1.6 billion individuals. Its focus in mainly continental Europe, but it does have a...

Country Research/Research

January 16, 2022

About Accuracy in Genealogical Research

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The fundamental issue with historical research (including genealogical research) is accuracy. How do you establish trust in the conclusions of a historical (i.e. genealogical) researcher? For the purposes of this post and from this point on, I will focus on genealogical research as a subset of historical...

Records/Research

January 10, 2022

Youth Activities Sheets for Latter-day Saints

We’ve added a new page, at the bottom of the Youth menu in The Family History Guide: it’s titled Activities Sheets. On this page you’ll find activities sheets you can use for planning and carrying out family history activities for Latter-day Saint youth, from scavenger hunts to a family history boot camp, and more. The sheets have links to downloadable...

Church Of Jesus Christ

Monthly Archive: January, 2022

Introducing Spotlight Videos

Great Databases, Part 3

New Look to Ancestry

Browsing The Family History Guide

Guidestar 2022 Platinum Seal for The Family History Guide Association

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Scotland

Update: Ward and Stake Activities for Youth

Great Databases, Part 2

About Accuracy in Genealogical Research

Youth Activities Sheets for Latter-day Saints