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Monthly Archive: April, 2023

April 30, 2023

New QRB Videos: Basic Concepts, Descendancy Research

We recently added two QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos by James Tanner to our YouTube Channel: Basic Concepts in Family History Research (included in Project 4: Discover, Goal 2 – Learn the Basics) Finding Your Ancestors’ Descendants (included in Project 3: Descendants, Goal 1 – Identify Lines) You can view the videos on our YouTube Channel, and they are included...

Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 30, 2023

Resources from the Allen County Public Library

One of the top genealogical libraries in the United States is the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its Genealogy Center provides a number of helpful resources, such as PERSI, the online Periodical Search Index for locating genealogy articles Gateways for African American and Native American research Family histories and corresponding information files Free online and on-site databases...

Learning/Research/Technology/U.S. Research/YouTube
April 24, 2023

New: Presenting The Family History Guide to Wards and Stakes

Currently, many individuals around the globe are presenting The Family History Guide as a way to help Latter-day Saints in their involvement with family history work. To assist in these efforts, we have created a slide deck that can be used, along with the website, to describe how the website works and how it can be used by Church members...

Church Of Jesus Christ/Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 24, 2023

BYU-I Pathways and The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide will be included as an important resource in the upcoming downloadable textbook for Family History studies through BYU-I Pathways. The Pathways program offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees in a number of areas, including Family History. Current Family History Courses Offered The current family history course offerings are listed...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 16, 2023

New Video Links for RootsTech 2023 in The Family History Guide

Now that RootsTech 2023 has concluded—and it was a great conference, both online and in person—we have been busy adding some of the best of its video links in The Family History Guide. The list below is a small sample of the over 50 videos we have included; in each case, we reference the YouTube video that is found on...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 16, 2023

United States Social Security NUMIDENT Records Added to FamilySearch

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. This is one of the collections of 63,700,494 records on the FamilySearch.org website that has only been available for a relatively short time. Here is the description of the files from the FamilySearch.org entry shown above. The Social Security Administration created these records to track the earnings of US workers and...

FamilySearch/Records
April 9, 2023

New QRB Videos: Genealogical Research in Mexico

We’ve recently added two new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos to our YouTube Channel: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Mexico, and  Researching Genealogical Records in Mexico, both narrated by James Tanner. These videos provide background on Mexican history and culture, and they introduces you to the essential records and resources you need for doing successful family history research in Mexico....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 9, 2023

New Languages for the Q&A Center

The Q&A Center, available in the Trainers menu of The Family History Guide, provides a large assortment of typical family history questions and where to find answers in The Family History Guide. There are four Google spreadsheets – FamilySearch and Partners, Research Essentials, United States Research, and Countries Research – with a total of 26 tabs. You can download copies...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 2, 2023

Two New Interns, and the 2023 BYU Intern Fair

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide Association has two new interns who will be joining us in May: Tyler Soutas and Kaylee Lynn. Both are students at Brigham Young University pursuing degrees in Family History. About Tyler Tyler is working on a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family History, with a minor in Molecular Biology. He...

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