Monthly Archive: September, 2024

Update: New Online Tracker Sheets

Work on the new Online Tracker Sheets continued this past week, and we now have a number of new Google sheets for countries research, as well as an update to the previously finished Platforms sheet. Here’s are the new Countries sheets, each with links to Class Outlines, Choices, Practice Exercises, and more: US, Canada, and Mexico British Isles Scandinavia Europe...

Date with Dad

Note: This article was published previously on the Granite FamilySearch Center blog site. My dad got his first 8 mm movie camera as a teenager in about 1937. He loved it and used it a lot to document his life. When he passed away in 2010, he left a large container of his movies and slides that ended up in my brother’s...

New: Online Tracker Sheets

If you have used The Family History Guide for a while, you’re probably familiar with the Online Tracker. It’s a secure database where you create a free account and enter notes and progress as you work on Goals and Choices in The Family History Guide. Now we are introducing a new option: Online Tracker Sheets. Here’s a quick summary …...

RootsTech 2025 Registration Is Almost Here!

It’s hard to believe how the time has flown by, but on September 25 you can register for RootsTech 2025! Here’s a link to a FamilySearch blog post with the details: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/save-the-date-rootstech-2025   Here’s a fun trivia fact: The first person on the left in the blog post photo is none other than Maribel Medina, a great supporter of The...

What’s New in The Family History Guide

We have been busy—no surprise there—updating content and features in The Famiy History Guide website. Here’s a roundup of some of the updates you’ll find on the site, as well as a brief look at what’s coming in future months. Practice Exercises: There are now over 700 Practices Exercises, each with research problems to solve, hints for record searches, and answers....

The Candy Store

Recently, several of our long-time users remarked that visiting The Family History Guide was like being a kid in a candy store. Now that’s a delicious comparison! While each person may have his or her preferred sweet treat, let’s take a look at 10 features of The Family History Guide that could qualify as “candy store” items for genealogists …...