Category: What is new at The FHG

The Family History Guide at the NGS 2021 Conference

We’re excited to announce that The Family History Guide Association will be a Diamond-level Sponsor at the upcoming National Genealogical Society Conference on May 17-21. The conference is virtual this year, with workshops, showcases, presentation, and more. There will also be streaming of the events and sessions, beginning June 15. From the NGS website: “The main event, NGS 2021 Live!, is Wednesday...

Introducing the VIP: Volunteer Instructor Program

Training others in family history has always been an essential aspect of The Family History Guide. The embedded Learning System  of Projects, Goals, Choices, and Steps makes it easier to learn and teach concepts. As we have thought of ways to help family history trainers on a more formal basis, three programs have evolved: Regional Trainers were assigned to cover...

Hi Five Live and The Family History Guide

On Friday, April 9 Bob Taylor and Bob Ives appeared on the popular Facebook streaming event “Hi Five Live.” The program was part of the regular Friday series called “The Gathering” hosted by Scott and Angelle Anderson. The discussion was about 25 minutes long and covered topics such as how The Family History Guide Association began, what the website offers,...

A Different Look for the Home Page

When you access the Home Page for The Family History Guide, you’ll notice a new look. There’s one cover photo now, with a centered layout for the text and buttons. On phones, the single photo makes for less scrolling. The photo may be changed occasionally for variety. The three buttons are numbered in suggested order of use: 1 for the...

New: Quizzes for United States Pages

In The Family History Guide, we have had interactive quizzes for Learning Paths (FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast) for a while. You can find them on the Quizzes page or linked in the header area for the individual Goal page. These quizzes are great for self-guided learning and for instructors and mentors who want to measure learning progress for those...

What’s New in The Family History Guide – 3/29/2021

Here is a summary list of updates made to The Family History Guide website, as of Mar. 29, 2021: 3-29-2021 – In the County sections for U.S. states, added links to Facebook genealogy groups. 3-22-2021 – Added a new Quick Research Basics video for England Civil Registration, narrated by Kathryn Grant. 3-22-2021 – Updated the Show Me video for FamilySearch...

New Videos for Quick Research Basics and Show Me

There are two new videos this week on our YouTube Channel: England Civil Registration (Quick Research Basics) FamilySearch Project 1, Goal 11: Merging Records (Show Me) England Civil Registration We are excited to have Kathryn Grant as the creator and narrator of this new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video. She is an instructional designer and genealogy expert, well-known for her...

New on Our YouTube Channel: Language Playlists

As you probably know, most of the videos in our YouTube Channel have formatted subtitles available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino. You can also get unformatted subtitles (without punctuation, editing improvements, etc.) for any of the 100 or so languages supported by Google Translate. Recently we have taken language support a step further, by...

Using the Activities Planning Sheet

There is a new feature in the Activities menu of The Family History Guide—it’s the Activities Planning Sheet. This is a Google sheet that you can transfer to your device to help you plan and track family history activities. You can make a copy of the sheet and save it to your Google Drive, or you can download it as...

Welcome to our New Intern, Julia Cook

We are excited to welcome our newest Intern for The Family History Guide Association, Julia Cook. She is comes to us recommended by the Student Development Department at Brigham Young University. Julia has already begun working on evaluating content links in The Family History Guide, to optimize how content is arranged between the main sections of the website and the...