Category: What is new at The FHG

All About QUIKLinks

If you’ve been around The Family History Guide for a while, chances are you’ve seen “QUIKLinks” on some of the website pages. This blog post will discuss what QUIKLinks are and what kinds you can find in The Family History Guide. What Are QUIKLinks? QUIKLinks are hyperlinks in The Family History Guide that take you to useful places and resources,...

Welcome to Our Newest Research Intern, Rachel Carter

We are pleased to announce that Rachel Carter, a senior at Brigham Young University majoring in Family History and Genealogy, has joined the staff of The Family History Guide Association as a Research Intern. During her internship she will report to Bob Taylor, Director of Development. Here’s some background information on Rachel to help you get to know her better: “My interest...

Update: U.S. State Pages

We recently added more pictures to the U.S. state pages, in the following places for each page: Goal 3, Choice B: Marriage and Death Records Goal 4, Choice A: Church Records Goal 5, Choice A: Emigration and Immigration Goal 6, Choice A: Probate, Land, and Court Records Goal 8, Choice B: Explore Newspapers Here are some examples, based on the...

Picture these …

A picture—in addition to being worth 1,000 words—can also a valuable “rest stop” along the information highway. To that end, we are adding pictures in The Family History Guide, with the idea of having one or more pictures for each Choice. Pictures have recently been added to the main Projects. Next up: the U.S. state pages (Alabama through Delaware) are...

“Discover, Gather, and Connect” and The Family History Guide

You have probably noticed the Church is now describing the process of doing family history work as “Discover, Gather, and Connect”. This new initiative was introduced at RootsTech 2018 by President and Sister Oaks in a keynote session. To see a brief video of the address, click the picture at the right. Changes to the LDS Project Page In the...

Updates to the Family Activities Page

Angelle Anderson, our Marketing Director, has been hard at work updating an already impressive Family Activities page  to make it even better. On the way are similar updates for the Activities pages for Singles, Youth, and Children. Updates Here’s a recap of the changes that were made to the Family Activities page: Pictures were added for each of the activities....

Announcing Info Links

Ever wish you could get a glimpse inside an article (or video), before you actually decided to open it? Well now you can … with our new Info Links. What’s an Info Link? An Info Link is an information icon that appears next to an article title. A sample Info Link (circled “i”) is shown below, at the right of...

Computer Basics, New and Improved!

The Computer Basics section (Intro > Computer Basics) has been around since the early days of The Family History Guide. (OK, when we say “early” we mean about two and a half years, but you get the idea.) We included some great articles and videos that have helped people get started and improve their basic computing skills, whether on PC...

What’s New in The Family History Guide: Top 20

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 we presented a BYU Webinar that recapped 20 important changes that have taken place in The Family History Guide website over the last few months. We’re excited about the recent updates, and we hope they will help you be even more productive with using the website. View the BYU Webinar here. The changes to the...