The next six weeks will be busy ones for The Family History Guide Association. We have a number of presentations scheduled via Zoom, with the BYU Education Week delivered in-person. Here’s a summary of the upcoming events: August 18-20 – BYU Education Week. Scott Anderson, Public Relations Director for The Family History Guide Association, will be a featured speaker, and...

The Family History Guide has some great resources for getting started with family history and genealogy. Here are a few of the features on the website that are designed to help you successfully embark on your family history journey: Get Started page—This page helps you identify which aspect(s) of family history speaks to you, and where you might want to...

We’ve just added Goal pages in The Family History Guide for four additional England counties. These counties each have their own page with a single goal that covers Basic Research. Choices include Do basic research Explore church and cemetery records, Explore historical maps Learn about additional resources for research There are also QUIKLinks to records for each of these counties,...

The 20th Annual Family History Fair for the East Texas Genealogical Society—”Discovering Your Roots and Branches”—will be held on Saturday, April 11. The Fair will be at the University of Texas Soules College of Business in Tyler, TX (about 90 minutes southeast of Dallas). It’s free and open to the public. I have been invited to present on The Family...