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October 11, 2020

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...

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September 27, 2020

The Updated Trainers Menu

We’ve done a bit of a makeover on the Trainers menu in The Family History Guide, simplifying the entries and adding a new Prepare a Class page. Here’s a summary of what’s new and improved in the Trainers menu. Prepare a Class The Prepare a Class page helps you with step-by-step instructions for preparing the classes you want to teach,...

Training/What is new at The FHG
September 27, 2020

What’s New in The Family History Guide

There are plenty of new items in The Family History Guide as of late. Here’s a rundown of what we’ve recently added, sorted by date: 9-27: Updated the Trainers menu and added new page for Prepare a Class (see this blog post). 9-26: Added links for American Ancestors and Family History Fanatics videos. 9-21: Added extra videos and resources for...

What is new at The FHG
September 20, 2020

Introducing The Family History Guide Youth Pages

We are excited to announce the addition of a new section in The Family History Guide: the Youth pages. These pages offer a fresh perspective for youth, ages 12-18, who are looking to get started with family history or have a more productive and enjoyable experience with it. You can find the new Youth section in the top menu: (Note:...

What is new at The FHG
September 13, 2020

New in The Family History Guide: The Tour

About a month ago we introduced a Get Started page that is driven by common questions that people ask about family history and genealogy. The page has links to pages in The Family History Guide that answer these questions, helping you get off to a good start in your family history journey. But what if you are new to The...

Learning/Navigation/Training/What is new at The FHG
August 23, 2020

What’s New in The Family History Guide

Here’s a brief review of some of the latest updates to The Family History Guide website. Some of them have been mentioned in previous blog posts, so the links to those articles are also included. Get Started We’ve changed the focus of the Get Started page. It was previously a group of alternatives to choose from; now it’s driven by...

What is new at The FHG
August 16, 2020

More Countries, More to Discover

The Countries page in The Family History Guide is divided into two basic sections. At the top is the familiar list of countries that have their own pages or groups of pages. Below that is a “More” link that opens up a list of the “smaller” countries in the world, or those that don’t have sufficient genealogy information for a...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG
August 10, 2020

A New Way to Get Started

One of the key pages in The Family History Guide is getting a makeover—it’s the Get Started page in the Intro menu. The previous look featured tiles and options to click for items of interest; the new look is question-driven. In fact, the page begins with a question: “How Do I …?” From there, you’ll see a list of starred...

Learning/Navigation/What is new at The FHG
July 26, 2020

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:          ...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
July 12, 2020

What’s New in The Family History Guide

Here are a few of the updates we’ve included recently in The Family History Guide and some additional details for each: Surname eBooks As described in  an earlier blog post, we’ve added over 900 links to online books on our Surname eBooks page. As a follow-up, we have included instructions at the top of that page for how to access...

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