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April 5, 2020

New Ancestry Show-Me Videos

This past week we added three new Show Me videos to The Family History Guide for Ancestry Project 2: Family Tree. Here are the links and brief descriptions for each: Project 2 Goal 3: Add or Remove People Project 2 Goal 4: Edit Relationships Project 2 Goal 5: Explore Hints You can also find these Show Me videos in the...

Ancestry/What is new at The FHG
January 5, 2020

New Show Me Videos and Country Page Updates

On our YouTube Channel there are quite a few Show Me videos for FamilySearch Goals. We now have two new Ancestry Show Me videos on the channel, with more Ancestry videos to come: Ancestry Project 1, Goal 1: Account and Tree Setup Ancestry Project 1, Goal 3: Customize Your Homepage   Country Page Updates We are making enhancements and additions...

Ancestry/Country Research/YouTube
December 1, 2019

Updated Ancestry Pages in The Family History Guide

Ancestry.com has been busy with new features and site changes recently, so we have likewise updated our Ancestry pages in The Family History Guide. Below is a list of some of the updates we’ve made on our website, by Project, Goal and Choice. The corresponding entries in the Word Tracker files and the Online Tracker have also been updated.  ...

Ancestry/What is new at The FHG
November 18, 2019

Researching in U.S. Counties

Doing family history research in the United States? You’ll enjoy the resources in the Family History Guide; there are separate research pages for each of the 50 states, plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. And when it comes to doing county research, we’ve got you covered there as well. Under the main picture on each state page, there is a...

Ancestry/FamilySearch/Research/U.S. Research
July 6, 2019

Updates to Ancestry DNA Pages

Ancestry has made some significant changes to its DNA testing features, including ThruLines™ and more DNA  matching resources. We have recently completed corresponding updates to the Ancestry DNA pages of The Family History Guide. Here’s a brief summary of the changes you’ll see in Ancestry Project 7: DNA … Goal 3: DNA Tests: Added links to Ancestry Help articles Updated...

Ancestry/DNA/What is new at The FHG
June 30, 2019

The Ancestry App Project Is Here

Phones and tablets are becoming an increasingly popular way to access family history. We recently introduced Projects in The Family History Guide for two FamilySearch apps: Family Tree and Memories. These are available at the bottom of the FamilySearch menu. This week we are introducing a new Project, for the Ancestry app. It’s at the bottom of the Ancestry menu...

Ancestry/Technology/What is new at The FHG
May 20, 2019

The Family History Guide: An Ancestry Affiliate

Recently The Family History Guide Association became an affiliate of Ancestry.com. The Ancestry affiliate program is designed for websites who are increasing awareness of Ancestry and offering viewers the opportunity to start a trial membership. When the trial is converted to a full membership, the affiliate website organization receives a commission on the membership fee. This is especially helpful for...

Ancestry/FS Partners/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
March 25, 2019

Treasured Takeaways From Rootstech 2019

My mind is still flooded with the incredible memories of Rootstech this year.  It is a wonderful experience to be on the management team of The Family History Guide and to see and experience what goes on in a year’s worth of planning behind the scenes.  A big shout out to Bob Taylor and Bob Ives for the hundreds of hours of...

Ancestry/DNA/FamilySearch/FS Partners/Learning/RootsTech
December 3, 2018

Resolving Dead Ends in Trees, Part One

Editor’s Note: Thanks to our guest blogger, Karen Meyer, currently serving as an Area Temple and Family History Consultant in the Scottsdale (AZ) Coordinating Council, for this blog post. In Part One,  she outlines some common causes for dead ends in family trees and how to address them.   Problem #1: Too many Census Data Sheets for the same year. One...

Ancestry/Records/U.S. Research
December 1, 2018

The Family History Guide: Essentials for Everyone

One of the reasons for the remarkable growth of The Family History Guide is that it offers something useful and important to just about everyone. We’ve done a bit of thinking on this topic and come up with a list of 10 family history “audiences” and what might appeal to them in The Family History Guide. Some of us, of...

Ancestry/Country Research/FamilySearch/General/Navigation/Records/Technology/Training/U.S. Research
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