November 2024 – The Family History Guide Blog

November 30, 2024

Salt Lake City HQ Mission Training Zone and The Family History Guide

On December 9 Bob Ives and Bob Taylor will present an hour-long training session on The Family History Guide for the Missionary Development Team (Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission), for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This team is comprised of family history missionaries who serve for a year, helping others with their family history and doing...

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

November 30, 2024

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Six

Editor’s Note: This article by was previously published in the Genealogy’s Star blog site . After you have reviewed a few thousand documents, you will work out your own method for analyzing the document or record and the information contained in the document or record. But meanwhile, it is a good idea to think about the process and make sure...

U.S. Research

November 24, 2024

Update to “The Inside Story” video

A few years ago we produced a YouTube video that outlined the story of The Family History Guide, including its beginnings and progress through 2022. We have recently updated the video, changing some slides for personnel and adding exciting new updates to the content. The sections of the video are: A Simple Idea The Idea Evolves Opening Doors People Power...

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

November 24, 2024

Gratitude: What Matters Most

A few days ago I received an email from Aimee Cross, a friend and fellow genealogist (The Family History Guide has quite a few links to videos on her popular YouTube channel). Aimee lives in my home town—Camarillo, California—and part of that city had been devastated by the recent Mountain Fire, which burned over 50,000 acres and destroyed over 100...

Families/Memories

November 18, 2024

Check Out the RootsTech 2025 Speakers

One of the great perks of RootsTech each year is getting to hear – or even meet – world class genealogists. RootsTech 2025 is no exception, with over 100 industry expert speakers set to enlighten us on a side variety of family history topics. Below is a quick list of the RootsTech speakers, and you can view the full list...

RootsTech

November 18, 2024

Getting Ready for RootsTech

Although RootsTech 2025 is still over three months away, preparations have already begun for the big event. Registration has been open since September of this year, and speakers and exhibitors are preparing their materials in advance. The Family History Guide Association will have a spacious 30×30-foot booth close to the FamilySearch booth in the Exhibit Hall, with a seating area...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG

November 11, 2024

Remembering Our Military Ancestors

On Veterans Day we remember those who have served in the United States armed forces, and many of us have ancestors who served in some capacity in the military. The Family History Guide has a wealth of resources to help you trace your ancestry in the military, including links to records, articles, videos, and databases. Here’s a quick summary of...

Records/Research/U.S. Research

November 11, 2024

Discovering Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness sounds like a good idea—and it is. It’s actually a free website at RAOGK.org. As the name implies, it’s all about offering services to those doing genealogy research. Let’s take a look at what this amazing website has to offer, using the tabs at the top of the home page: Volunteer Directory: You can enter...

Research/U.S. Research

November 3, 2024

David Rencher: Lifetime Genealogy Achievement Award

Just six weeks ago, David Rencher led off our series of live interviews for the Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid project. Two weeks ago he was in the news, receiving a Lifetime Genealogy Achievement Award from the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (ICGHS). As noted in a recent FamilySearch blog article, “the ICGHS 36th annual congress was held in...

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