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September 28, 2019

The Family History Guide at the Family Roots Conference

The Family Roots Convention in sunny St. George, Utah concluded this weekend. I hosted a booth for The Family History Guide Association there, and there were plenty of opportunities to show The Family History Guide website and discuss it with the conference attendees. More and more people are saying they are using the site for individual learning or for training...

The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
September 28, 2019

Celebrating Two Years of Blogging

September 2019 marks the two-year anniversary of The Family History Guide blog (and before that, it was a popular semi-monthly newsletter). So far, we have published over 350 blog articles on a wide variety of topics, focusing—of course—on The Family History Guide. In honor of the 2 years of blogging, we’ve put together an Editor’s Picks list of 22 blog...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG
September 23, 2019

New: Home Page Updates

When you access The Family History Guide website, you’ll see a new look—it’s simpler and more colorful. Here’s a summary of the changes we’ve made to some key pages of the website, and why … Home Page: What’s Different Previously we had a group of four large tiles in the upper-right area of the Home page. The links from these...

What is new at The FHG
September 21, 2019

Closed Captioning for Our YouTube Videos

One of the cool features available for YouTube videos is closed captioning. This is where you see text across the bottom of the screen, matching the dialogue that’s happening in the video. Closed captioning is especially helpful for Hearing-impaired viewers Clarifying parts of the dialog that are soft or perhaps unclear Seeing dialog when the video volume needs to be...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG
September 16, 2019

The Family History Guide on Instagram

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide now has an Instagram page! This is a great place to follow The Family History Guide, especially with RootsTech London coming up in a little over a month. You can find a link to our Instagram page in the Blog/Social menu of The Family History Guide.        ...

Social Media/What is new at The FHG
September 16, 2019

The Miracle of Community Indexing

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Karen Meyer, Area Temple & Family History Consultant, North America Southwest. You open a heavy trunk, hidden by debris in a dusty attic. Lifting the lid, you see it is full of old pictures. You routinely turn them over in your hands. You notice that a few of the pictures have a name,...

Records/Research/U.S. Research
September 9, 2019

New: The MyHeritage App Project

You may be aware that over the past year, The Family History Guide has included Projects for three mobile apps: FamilySearch Tree, FamilySearch Memories, and Ancestry Family Tree. Now there are four, as we are just finishing a new mobile app Project for the MyHeritage App. The Project has entries in the Word Tracker and the Online Tracker so you can...

FS Partners/MyHeritage/Technology/What is new at The FHG
September 8, 2019

The Family History Guide’s New BYU Intern

We are proud to announce that a new intern from Brigham Young University has joined The Family History Guide Association—Hailey Belshe. Hailey has already begun attending meetings and is starting her first assignments as a content specialist for The Family History Guide website. Below is a brief bio and picture of her young family. Welcome aboard, Hailey! Hailey is a...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
September 1, 2019

The Family History Guide in Ontario

Recently, The Family History Guide was highlighted at the “One World, One Family” Conference held in Toronto, Canada. People from all over the Toronto area were invited to the Conference to learn more about their family history. Elder and Sister Johnson (names changed) were instrumental in helping coordinate efforts at the Conference, as well as setting up a display booth...

The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
September 1, 2019

Family Roots Conference, St. George, Utah

In less than a month, the annual Family Roots Conference will be held in St. George, Utah at the Dixie Convention Center. The dates for the conference are September 27-28, 2019. Keynote speakers include Stan Ellsworth, host of TV’s “American Ride” history program, and Hank Smith, popular author, blogger, and speaker. Also featured are 60 classes on family history and...

What is new at The FHG
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