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May 31, 2020

The Basic Steps in Cleaning Up the FamilySearch Family Tree

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner was published on the Genealogy’s Star site and is used with the author’s permission. Whether you are currently deeply involved in researching and adding new names to the FamilySearch.org Family Tree or just now beginning to learn about how to sign on, we all have the same basic challenges. I know I have...

FamilySearch/Research
May 24, 2020

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Five

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by James Tanner in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Analyzing genealogical records and documents boils down to making decisions about the accuracy of the records and documents. One of the most common categorizations of documents makes a distinction between an original document and a copy. This...

Country Research/Research/U.S. Research
May 24, 2020

Searching for Clues: When Census and Vital Records Are Not Enough

Growing up as a kid, I loved watching movies about finding lost treasure. The hero usually hears of a legend, finds an ancient artifact or treasure map, and has to follow its clues while fighting off the greedy villain. After a long and difficult struggle, the hero finds the treasure and everything works out in the end! Family history can...

FamilySearch/Research/U.S. Research/Uncategorized
May 10, 2020

Source Citations: Where Did That Information Come From?

Editor’s note: This article was written by Zachary Matthews, BYU Intern for the Family History Guide Association. You are at your computer, getting ready to do some genealogical research on your favorite website. You decided to go in a different direction today and look at your 5th great–grandmother’s uncle and his family. However, when you clicked on his profile, you...

Research/U.S. Research
May 10, 2020

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Four

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner originally appeared in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Courtroom in the Charles E. Simons Jr. Federal Court House, named for District Court Judge Charles Earl Simons Jr. in 1986, located in Aiken, South Carolina Jargon is defined as the use of special words or expressions that...

Research
April 26, 2020

The New Africa Country Pages

You’ve probably seen the South Africa country page in The Family History Guide. Now it is being joined by four new country pages: Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) Nigeria You can access these pages from the Countries menu by clicking All Countries and selecting them from the list; or, you can select Asia/Pacific/Africa and then...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG
April 26, 2020

Update: Ancestry Academy Videos

Ancestry Academy has published training videos on a wide variety of genealogy topics. many of which are linked from The Family History Guide. You may not be aware that recently Ancestry Academy has made some changes in their video catalog. Here’s a summary: The URL formats for most of the articles have changed. The new URLs are included in The...

Ancestry/Navigation/Research/Training/U.S. Research
April 26, 2020

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Three

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner appeared recently in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. It has been a while since I started out with a pancake illustration. This is the best example of what is involved with the levels of jurisdiction in geographical naming conventions. There is a legal definition of the...

Records/Research
April 19, 2020

New Goal for Goldie May in The Family History Guide

Several weeks ago we announced the new partnership between the Goldie May research assistant and The Family History Guide Association (read the article here). In the past few days we have added a new Project 4 Goal for Goldie May, with Choices and step-by-step instructions for using it. Here’s a summary of the Choices in the Goal: Choice A: Installation—Get...

FamilySearch/Research/What is new at The FHG
April 19, 2020

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Two

Editor’s note: This article by James Tanner originally appeared in the Genealogy’s Star site and is used with the author’s permission. The most effective way to learn how to analyze any subject is through the “case method.” This is used almost exclusively in law schools to teach people how to be lawyers although the use of the case method does...

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