Category: What is new at The FHG

The Family History Guide Training in Nigeria

In the nation of Nigeria, family history work is especially challenging due to the limited availability of records. Most of the  genealogy is traditionally kept in oral histories, with little being written down. Also, computers and internet access are not as widespread as in many countries. But those challenges are not stopping a tireless group of consultants and family history...

New: Activities Index for the Come, Follow Me Companion

One of the highlights of the Come, Follow Me Companion is the variety of fun and engaging family history activities. There are several for each weekly lesson, and they can be adapted for the particular needs of families or individuals. To help you quickly find activities from past weeks at a glance, we have created the Activities Index. It’s a...

It’s Back: The Events Page

After a several-month hiatus, our Events page is back online—and there’s a lot going on this year. You can find the Events page in the Misc. menu. Below is a snapshot of the next half-year of events so far for The Family History Guide Association, as listed on the Events page. More details will be added as they become available....

Happy New Year, and the Tip of the Day

We at The Family History Guide Association want to wish you a Happy New Year for 2020! A new decade of family history and genealogy begins, and it will be interesting to see what trends and patterns emerge. We are excited to guide you through the maze of technology, records, and resources in your family history journey! To get the...

RootsTech Mini-Class Schedule at The Family History Guide Booth

If you plan to be at RootsTech 2020 in Salt Lake City (Feb. 26-29), be sure to stop by our booth in the Exhibit Hall (#933) … we would love to say hello and get acquainted. In addition to demos of the website, we will be offering 20-minute Mini-Classes on various aspects of The Family History Guide. The initial class...

The Top 20 for 2019

It’s that time of year—specifically, the end of the year—to take a look back at The Family History Guide’s year in review. Here are 20 accomplishments, ranked from 20 to 1 (yes, in a somewhat arbitrary scale): 20 – Help pages for Online Tracker Groups & Reporting In the Online Tracker, help pages were added for the Groups feature (creating...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

It is truly a most wonderful time of the year!  To our Christian friends, we wish you a joyous Christmas, remembering the transcendent gift of a Savior born to us in a simple manger in Bethlehem. To our Jewish friends, we wish you a happy Hanukkah week—may your menorahs shine brightly in the Festival of Lights! We thank you for...

Announcing the New Come, Follow Me Companion for 2020

The new year is almost upon us, and Latter-day Saints are looking forward to the new Come, Follow Me curriculum in 2020, focusing on the Book of Mormon. We have been hard at work creating the first few family history companion lessons, and we are excited to announce that they will be ready shortly after January 1, 2020. The web...

The Family History Guide Association: Bronze Sponsorship at RootsTech 2020

The Family History Guide Association is proud to announce that we will be a Bronze-Level Sponsor for RootsTech 2020! This will be year #5 for us at RootsTech, and we are excited to make this year’s RootsTech our best ever. We’ll keep you up to date on happenings in later blog posts, including our mini-class and presentation schedules. About the...

More Display Pages

The Display Pages are proving to be a popular and effective way to introduce people to The Family History Guide. Recently we have added new items to our Display Pages collections and content. Here’s a summary, to get you caught up on the latest:  New Project Pages collection. This collection includes a page for each of the Projects for FamilySearch, Ancestry,...