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January 3, 2022

New QRB Video: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland. The video gives an overview of the history of Scotland and where to find the resources you need for Scottish research. The video is available on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics playlist, as well as in Goal...

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December 13, 2021

Sneak Peek: Our RootsTech 2022 Video List

As we noted in an earlier blog article, RootsTech 2022 is coming fast, and we have been busy preparing for it. An important part of the preparation is creating videos for The Family History Guide’s Bronze Level sponsorship. We will be providing approximately 24 videos in a number of categories. While we can’t share the actual videos yet, we thought...

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December 13, 2021

Country Pages, Large to Small

In traditional terms, a “large” country can be big in area—such as Russia, China, or Brazil—or population, such as China, India, or Indonesia. In the world of genealogy, a large country can be thought of one with a lot of available records, such as the United States, England, and Canada. In The Family History Guide, country pages are generally grouped...

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November 22, 2021

New QRB Video – Researching Records in Canada

We have just published a new video on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics (QRB) playlist. It’s titled Researching Records in Canada, and its a companion to the Beginning Your Research video that was published last month. This new video covers the following topics: History and types of Canadian records Finding records on the major Partner sites Using...

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October 31, 2021

New QRB Video: Researching Your Canadian Ancestors

We recently posted a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video to our YouTube Channel: “Researching Your Canadian Ancestors.” The video covers the history, language, and religions of Canada to prepare you for successful Canadian research. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel ( ), or in Goal 1 of the Canada country page, or in the example embedded...

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October 31, 2021

Publication Online of the 1921 Census of England and Wales

Quoting from an email announcement from Findmypast.com, Findmypast and The National Archives have announced that the 1921 Census of England & Wales will be published online on 6 January 2022. From that day forward, everyone will be able to search and explore the census online, only at Findmypast. For the first time, the details of 38 million people captured in over...

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October 18, 2021

New QRB Video: Researching Records in the Netherlands

We recently added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video to our YouTube Channel and to Goal 1 of the Netherlands country page. It’s titled “Researching Records in the Netherlands” and provides you with some great tips on how to find and use essential records for your research in that country. There are now two intro (QRB) videos in Goal...

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September 26, 2021

FamilySearch, RootsTech, and The Family History Guide

Recently, FamilySearch sent out a RootsTech email to its many subscribers, titled “4 Tips to Help with Your Research.” It has links to a featured video, as well as three additional videos from RootsTech 2021. We were delighted to see The Family History Guide represented in the final two sections: Research Tips: Vital Records, and Ancestor and Homeland Research Tips....

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September 26, 2021

What Does It Take to Have Access to Genealogical Records?

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Each of the large online genealogy family tree/record websites advertises the large number of records they have available for doing user research. In many cases there are various levels of indexing to support the records they claim to have available. But access is not determined by the...

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September 19, 2021

New Country Pages in The Family History Guide

We have recently added country pages for the following nations: Armenia Israel Lebanon Sri Lanka These pages are available in the Countries menu (All Countries) and as separate Goal pages in the Asia collector page. Previously they were listed in the “More Countries” section of the Countries page. More Countries vs. All Countries You may be wondering why some countries...

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Category: Country Research