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October 27, 2024

Free Genealogy Websites – and The Family History Guide

We like to spread the word that The Family History Guide is an industry-leading website for research—and it’s free. But it’s even better when others help us get our message out, and that’s certainly the case with this recent FamilySearch blog article by genealogy experts Kathryn Grant and Sally Odekirk: Free Genealogy Websites to Elevate Your Research. The article begins...

Country Research/Family History Activities/Research/The Family History Guide Association/Training

October 14, 2024

Training for the National Genealogical Society

This past week I met online with 50 leaders from the National Genealogical Society, through their OrgConnects! program. OrgConnects is a new venture that enables their leadership to meet and discuss important topics across organizations. Thursday evening was a presentation on how training tools in The Family Histgory Guide can help leaders and members accelerate their training and learning efforts...

Learning/Online Tracker/Training

September 29, 2024

Miles Ahead: Catching Up with Miles Meyer

Miles Meyer, our Education Director for The Family History Guide Association, is not one to let the grass grow under his feet—even in the Florida Everglades. Here’s a brief look at what he has going on, taken from recent blog post on his genealogy blog site: 1) I am finishing up my first set of classes at the International Institute...

Technology/The Family History Guide Association/Training

August 25, 2024

Maribel’s Story

Maribel Medina is a popular family history trainer and consultant in the San Diego area. As we mentioned in a previous blog article, she will participate with other representatives from The Family History Guide Association in the upcoming Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid project about family history in the United States, for broadcast nationwide. Recently Maribel was featured in a blog...

FamilySearch/Training/What is new at The FHG

August 25, 2024

Update: “Show Me” Slides

In the Trainers menu for The Family History Guide is an entry for Show Me slides. These Google slides are a step-by-step visual reference that helps you learn the basic features of FamilySearch, such as navigation skills, adding sources for records, managing photographs and documents in Memories, etc. They show screen shots, diagrams, and notes to make learning a breeze....

FamilySearch/Training/What is new at The FHG

July 28, 2024

Here’s a Tip …

If you are a frequent visitor to The Family History Guide, you’re probably familiar with “Today’s Tip” which appears near the top of the Home page. Each Monday through Friday we post a family history tip that typically includes a link to a feature article or video, plus additional resources on the topic in The Family History Guide. These tips...

Training/What is new at The FHG

July 7, 2024

Presenting TFHG on Paper

It’s no secret that The Family History Guide website is too large to capture on paper. But it can be summarized and presented on paper, in as little as a two-page handout. Yet why would someone want to do that, if it’s easy to get on the website and view it online? The answer is that there may be situations...

Training/What is new at The FHG

June 23, 2024

Class Outlines: An Update

We have been back to work on Class Outlines for The Family History Guide. The total number of finished Class Outlines is now 209, with many more to come. These can be used as easy and concise training tools to develop quick courses in family history, or as self-study guides. The entire list of Class Outlines is available on this...

Training/What is new at The FHG

June 23, 2024

10 Genealogy YouTube Channels You Shouldn’t Miss

One of the most enjoyable ways to learn about family history might be YouTube videos. However, some videos on YouTube are not always easy to follow, or they may contain misleading content. Quality matters, and there are quite a number of videos produced by expert individuals and organizations that can lead you through a successful learning experience. Below are 10...

Research/Training/YouTube

May 25, 2024

Breaking News: The Family History Guide on PBS

It has been a landmark week for The Family History Guide Association. On May 20 we received an unexpected email from “Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid,” a popular documentary series that runs on various PBS channels. Their research team had selected us as a potential partner for the filming of their new project: Roots Rediscovered – Exploring the World of Genealogy....

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Category: Training

Free Genealogy Websites – and The Family History Guide

Training for the National Genealogical Society

Miles Ahead: Catching Up with Miles Meyer

Maribel’s Story

Update: “Show Me” Slides

Here’s a Tip …

Presenting TFHG on Paper

Class Outlines: An Update

10 Genealogy YouTube Channels You Shouldn’t Miss

Breaking News: The Family History Guide on PBS