Category: What is new at The FHG

New on YouTube: Explorations Series

In recent months we’ve been busy adding content to the Country pages in The Family History Guide, leading up to an exciting new piece to the puzzle: the Explorations Series of videos on our YouTube Channel. Each video highlights the features of a particular Country page, with some cool footage and a link that takes you directly to the page. ...

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...

The Demo Training Guide

We blogged earlier about the terrific volunteers who are assisting us this year at RootsTech 2020. A few weeks ago we also did an online training session for them,  to get everyone up to speed on giving demos for The Family History Guide website at RootsTech.  It occurred to us that the document we used for training, with a few...

New Feature: Stars Report

You’ve been seeing stars, so to speak; they’re in front of each article and video link in The Family History Guide. When you log in to the Online Tracker and click a star, it’s filled in to denote that you’ve read the article or watched the video. But The Family History Guide is pretty wide in scope, so how do...

New and Updated Videos

We’ve been busy on our YouTube Channel adding and updating videos for your enjoyment. Here are the two new videos we recently added: Ancestry Show Me video, Project 2: Family Tree, Goal 1 (covers tree navigation) Ancestry Show Me Video, Project 2: Family Tree, Goal 2 (covers editing person information) And here are the updated videos: The Family History Guide...

New: The Family History Guide Association Online Marketplace

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide Association Marketplace is now online! The purpose is to provide some great branded items for sale, with the proceeds going to benefit and sustain our non-profit organization.  About the Marketplace It’s important to know that the Marketplace is a separate website from The Family History Guide. You won’t see ads...

Our RootsTech 2020 Booth Workers

This year The Family History Guide Association has a large booth in the Expo Hall, at space #933. In addition to the mini-classes, we have five demo stations where our fantastic booth volunteers will be available to give demonstrations and answer questions about The Family History Guide. If you plan on being at RootsTech 2020, be sure to stop by...

The Home Page Gets a New Look

It has been a while coming, and now it’s here: the Home page has a streamlined and simplified look. We think the message of The Family History Guide comes through loud and clear, with the Mission Statement more visible in the middle, and featured in the bottom  section. Here’s a look at the top part of the new page: Menus...

“For Beginners” and the Learning System

The Family History Guide had some recent and significant additions: a newly updated “For Beginners” page, and the new Learning System page. Let’s take a look at each, and how they can help. For Beginners The previous Beginners page had an assortment of links, sorted by category, aimed at beginners in family history. The new “For Beginners” page focuses on...

New: Updates to Country Pages

In The Family History Guide there are links to about 70 country pages for research. These include some “collector pages” such as Central America, East Europe, Pacific Islands, and South America. There are also links to resources for hundreds of smaller countries around the globe. In preparation for RootsTech 2020 (Feb. 26-29), we have updated quite a few of the...