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October 21, 2018

What’s New in The Family History Guide Facebook Pages

As you are probably aware, we have two Facebook pages: one is for the Main page of The Family History Guide, and the other is for the Trainers, Consultants, and Directors page. The latter is a closed Group, but anyone with an interest in family history training is welcome to join. Below are some of the features we have instituted...

Country Research/Social Media/Training
September 9, 2018

Inside the Guide: The Other Side of Computer Basics

One of the handy features of The Family History Guide is the Computer Basics section. It’s primarily designed for those who are new to computers, or those who want to improve their basic computing skills for family history. Yes, there are even steps to show you how to turn a computer on or off (although beginners would likely need a...

Social Media/Technology
August 12, 2018

How To Create and Reap The Benefits of Family History Blogs

As a creator of seventeen family history blogs (with plans for more), I am obviously and unabashedly a proponent of this simple way to record, track, organize, access and share family history!  Blogging is now easier than ever. With the varied platforms available and an abundance of online help, why not take advantage of this fantastic family history tool to...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records/Social Media/Technology
July 15, 2018

What Matters Most

  Mitchell’s Journey is a tender, heartbreaking, inspiring story about an incredible young boy who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at an early age, and eventually died from the disease. His father, Christopher M. Jones established a Facebook page to chronicle his son’s journey and continues to post photos, essays, and videos about Mitchell’s story. His personal reflections on...

Family History Activities/Memories/Social Media
May 4, 2018

Tips for Hosting a Virtual Family Reunion

If you are planning a family reunion and face the challenge of how to gather everyone in the same place at the same time, this blog post is for you! In his 2016 RootsTech Video Presentation, Joseph Richardson offers a solution to the issue of families being spread far and wide: host a virtual family reunion! The Family History Guide Activities Section...

Family History Activities/Memories/RootsTech/Social Media/Technology
March 23, 2018

Check Out the Free App “Famicity”- a Private Social Network and FamilySearch Partner

There is a new app in town and it might be just what you and your family are looking for! FamilySearch announced France-based Famicity.com as its newest partner in September of 2017. Famicity is a free and fun social media app (IOS and Android) and website that offers all of your family members a private social network based on a family tree. Each will have the opportunity to collaboratively tell and preserve...

Family History Activities/Memories/Social Media/Technology
January 2, 2018

Ideas and Help for Using Social Media – “The New Language of Family History”

Social media has been referred to as “the new language of family history,” and The Family History Guide is here to help anyone learn to speak it! In addition to suggestions found in Social Media Activities for Youth, Families, and Individuals, more tools for learning and using social media for family history are listed in Project 7, Goal 3 (FamilySearch) or Project 6 Goal 3 for Ancestry,...

Family History Activities/Social Media/Technology
December 18, 2017

Capture and Share the Moment with the Fun, Free, Family History-focused “Marco Polo” App

Avery Hartmans, a tech reporter for The Business Insider, writes, “If you’ve ever wanted to recapture the magic of playing with walkie-talkies as a kid, there’s an app designed to do just that — 2017-style.” She is describing  the app Marco Polo, created by Joya Communications whose website states that its mission is “to help people feel close no matter the distance, enabling people to...

Family History Activities/Memories/Social Media/Technology
November 11, 2017

What is the Benefit of Facebook for Family History and Genealogy?

These past couple of months I have had lots of questions about what social media has to do with family history and genealogy.  Most people can name several social media platforms but don’t recognize that there are hundreds and hundreds of Social Media platforms.  In the broadest sense of the definition, social media is any platform that offers interaction with...

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