Bob Taylor – Page 10 – The Family History Guide Blog

February 25, 2024

Live and Unrehearsed Video Series: Episodes 39-40

Here are some recent videos from the “Live and Unrehearsed” series. These videos will give you insight into how to do research online. They are released on the Goldie May YouTube Channel. Below are the links to Episodes 39 and 40: Episode 39 explores DNA matches, how to use Ancestry ThruLines, and building your family tree with DNA results. Episode...

DNA/Research

February 18, 2024

New Video: Why I Love The Family History Guide

One of the most exciting things to see is people getting excited about family history! This video on our YouTube Channel gives a first-person perspective from a teenage family history enthusiast, and it includes honest questions and concerns that many people have about getting started with family history. It also shares the deep appreciation expressed by one woman for family...

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

February 18, 2024

Live and Unrehearsed Video Series: Episodes 36-38

Here are some recent videos from the “Live and Unrehearsed” series. These video will give you insight into how to do research online. They are released on the Goldie May YouTube Channel. Below are the links to Episodes 36, 37, and 38: Episode 36 explore FAN-club (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors) research in Iowa. Episode 37 uses books and cemetery information...

Research/U.S. Research

February 12, 2024

New: 2-Minute Demos

We’ve added a new item in the Trainers menu of The Family History Guide – 2-Minute Demos. At RootsTech, volunteers and staff for The Family History Guide Association have given thousands of demos of The Family History Guide website to visitors. Now we are unveiling a series of 2-Minute Demo scripts to help people show the site to friends, colleagues,...

RootsTech/Training/What is new at The FHG

February 12, 2024

The Family History Guide: Mini-Classes at RootsTech

If you’re planning on attending RootsTech live in Salt Lake City, be sure to stop by the Exhibit Hall and visit us at the booth for The Family History Guide (next to the FamilySearch booth). This year we are putting together a series of fun and informative mini-classes at the booth, each about 20 minutes in length. Here’s a graphic...

Learning/RootsTech

January 31, 2024

Breaking News: A New Educational Partnership

Today we are excited to announce an official partnership between The Family History Guide Association and the National Genealogical Society. The Family History Guide Association will provide educational materials and training to the National Genealogical Society, enabling their members to accelerate their learning and research skills in genealogy. “We are thrilled to connect our organization members with the wealth of...

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

January 28, 2024

Getting to Know Genealogy Trails

GenealogyTrails.com is a handy website that focuses on United States research, particularly for U.S. states and counties. It’s a collaboration effort run by a series of expert volunteers, with lots of great resources that are hard to find on other sites. Their forte is transcribing many thousands of records, such as military, obituary, biographies, voter registrations, and more. In The...

U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG

January 21, 2024

Update: New Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide

The Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide offer a simple yet effective way to help you explore a variety of record collections around the world. Each exercise has a problem statement with three research questions and a QUIKLink to a record collection, hints for working with the records, and the answers to the questions. You can see more information...

What is new at The FHG

January 21, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Language Resources

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that shows you how to take advantage of language resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers Google Translate capabilities for the website, YouTube language captions for videos, translated videos, and more. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above. It’s also included below for your convenience. We...

What is new at The FHG

January 14, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Navigating Country Pages

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that helps you find and use the Country page resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers how to use the various menus to find country pages for research, as well as the “smaller” countries that typically have fewer records. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

Author: Bob Taylor