July 2024 – The Family History Guide Blog

July 28, 2024

Here’s a Tip …

If you are a frequent visitor to The Family History Guide, you’re probably familiar with “Today’s Tip” which appears near the top of the Home page. Each Monday through Friday we post a family history tip that typically includes a link to a feature article or video, plus additional resources on the topic in The Family History Guide. These tips...

Training/What is new at The FHG

July 28, 2024

Take a Look at FamilySearch Labs

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/The current experiments in FamilySearch Labs include: Merge Analysis View: Understand the nuances of a merge from a tree person’s change log. Expand your search with Full Text: Unlock hidden discoveries in historical records that have never been searchable until now. Family Group Trees: Gather your family into...

artificial intelligence/FamilySearch/Research

July 21, 2024

Tracing Your Pioneer Ancestors

This Wednesday, July 24, marks the 177th anniversary of the Mormon pioneers’ arrival into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Additional companies of immigrants came to Utah later, as well as many who traveled on to Oregon, California, and other states in the western U.S. One of my ancestors, Norman Taylor, was in the initial group of pioneers. At age...

U.S. Research

July 21, 2024

The Family History Guide Turns 9!

On July 25, 2015 The Family History Guide debuted at the BYU Family History Conference in Provo, Utah. It has been a great adventure since then, and continues to be. The Management Team for The Family History Guide Association has put in countless hours, all unpaid, to build and promote The Family History Guide website. Here’s a look at each...

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

July 15, 2024

On Vacation

The blog articles for The Family History Guide are on vacation this week. Look for new articles on July 22 – see you then!

The Family History Guide Association

July 7, 2024

Presenting TFHG on Paper

It’s no secret that The Family History Guide website is too large to capture on paper. But it can be summarized and presented on paper, in as little as a two-page handout. Yet why would someone want to do that, if it’s easy to get on the website and view it online? The answer is that there may be situations...

Training/What is new at The FHG

July 7, 2024

Tracing Your Ancestors in Colonial America

Note: This article was published previously on The Family History Guide blog site in July 2023. As we just celebrated Independence Day in the United States, let’s remember our ancestors who lived in British Colonial America (what the United States used to be). There are some helpful resources in The Family History Guide to get you started or help you...

Research/U.S. Research

July 1, 2024

Miles Meyer to Present at the Society of Genealogists Conference

The Society of Genealogists, based in London, has announced its lineup of online presenters for July. We are excited to note that Miles Meyer, Director of Education for The Family History Guide, will be presenting on July 13. His topic is “Mining U.S. Census Records for Family History.” Here’s an overview of the presentation, from the Society of Genealogists website:...

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