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November 4, 2018

Meet the New Activities Index

The Activities section of The Family History Guide is one of its most popular, and it has grown significantly in the past few months. Across the four main sections, we now offer nearly 300 fun and engaging family history activities for everyone. Here’s the breakdown by number of activities: Family—66 Individuals—80 Youth—65 Kids Corner—65 And more to come! With that...

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October 28, 2018

Introducing Goal Quizzes

In the Trainers menu of The Family History Guide, you’ll find a page for Quizzes. These are interactive tests you can take to check on your knowledge of family history topics. To date, this page has included the following kinds of quizzes: Overview — covers the basics of the entire site for The Family History Guide (20 questions) FamilySearch — quizzes...

Training/What is new at The FHG

October 28, 2018

New Fan Chart Options in FamilySearch

Recently FamilySearch added some new options to its fan chart view. These options have been part of the Consultant Planner for some time, but now they are being made available to all Family Tree users. We’ve updated The Family History Guide with instructions on using these new options, in Project 1: Family Tree, Goal 5: Alternate Views, Choice B. Here’s a...

FamilySearch/Navigation/What is new at The FHG

October 21, 2018

Introducing the Certified Trainers Program

We are excited to announce a new development for The Family History Guide Association—the addition of the Certified Trainers program. You can find information about it in the Certified Trainers pages on the website. Below are some FAQs about Certified Trainers and the new program. Q1: What is a Certified Trainer? A1: A Certified Trainer is basically a “local” trainer...

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October 14, 2018

Your 15 Minutes Are Here …

One of the most common reasons people use for not getting involved in family history is, “I don’t have the time.” Yet if you ask busy people if they could spare 15 minutes a day—or every other day—for something very important, chances are they’d say yes. That’s where the “15 Minutes” approach can be helpful. We recently added a “15...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/What is new at The FHG

October 14, 2018

Spotting QUIKLinks in the Header

In the previous format for country pages, all the Goals were in the same page. While this made for some lengthy scrolling at times, it was relatively easy to find QUIKLinks to records; you’d see them as you scrolled. In the new format with one Goal per page, it became difficult to tell which Goals (and pages) had QUIKLinks—you would...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG

October 7, 2018

Update: Tracker Links and County Links

We’ve recently added a number of useful links to The Family history Guide, in two categories: Word Tracker sheets County resources for U.S. state pages Word Trackers The Word Tracker sheets list all the Goals and Choices for each Project in The Family History Guide. We have added links to each Goal title in the Trackers, so you can go...

Navigation/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG

September 30, 2018

Updates to the Home Page and Get Started Page

We’ve introduced a few changes to the Home page and Get Started page recently. The goal is to simplify the flow a bit, especially for those who are new to the website. The Home page has fewer links overall, and the Get Started page focuses on four main areas, with a link to additional tasks to do. For all pages,...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG

September 16, 2018

Sneak Peek: A Goal per Page

In the Projects section of The Family History Guide, Goals are the foundation piece. They contain the essential Choices, Steps, and resources needed for solid instruction. One challenge that arises, especially as more content is added to The Family History Guide, is the length of some of the Project pages. For example, Project 1: Family Tree (in the Family Search Learning...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG

September 16, 2018

The Solutions Gallery Welcomes The Family History Guide

If you’ve been around FamilySearch for a while, you’ll remember the FamilySearch App Gallery, a collection of mostly handy but occasionally outdated apps and tools for family history. Now FamilySearch has replaced the App Gallery with the powerful new Solutions Gallery, with helpful categories and of some the latest technology for family historian. You can find the main link to...

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Category: What is new at The FHG

Meet the New Activities Index

Introducing Goal Quizzes

New Fan Chart Options in FamilySearch

Introducing the Certified Trainers Program

Your 15 Minutes Are Here …

Spotting QUIKLinks in the Header

Update: Tracker Links and County Links

Updates to the Home Page and Get Started Page

Sneak Peek: A Goal per Page

The Solutions Gallery Welcomes The Family History Guide

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