Category: FS Partners

New: The Family History Guide Q&A Center

We’re happy to announce an exciting new feature in The Family History Guide—the Q&A Center. This tool can be used both for individual self-study and for training family history consultants or trainers. In The Family History Guide, you can access the Q&A Center in the Intro menu or in the Trainers menu. About the Q&A Center It’s fitting that The...

New BYU FHL Video: Research with The Family History Guide

On Thursday, July 7 we recorded a new webinar video for the BYU Family History Library, titled Research with The Family History Guide. It covers the following important areas of research: Research Intro—How to use the collector page for research in The Family History Guide Sources—Introducing genealogy sources and their importance Research Basics—Getting organized, basic research concepts, and strategies to...

10 Ways to Enhance and Improve Your Experience with the FamilySearch Family Tree

Editor’s Note: This blog article by James Tanner was originally published in the Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad blog site and is used with the author’s permission. 10 Ways to Enhance and Improve Your Experience with the FamilySearch Family Tree There are a number of very specific things you can do to enhance and improve your experience with the FamilySearch.org Family Tree....

Is The Family History Guide for Experienced Researchers?

Although The Family History Guide is often thought of as a learning center for those new to family history, it’s also surprisingly good resource for those who are more experienced. These are people who know the basics of family history and have “been around the block” with research. Two areas where The Family History Guide shines are these: making research...

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...