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January 28, 2024

Getting to Know Genealogy Trails

GenealogyTrails.com is a handy website that focuses on United States research, particularly for U.S. states and counties. It’s a collaboration effort run by a series of expert volunteers, with lots of great resources that are hard to find on other sites. Their forte is transcribing many thousands of records, such as military, obituary, biographies, voter registrations, and more. In The...

U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
December 3, 2023

About the 10 Million Names Project from American Ancestors

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   https://10millionnames.org/ The 10 Million Names is a collaborative project that includes many prominent genealogical and academic organizations. See https://10millionnames.org/collaborators. The objective of the project is described in the Project’s Mission Statement. 10 Million Names is a collaborative project dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated 10 million...

Research/U.S. Research
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 23, 2023

Researching the Pioneers

July 24 is the day the Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake valley in the United States. Genealogist James Tanner recently recorded a video for the BYU Family History Library, titled Crossing the Plains: Researching American Pioneers. This video covers the Oregon Trail, Mexican War, Mormon Trail, California Gold Rush, and much more. A link to the video is...

Research/U.S. Research
July 2, 2023

Tracing Your Ancestors in Colonial America

As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States in the next few days, let’s remember our ancestors who lived in British Colonial America (what the United States used to be). There are some helpful resources in The Family History Guide to get you started or help you further your research, as you discover your ancestors’ lives. Let’s take a...

U.S. Research
June 25, 2023

Try a New Source – NUMIDENT

Note: This article was published previously on the Granite FamilySearch Center blog site. One of the new sources added to FamilySearch this year is NUMIDENT which stands for “Numerical Identification Files.” The U.S. Social Security Administration created NUMIDENT files to record the earnings of US workers and to determine what benefits each person was authorized to have. The index only contains...

U.S. Research
May 29, 2023

New in The Family History Guide: Record Search Practice Exercises

If you have been looking for ways to sharpen your record search skills, the new Record Search Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide may be just what you’ve been looking for. The Format The Practice Exercises use the following format: Record Search Practice Objective – a statement of the problem to solve, including several questions to answer. Hints –...

Country Research/Learning/Research/Training/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
May 29, 2023

Military Resources in The Family History Guide

A great way to honor the fallen and those who served in defending freedom is to find their records and learn more about them. The Family History Guide has links to a wide variety of articles, videos, and records for those who served in the military from many countries. Also included are QUIKLinks that take you directly to record collection...

Country Research/Research/U.S. Research
April 30, 2023

Resources from the Allen County Public Library

One of the top genealogical libraries in the United States is the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its Genealogy Center provides a number of helpful resources, such as PERSI, the online Periodical Search Index for locating genealogy articles Gateways for African American and Native American research Family histories and corresponding information files Free online and on-site databases...

Learning/Research/Technology/U.S. Research/YouTube
February 12, 2023

African American Great Migration Classes at RootsTech 2023

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://rootstech2023.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=85 You are invited to attend my live class at RootsTech 2023 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2, at 9:30 am. “Understanding and Researching the Records of the Great Northward Migration 1915-1970” The class will be held in Room 155 B. I also...

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