Category: The Family History Guide Association

Black Friday and Amazon Smile

Black Friday is just around the corner on November 27. This is a great opportunity to support The Family History Guide Association, a non-profit charitable organization as you shop on Amazon. On smile.amazon.com you can select The Family History Guide Association as your preferred giving organization, and Amazon will donate a percentage of the dollar amount of your purchases to...

Amazon Prime Day: An Opportunity for Support

One of the busiest shopping days of the year is quickly approaching: it’s Amazon Prime Day, starting on Tuesday, October 13 and running through Wednesday, October 14. In addition to grabbing some great bargains, Amazon Prime Day is also an important opportunity to contribute to The Family History Guide Association, through the Amazon Smile program. When you sign up for...

High Five – It’s Our 5th Birthday!

Yes, believe it or not, The Family History Guide has been online for five great years! It was late July in 2015 when we officially launched the website, just before its debut at the BYU Family History Conference in Provo, Utah. For nostalgia’s sake, here is what the original home page looked like in 2015:          ...

Welcome to Our Two New BYU Interns

We are excited to have two new Interns with us, who are currently students in the Brigham Young University Family History Department. Please join us in welcoming them to The Family History Guide Association. They will be working to improve and expand content in The Family History Guide, in their areas of expertise. Zachary Matthews Zach specializes in United States...

More Giving Options for The Family History Guide Association

There are now two new ways to support The Family History Guide Association, as explained in the paragraphs below. For more information on how you can donate to The Family History Guide Association, click here. Fidelity Fund         We are now registered with the Fidelity Charitable Giving Fund. Essentially, this is a fund devoted solely to donating...

Introducing Our New Education Director, Miles Meyer

We are excited to announce that Miles Meyer is joining us as our new Education Director. We have some important new initiatives we are starting for training, and Miles will be directly involved with them. Here are several of the items: Establishing a strategy for remote training Organizing a new Volunteer Presenters program Expansion of the Certified Trainers program A...

Guidestar Platinum 2020 and Microsoft Rewards Charity

We recently achieved two milestones that we are proud to share: Guidestar Platinum 2020 Our non-profit organization, The Family History Guide Association, has earned the 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency, showcasing the progress and results we’re making toward our mission. At the bottom of each web page in The Family History Guide, you’ll see our new Guidestar link in the...

The Family History Guide and Home Schooling

Editor’s Note: This article by James Tanner appeared in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. After living through the effects of last week’s announcements about the Coronavirus COVID-19 and the fact that many schools across the United States are now temporarily closed, it seems to me to be a natural extension of the school...

We’re Still Standing!

From our COO, Bob Ives: With all the unsettling things going on in today’s world, I find it comforting to be able to think about something other than the current events of the day. Yes, that can be hard if you are wondering what tomorrow may bring or you are sequestered or quarantined. Focusing on something that can be calming...

RootsTech 2020 Roundup

RootsTech 2020 is just days away, so we thought we’d include a roundup of events for The Family History Guide Association. Here’s what to look for: Booth #933 Stop by and see us in Booth #933, just a bit north of the FamilySearch booth. Volunteers will be on hand for demos of the website and to answer your questions. This...