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July 24, 2022

Youth Family History and the Pioneer Experience

Each Friday the Hi Five Live Facebook group records a video about inspirational topics. The July 1 recording, titled “Walking with Our Ancestors,” featured youth who had completed a pioneer trek re-enactment and spoke to the value of family history in bringing youth and families together. In the video, hosts Scott and Angelle Anderson interviewed Annie Christensen, Connor Pedersen, Abby...

Uncategorized
July 18, 2022

New BYU FHL Video: Research with The Family History Guide

On Thursday, July 7 we recorded a new webinar video for the BYU Family History Library, titled Research with The Family History Guide. It covers the following important areas of research: Research Intro—How to use the collector page for research in The Family History Guide Sources—Introducing genealogy sources and their importance Research Basics—Getting organized, basic research concepts, and strategies to...

Ancestry/Country Research/FamilySearch/FS Partners/Records/Research/U.S. Research
July 18, 2022

Interviewing Parents about their Younger Days

Note: This guest article was contributed by family history blogger Rachel Merashi.   Here are some questions to ask your parents about their youth and how it influenced them. We’re all losing out on the chance to speak about the essential things in our lives with our parents as time goes by. They are the only ones who can provide...

Memories
July 10, 2022

Family History: The Great Connector

You’ve heard them before … those time-worn reasons that people give for not becoming involved in family history. (And being involved really means doing anything meaningful in that area, not necessarily becoming a genealogist). Here are two of the most common ones: “I don’t have the time.” “Aunt Clara [or name a favorite relative] does all the genealogy in our...

General/Learning/Research
July 10, 2022

Update: Even More Video Info Buttons

The work continues for adding video Info buttons in The Family History Guide. There are now over 330 videos on the site that have Info buttons. You can click an Info button and it will display a list of helpful topic links inside the video, so you can jump directly to that location without having to scroll through. This also...

What is new at The FHG
July 4, 2022

Are There Orphans in Your Family Tree?

As you research back in your family tree, sooner or later your may find orphan ancestors. From the RootsWeb site: “Orphanages, which date from the seventeenth century in England, were originally workhouses, poorhouses, and asylums. Modern orphanages hardly resemble those depicted by Charles Dickens, but their purpose is the same: to shelter orphaned and abandoned children. Such institutions have existed...

Country Research/Research/U.S. Research
July 4, 2022

Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 11: Confirming What is Known, in New York and New England

Another episode of Unrehearsed Genealogy Research has been published:   https://youtu.be/tDW1OYc-b7g From James Tanner: “Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 11: Confirming what is known, in New York and New England is a review of what is known and unknown. There is no way to actually contribute new information to the huge FamilySearch.org Family Tree without going through a similar process. If...

Research/U.S. Research
June 26, 2022

FamilySearch and The Family History Guide: Summer Activities

Summer is a great time for family activities of all kinds, and of course that includes family history activities. The Family History Guide has over 200 great activities for families, individuals, youth, and kids, with a master index and a downloadable planning sheet as well. Recently FamilySearch published several posts on family history activities that feature The Family History Guide....

Family History Activities/FamilySearch/RootsTech
June 26, 2022

New QRB Video: Beginning Research in Australia

We recently published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video on YouTube: Beginning Research in Australia, narrated by Dr. James Tanner. The video covers early immigration, record sources, and techniques and strategies for Australian genealogy research. The video link can be found in Goal 1 of the Australia country page, and it is included below for your convenience. You can...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
June 26, 2022

Episode 11 of Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research

Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 11: Confirming what is known, in New York and New England https://youtu.be/tDW1OYc-b7g From James Tanner: “Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 11: Confirming what is known, in New York and New England is a review of what is known and unknown. There is no way to actually contribute new information to the huge FamilySearch.org Family Tree without going...

Research/U.S. Research
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