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October 16, 2023

Exploring the New FamilySearch Chat Feature

The Messaging feature has been a fixture on the FamilySearch website for years, but it has now been replaced by the new Chat function. The Chat window opens as a pop-up in the main FamilySearch screen so you don’t have to switch between tabs. It includes a chat directory where other FamilySearch users can find you, and you can send...

FamilySearch/What is new at The FHG
October 1, 2023

Update on Practice Exercises

Here is a quick update on the Record Search Practice Exercises that have been added to The Family History Guide. We are pleased to announce that at this time there 333 practice exercises available, each connected to a record collection via a QUIKLink in The Family History Guide, and each with problem statements, hints, and answers. More exercises are on...

Country Research/Records/Research/What is new at The FHG
October 1, 2023

New 5-Minute Feature: The Vault

Need a deeper dive into family history topics? Or perhaps you’d just like to go exploring and see what amazing bits of knowledge you can discover. Either way, the Vault section of The Family History Guide has what you need, with links to over a thousand articles and videos on a wide variety of family history topics. We recently published...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 25, 2023

New QRB Video: Starting Your Research in Argentina

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Argentina, by James Tanner. This is the first in a two-part series on Argentina research. You can view this latest video in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Argentina country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 17, 2023

New: Introducing Class Outlines

We are proud to announce the arrival of the Class Outlines, a series of new training tools for family history presenters and learners. As of this writing there are 28 class outlines, with both English and Spanish versions. You can access them in the Trainers menu in The Family History Guide, using the new Class Outlines link. About the Class Outlines In...

Training/What is new at The FHG
August 27, 2023

5-Minute Features: QUIKLinks

One of the most popular features in The Family History Guide is QUIKLinks, which put record collections from multiple platforms at your fingertips. There are QUIKLinks for FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and FIndmypast in many locations in The Family History Guide. We recently published a new 5-Minute Features video on our YouTube Channel for learning about QUIKLinks. You can watch it...

Records/Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
August 13, 2023

New on Our YouTube Channel: 5-Minute Features

Today we are introducing a new playlist on our YouTube Channel. It’s called “5-Minute Features,” and it will have a number of short videos that describe how to use important features of The Family History Guide, each in about five minutes or less. The first video in the playlist has been uploaded—it’s Record Search Practice Exercises. This video gets you...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube
August 6, 2023

What’s New in The Family History Guide – Aug. 2023

Summer is great time for vacations, family trips, family history – and for updating The Family History Guide. Here is a brief summary of what we’ve been up to lately, with content updates on the website: QUIKLinks—We’ve added several hundred QUIKLinks to record collections from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage. These can be found at the end of many Choices in...

General/What is new at The FHG
July 30, 2023

BYU-I Pathways and The Family History Guide: Practice Exercise Initiative

BYU-Idaho and BYU Pathways Worldwide have teamed up to provide a popular Family History Research curriculum, available online and quite affordable (as low as $81 per credit). As noted in an earlier blog post on this site, this curriculum refers to The Family History Guide as an important resource in its downloadable course handbook. We are excited to announce a...

Country Research/Records/Research/Training/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
July 30, 2023

New QRB Video: Research in Italy

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Italy, by James Tanner. You can view it in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Italy country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more QRB videos coming your way!

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
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