Category: What is new at The FHG

What Is The Family History Guide?

Editor’s Note: The following article by James Tanner was originally published on his blog site “Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad” on January 23, 2019 and is used with his permission. thefhguide.com This past week, I presented at a very well organized and well-attended genealogy conference or seminar in Yuma, Arizona. Besides having fabulous winter weather, Yuma is a small, mainly...

Talking about Blog Posts …

You may have noticed something new in our blog articles… all 230+ of them! There’s a play/pause button in the upper-left corner of each article that enables you to hear the content via text-to-speech translation. Listening to the blog articles can be a benefit for the visually impaired, or for anyone who enjoys a podcast-style experience. The technology comes courtesy of...

30 Things to See

Sometimes trimming down is a good idea. (No, this is not about New Year’s resolutions.) Here, we are talking about a document that was originally titled “50 Things to See and Show in The Family History Guide”. A while back it was reduced from 50 to 40 things, and this past week it was reduced even further to “30 Things...

100 Questions and Answers

Life has a way of working in circles—experiences from the past sometimes come around again in new ways. Such is the case with the “100 Questions and Answers” reference document in the Media page of The Family History Guide. It was created over a year ago but has recently been refreshed with new content to match the updates to the...

Updates to the Certified Trainers Program

We have a great group of Certified Trainers for The Family History Guide, spanning from Australia to Nigeria. These CTs, as we call them, provide valuable training at family history fairs, genealogy libraries, family history centers, and more. In preparation for new growth in the program, we recently we made some notable changes to the Certified Trainer Program and its web...

What’s New in the Tracker

About the Tracker One of the keys to success with family history skills is the ability to monitor and track what you’ve learned to do. In The Family History Guide the Tracker—Online or Word—provides you that capability. You can use the Exercises in Projects to help you rate your skill and learning levels. Then you can transfer that information, along with...

Announcing the “Come Follow Me” Companion, from The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide now includes a family history Companion for the 2019 Come Follow Me gospel study program from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (These Companion pages are produced by The Family History Guide Association, not the Church.) You can find the Come Follow Me Companion in the Faiths menu...

2018 in Review: Top 20 Additions to The Family History Guide

It’s almost time to turn a new page on the yearly calendar, and it has been a great one for The Family History Guide website. Let’s take a look at what we feel are the top 20 additions and updates made to The Family History Guide in 2018, from 20 to 1 … 20. Exercises for Partner pages—Exercises are added...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide

What a year it has been, and we have so much to be grateful for. Millions around the world are joining hands to connect all of us through family history, whether by extending family trees, discovering and sharing memories, joining in family history activities, or simply breaking the ice and getting started on the journey of family discovery. The Family...

Announcing the Study Center

We’re excited to announce a new learning tool in The Family History Guide—the Study Center. It’s a handy way to organize your learning in 2019, a bit at a time. The Study Center combines a step-by-step approach with high-level Goals to point you in the right directions for learning. The opening screen for the Study Center is shown below. There...