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September 14, 2025

Learning about Chrome Flex OS

Chrome Flex OS is a lightweight operating system from Google that can give new life to older computers. It’s oriented towards streaming and internet browsing, and so it doesn’t have a lot of the storage and processing capabilities included with the Windows or Mac OS. However, Chrome Flex OS can be an attractive alternative for users who may not be...

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August 4, 2025

The FamilySearch Together App

Recently FamilySearch introduced the Together app on its website. Here’s a brief description from a FamilySearch Help Center article: “Together by FamilySearch is an exciting new way for youth to connect with their parents, grandparents, and other family members. Users will find ways to develop stronger family bonds and create lasting memories through interactive games and activities.” Here are the...

Family History Activities/FamilySearch/Technology

June 20, 2025

What AI Says about The Family History Guide

I recently asked Microsoft Copilot this basic question: “What Is The Family History Guide?” Here is the response I got: “The Family History Guide is a free, comprehensive learning system designed to help people explore and document their family history. It offers step-by-step guidance for using popular genealogy platforms like FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast. What makes it especially useful...

artificial intelligence/Technology/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG

March 23, 2025

Update: Google Translate Buttons

For a number of years, we have had Select Language buttons for Google Translate on the website. This allows you to translate the site into any of the 100 or so languages that Google Translate supports. Recently there has been an issue on the site with the buttons not always behaving reliably. Sometimes they were switching to horizontal view instead...

Technology/What is new at The FHG

October 27, 2024

Some Common Steps to Online Security

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Security is one of the major concerns of the day. You can regularly read about huge websites and databases being hacked and the information stored compromised. Security on your computer or your smartphone should be as automatic as locking your door at night (or during the day...

Technology

September 29, 2024

Miles Ahead: Catching Up with Miles Meyer

Miles Meyer, our Education Director for The Family History Guide Association, is not one to let the grass grow under his feet—even in the Florida Everglades. Here’s a brief look at what he has going on, taken from recent blog post on his genealogy blog site: 1) I am finishing up my first set of classes at the International Institute...

Technology/The Family History Guide Association/Training

May 25, 2024

Breaking News: The Family History Guide on PBS

It has been a landmark week for The Family History Guide Association. On May 20 we received an unexpected email from “Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid,” a popular documentary series that runs on various PBS channels. Their research team had selected us as a potential partner for the filming of their new project: Roots Rediscovered – Exploring the World of Genealogy....

General/Technology/The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG

May 5, 2024

10 Company Blogs You Shouldn’t Miss

Last week we posted a blog article titled “Ten Family History Bloggers You Should Know” to emphasize some of the great work that individual bloggers are doing in family history. This week we are following up with a look at corporate blog sites that offer many free resources and expert articles about genealogy. Let’s get started with the list—and remember...

Social Media/Technology

April 28, 2024

Ten Family History Bloggers You Should Know

Well-written blog articles can be a tremendous resource for learning family history skills. The Family History Guide has links to many hundreds of blog articles, arranged by topic in Goals and Choices throughout the site. In this article we’ll highlight the blog sites of 10 noted family history and genealogy bloggers, each of which is referenced in The Family History...

Technology

March 3, 2024

AI Update: Tools from MyHeritage and Ancestry

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an integral part of how genealogy companies develop their tools and technologies. Two examples are MyHeritage and Ancestry, who have been in the family history business for many years. You can learn about some of their latest efforts in this article. MyHeritage MyHeritage.com has released two interesting tools: a search engine for records based...

Ancestry/artificial intelligence/MyHeritage/Technology

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