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March 17, 2024

Updates to Country Pages and Menus

We recently revised and expanded the Countries menu in The Family History Guide. Here’s a summary of the changes that were made: Mexico has been added to the top area. New sections include Caribbean, Central America, and Africa. The North America section has been removed, since it is covered by United States, Canada, and Mexico in the top area, and...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG
January 14, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Navigating Country Pages

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that helps you find and use the Country page resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers how to use the various menus to find country pages for research, as well as the “smaller” countries that typically have fewer records. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 14, 2024

New QRB Video: Starting Research in Austria

We have added a new video to our QRB (Quick Research Basics) playlist: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Austria, by James Tanner. It covers history, geography, research tips and more, to help you find your Austrian ancestors. There are now 88 videos in the QRB playlist, covering many countries around the world as well as providing basic tips for successful research...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
December 3, 2023

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Argentina

We have added a new video to our QRB (Quick Research Basics) playlist: Researching Genealogical Records in Argentina, by James Tanner. It covers essential records, maps and locations, and online resources that will help you succeed in finding and documenting your Ancestors from Argentina. You can watch the video on the QRB playlist noted above, and it’s also included below...

Country Research/YouTube
November 13, 2023

New in The Family History Guide: Practice Exercises Index

As we noted in an earlier blog post, there are currently 333 Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide, from beginning to advanced levels in quite a few states and countries. What has been missing up until now is a way to find the exercises, other than just opening up various country pages and looking for them. We now have...

Country Research/Research/Training/What is new at The FHG
October 1, 2023

Update on Practice Exercises

Here is a quick update on the Record Search Practice Exercises that have been added to The Family History Guide. We are pleased to announce that at this time there 333 practice exercises available, each connected to a record collection via a QUIKLink in The Family History Guide, and each with problem statements, hints, and answers. More exercises are on...

Country Research/Records/Research/What is new at The FHG
September 25, 2023

New QRB Video: Starting Your Research in Argentina

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Argentina, by James Tanner. This is the first in a two-part series on Argentina research. You can view this latest video in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Argentina country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 10, 2023

New QRB Video: Researching Genealogical Records in Italy

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Researching Genealogical Records in Italy, by James Tanner. This is the second in a two-part series on Italian research. You can view this latest video in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Italy country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and stay...

Country Research/Research
July 30, 2023

BYU-I Pathways and The Family History Guide: Practice Exercise Initiative

BYU-Idaho and BYU Pathways Worldwide have teamed up to provide a popular Family History Research curriculum, available online and quite affordable (as low as $81 per credit). As noted in an earlier blog post on this site, this curriculum refers to The Family History Guide as an important resource in its downloadable course handbook. We are excited to announce a...

Country Research/Records/Research/Training/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
July 30, 2023

New QRB Video: Research in Italy

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Italy, by James Tanner. You can view it in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Italy country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more QRB videos coming your way!

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