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December 27, 2025

An Update of the Now Seventeen Rules of Genealogy

Note: This article appeared previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The recent BYU Library Family History Center webinar “An Update of the Now Seventeen Rules of Genealogy” is also available on YouTube – https://youtu.be/mDIGO80_xCM. Here is a summary of the YouTube video. This presentation, delivered by James Tanner at the BYU Library Family History Center, provides a vital “reality...

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November 16, 2025

More Practice Exercises, England Counties

Over the past few weeks we have added more Record Search Practice Exercises for England counties. Below are the new additions so far, with more to come. To access the England county pages, use the the alphabetical list in the England country page (just below the main picture). To see a complete list of Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide, click here for...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG

October 18, 2025

Name the Town, Find the Ancestors

I have a friend who was recently called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the Birmingham England Mission. I sent him an email to ask what town he was currently in, and he said that the town is Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk county. That rang a bell, as I remembered...

Ancestry/Country Research/Research

October 12, 2025

Finding Records Lost Online in the AI Universe

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. FamilySearch.org‘s Full-text Search capability is an overwhelming change to way genealogical searches are conducted and may well modify or replace any current way of searching historical documents. At the heart of using a previously unavailable tool for genealogical research is an artificial intelligence supported handwriting recognition. Currently, the...

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October 4, 2025

New Practice Exercises, England Counties

Over the past few weeks we have begun adding Record Search Practice Exercises for England counties. Below are the new additions so far, with more to come. Note: the census links below apply to electoral records. (There are already quite a few church and cemetery Practice Exercises for England counties.) To access the England county pages, use the the alphabetical...

Country Research/U.S. Research

September 6, 2025

What I Learned from 1418 Consultations for FamilySearch

Note: This article has been updated to reflect that FamilySearch consultations have not been discontinued. During the past five years, I have scheduled 1418 online consultations for FamilySearch.org. These consultations originated from the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library website. There were dozens of people volunteering to respond to the consultation requests, mostly Church Service Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Country Research/FamilySearch/Learning/Training/U.S. Research

August 4, 2025

New QRB Video: Researching Genealogical Records in Ukraine

We have added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner, for researching genealogical records in Ukraine. This is Part 2 of the QRB series for Ukraine and brings the total number of QRB videos on our YouTube Channel to 93. The video is embedded in Choice B of Goal 1 of the Ukraine country page, and it’s...

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July 28, 2025

New Class Outlines: England Counties

We are adding new Class Outlines to our collection. The Class Outlines can be used to deliver training to others on a wide variety of genealogy topics, or they can be used effectively as self-study methods. In eiter case, the Class Outlines are based on the content in The Family History Guide. The latest ones are for England counties: You...

Country Research/Training

June 29, 2025

Major update to FamilySearch England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The England Jurisdictions Map of 1851 has been a long-time FamilySearch.org feature. It has disappeared for times in the past and recently has had its own location. The URL for the map is unique: https://www.familysearch.org/en/mapp/ Yes, the URL has two “ps” in map. This FamilySearch.org website is relatively obscure...

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June 8, 2025

New QRB video: Starting Your Research in Ukraine

We have added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner, “Starting Your Genealogical Research in Ukraine.” This brings the total number of QRB videos on our YouTube Channel to 93. The video is embedded in Goal 1 of the Ukraine country page, and it’s also included below for your convenience. Enjoy!

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