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September 29, 2024

Introducing Quizzes for Countries

For several years we have had a number of interactive quizzes in The Family History Guide, collected on the Quizzes page of the Trainers menu. These also include a number of quizzes for United States research topics, based on articles in the Choices. We are now adding quizzes for country pages, based on the QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos by...

What is new at The FHG
September 29, 2024

Miles Ahead: Catching Up with Miles Meyer

Miles Meyer, our Education Director for The Family History Guide Association, is not one to let the grass grow under his feet—even in the Florida Everglades. Here’s a brief look at what he has going on, taken from recent blog post on his genealogy blog site:   1) I am finishing up my first set of classes at the International Institute...

Technology/The Family History Guide Association/Training
September 22, 2024

ViewPoint with Dennis Quaid: Filming Update

This week we completed the video filming for our partnership project with ViewPoint and The Family History Guide Association. The next step will be video editing, a process that will take about five to six weeks. Then the PBS video, documentary video, and 30-second commercial will be released nationwide sometime between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Those who were interviewed...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
September 16, 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...

Country Research/Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG
September 9, 2024

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 …...

Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG
September 9, 2024

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...

RootsTech/The Family History Guide Association
September 1, 2024

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....

What is new at The FHG
September 1, 2024

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 …...

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