March 2023 – The Family History Guide Blog

March 26, 2023

New in The Family History Guide: Show Me Slides

If you have been using any of the Learning Paths (FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Findmypast) in The Family History Guide, you are probably familiar with the Show Me videos, accessed in the header (Goal) area of the page. They are brief videos on our YouTube Channel that take you through various Learning Path Goals from a visual perspective, so you...

FamilySearch/Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG

March 26, 2023

Latter-day Saint Resources in The Family History Guide

Recently we published a new video on our YouTube Channel: Latter-day Saint Resources in The Family History Guide. As you probably know, we have a Faiths menu on the website, with resources for the Church of Jesus Christ as well as Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish research. But there are other locations in The Family History Guide where you can find...

Church Of Jesus Christ/Family History Activities/Training/What is new at The FHG

March 19, 2023

New QRB Videos on Our YouTube Channel

Recently we posted eight new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos on The Family History Guide YouTube Channel. These include A three-part series on Adding Social History to Your Family History, by Miles Meyer A three-part series on Mapping Your Way to Genealogical Success, by James Tanner A two-part series on U.S. Census Records, by Miles Meyer We have also included...

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

March 19, 2023

A Few Google Translate Fixes

Google Translate is an important part of our website in terms of providing native language text to our site visitors. You can access is on any page in The Family History Guide by using the Select Language button. Although it’s a powerful and ever-evolving tool, it does have a few quirks. We discovered that the menu translation bar for Google...

What is new at The FHG

March 13, 2023

New: Introduction Video for The Family History Guide

We have a new video that gives you a guided tour of The Family History Guide website in just under 40 minutes. It covers the highlights of the site with navigation and examples, narrated by Bob Taylor, the creator of The Family History Guide. The video also has three “try it” inserts where you can pause the video and visit...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 13, 2023

BYU Webinar: What’s New in The Family History Guide

The Family History Guide continues to roll on, with content updates and new features being added regularly to the site. This Thursday, March 16, at 5 p.m. Mountain time, I will present a webinar for the BYU Family History Library, titled “What’s New in The Family History Guide.” This is a good opportunity to see how The Family History Guide...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 5, 2023

New Feature: Customizing Menus

The Family History Guide covers a wide variety of information, for beginners through advanced researchers. The top menus (or side menus if you are using a tablet or phone) are the key to navigating the website and finding the features you need. If you find that there are certain menus in The Family History Guide that you don’t plan to...

Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG