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November 26, 2023

New: Shorter Menus, and Project Tiles

When you open The Family History Guide now, you’ll see a few noteworthy differences: a shorter menu across the top (or left side for tablets and phones), and new Project Tile pages that give you a detailed look at an entire Project at once (these are described below). Let’s take a look at the new changes in more detail …...

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November 26, 2023

New 5-Minute Features Video: Class Outlines

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video, giving you an inside look at using Class Outlines from The Family History Guide. The video covers how to find, prepare, and use Class Outlines to your advantage, saving time and effort while delivering a high-quality presentation—all without your own preparing slides or handouts. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
November 19, 2023

New BYU Webinar for The Family History Guide

The BYU Family History Library has posted a new video from The Family History Guide Association: “New Training and Learning Tools in The Family History Guide.” It’s an easy and enjoyable watch, lasting about 30 minutes. The video covers recent updates to the Home page that make training and learning easier, including the new Project tiles. Also featured are the...

Training/What is new at The FHG
November 13, 2023

New in The Family History Guide: Practice Exercises Index

As we noted in an earlier blog post, there are currently 333 Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide, from beginning to advanced levels in quite a few states and countries. What has been missing up until now is a way to find the exercises, other than just opening up various country pages and looking for them. We now have...

Country Research/Research/Training/What is new at The FHG
November 5, 2023

New BYU FHL Webinar to Feature The Family History Guide

This week the BYU Family History Library will feature a new webinar, titled “New Training and Learning Tools in The Family History Guide.” The webinar is scheduled for Thursday November 9 at 5 p.m. Mountain time. You can register for the webinar here – https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/ – and the recording will be posted on the BYU FHL YouTube Channel about a week...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
October 30, 2023

Update on Class Outlines

In a blog post dated September 25, we announced Eight New Class Outlines for The Family History Guide. That brought the total to 36 outlines, with Spanish versions also included. Each Class Outline offers a quick and effective way to deliver essential family history training presentations. You can find the complete list of Class Outlines in the Trainers menu of...

Training/What is new at The FHG
October 30, 2023

What Would You Like to Do?

We recently made a subtle change to the home page of The Family History Guide, adding a new “What would you like to do?” link. This link is primarily designed for users who are new to the website. When you click the link, you’ll see an assortment of seven links which represent tasks that many first-time users of The Family...

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