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January 31, 2018

Looking Up, Down Under

We are pleased to announce the addition this week of research pages on The Family History Guide for the Australian States. You can find the links on the Australia country page, below the main photo: Here are the individual links to the Australian State pages: New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Each of these pages features...

Country Research/Navigation/Records/What is new at The FHG
January 29, 2018

Welcoming Our New Content Specialists

It takes a lot of work to keep the website content for The Family History Guide fresh, appealing, and relevant. We have added a group of Content Specialist volunteers to help us bring you the best in family history learning, just where you need it. Our new Content Specialists are: Laurie Beardall, Industry Partners Ada Nelson, Latin America Jim Millecam,...

Country Research/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
January 29, 2018

Making Family History Come Alive – Give the Free Kinmapper App a Try

Google “where did my ancestors live” and there will be about 3,920,000 results (in 0.51 seconds no less!) with suggestions from where to find records to how to interpret plot maps. Can we say that this amount of information can be a tad overwhelming? The Family History Guide lists a link on the Youth Activities Page to a lesson plan produced by the National...

Country Research/Family History Activities/Memories
January 22, 2018

QUIKLinks – Just in Time

One of the popular design features of The Family History Guide is what we call “just-in-time learning.” With just-in-time learning, the articles and videos you need are placed right where you need them as you study about a topic. So the next logical step? We’re combining QUIKLinks with just-in-time learning. In addition to the lists of QUIKLinks at the top...

Country Research/Learning/Navigation/Records
October 13, 2017

Case Studies: Learning from the Best

One of the unique features of The Family History Guide is that it brings some of the best tools for family history research into one easy-to-use location. Learning from the best is something that people have done for ages: if you want to become a great painter or musician, you study their works to help you develop your own style....

Case Studies/Country Research/Learning
September 17, 2017

Integrating The Family History Guide “Countries” Section with Google Earth – a winning combination for family fun!

An exciting and memorable experience is in store when you combine using Google Earth with resources found in the Countries page of The Family History Guide (see Bob Taylor’s overview here). This is so much fun that it made the “top ten favorite family history activities” list at the Anderson home! Research your family history countries together and then gather around to...

Country Research/Family History Activities
September 16, 2017

Exploring the World with The Family History Guide

Finding international resources for your family history research is quick, easy, and powerful with The Family History Guide. Instead of spending time navigating through a maze of menus, you can get to your destination in a matter of seconds, using the Countries page. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer … Getting There You can access Countries from...

Country Research/Learning
September 11, 2017

Fostering Independent Learning with The Family History Guide

One of the things I love the most about The Family History Guide is how it allows a person to grow and learn independently.  Of course everyone needs help when they are getting started with family history, but how long can a person realistically sit at another person’s elbow as they go forward in their learning?  If we don’t foster that independent...

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