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October 6, 2024

Update: More Countries Quizzes

Last week we introduced eight Countries Quizzes, alphabetically from Argentina to England. Since then we have added 16 additional quizzes as follows: England Part 2: Civil Registration Iceland Part 1: Research Iceland Part 2: Researching Records Ireland Part 1: Research and Records Ireland Part 2: Researching Irish Records Italy Part 1: Starting Your Research Italy Part 2: Researching Records Mexico:...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 29, 2024

Introducing Quizzes for Countries

For several years we have had a number of interactive quizzes in The Family History Guide, collected on the Quizzes page of the Trainers menu. These also include a number of quizzes for United States research topics, based on articles in the Choices. We are now adding quizzes for country pages, based on the QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos by...

What is new at The FHG
September 22, 2024

ViewPoint with Dennis Quaid: Filming Update

This week we completed the video filming for our partnership project with ViewPoint and The Family History Guide Association. The next step will be video editing, a process that will take about five to six weeks. Then the PBS video, documentary video, and 30-second commercial will be released nationwide sometime between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Those who were interviewed...

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September 16, 2024

Update: New Online Tracker Sheets

Work on the new Online Tracker Sheets continued this past week, and we now have a number of new Google sheets for countries research, as well as an update to the previously finished Platforms sheet. Here’s are the new Countries sheets, each with links to Class Outlines, Choices, Practice Exercises, and more: US, Canada, and Mexico British Isles Scandinavia Europe...

Country Research/Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG
September 9, 2024

New: Online Tracker Sheets

If you have used The Family History Guide for a while, you’re probably familiar with the Online Tracker. It’s a secure database where you create a free account and enter notes and progress as you work on Goals and Choices in The Family History Guide. Now we are introducing a new option: Online Tracker Sheets. Here’s a quick summary …...

Online Tracker/What is new at The FHG
September 1, 2024

What’s New in The Family History Guide

We have been busy—no surprise there—updating content and features in The Famiy History Guide website. Here’s a roundup of some of the updates you’ll find on the site, as well as a brief look at what’s coming in future months. Practice Exercises: There are now over 700 Practices Exercises, each with research problems to solve, hints for record searches, and answers....

What is new at The FHG
September 1, 2024

The Candy Store

Recently, several of our long-time users remarked that visiting The Family History Guide was like being a kid in a candy store. Now that’s a delicious comparison! While each person may have his or her preferred sweet treat, let’s take a look at 10 features of The Family History Guide that could qualify as “candy store” items for genealogists …...

What is new at The FHG
August 25, 2024

Maribel’s Story

Maribel Medina is a popular family history trainer and consultant in the San Diego area. As we mentioned in a previous blog article, she will participate with other representatives from The Family History Guide Association in the upcoming Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid project about family history in the United States, for broadcast nationwide. Recently Maribel was featured in a blog...

FamilySearch/Training/What is new at The FHG
August 25, 2024

Update: “Show Me” Slides

In the Trainers menu for The Family History Guide is an entry for Show Me slides. These Google slides are a step-by-step visual reference that helps you learn the basic features of FamilySearch, such as navigation skills, adding sources for records,  managing photographs and documents in Memories, etc. They show screen shots, diagrams, and notes to make learning a breeze....

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