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May 23, 2022

Upcoming BYU Webinar: Research with The Family History Guide

The BYU Family History Library keeps rolling out great family history instruction videos, and we are honored to be part of their upcoming schedule. On Thursday, July 7 at 5 p.m. Mountain Time I will be presenting a webinar titled “Research with The Family History Guide.” It will go into depth on the research menus, tools, and resources available in...

Country Research/U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

May 23, 2022

Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 7: New York, Early 1800s

From James Tanner: “We are on YouTube again with another episode of Unrehearsed Genealogy Research, Episode 7: New York, early 1800s. In this episode, we look at an end of line in my own part of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree. A land record provides the best evidence for the presence of a husband and wife in the given county of New York....

U.S. Research/YouTube

May 9, 2022

New QRB Video: Beginning Research in Australia

We have added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video to our YouTube Channel. This new addition, narrated by James Taner, is titled Beginning Research in Australia. It provides a helpful introduction to doing genealogy research in Australia, including the following topics: Australia background and history Convicts and settlements Australian archives Church records You can watch the video in Goal...

Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

April 25, 2022

The Family History Guide: Tips and Tricks

The BYU Family History Library recently posted a new YouTube video titled The Family History Guide: Tips and Tricks. This video gives you an inside look at some useful features and tips for using them, such as shared and hybrid topics, hidden gems, resource stars, info buttons, and a lot more. The video has had about 500 views in its...

Learning/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

April 10, 2022

New Video: Mapping Your Roots

We’ve added a new video to our YouTube Channel: Mapping Your Roots, by Miles Meyer. It’s from a presentation he did for The Genealogy Show this month, and it covers essential map concepts for research, such as historical place names, online sites, land and property resources, etc. The video is in the Quick Research Basics playlist and is included below...

Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

April 10, 2022

Genealogy Research … Live

Watching an artisan or craftsman at work can be an enlightening experience. Whether it’s a musician practicing, an architect drawing a plan, or a sculptor molding clay, you can often see the creative and technical flows coming together. Two genealogy “artisans” of note are James Tanner, blogger, presenter, and Chairman of The Family History Guide Association; and Richard Miller, software...

Research/Training/U.S. Research/YouTube

April 4, 2022

BYU Family History Webinar: The Family History Guide, Tips and Tricks

On April 7 at 5 p.m. Mountain Time, I will present a free webinar for the BYU Family History Library, titled “The Family History Guide: Tips and Tricks.” Here are a few of the topics that I will cover in the presentation: What’s New in The Family History Guide Finding What You Need Hidden Gems Tools for Success The Vault...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 27, 2022

Two New Activities Videos

Recently we added two new Activities videos to our YouTube Channel: Weekly Family History Activities, and Supercharge Your Family Reunion with Family History Activities. Both were featured at RootsTech Connect 2022 and were well-received. The Weekly Family History Activities video explains how to use the same-named section in The Family History Guide, and the Supercharge Your Family Reunion video has...

Family History Activities/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

March 13, 2022

A Wealth of RootsTech 2022 Videos

RootsTech 2022 Connect concluded on March 5, but the fun continues! There are over 3,700 videos posted on the RootsTech site, all free to watch at any time. Scroll down to the Sessions area on the home page and then click Explore. To find videos of interest, you can choose search filters such as Getting Started, Content Type, and Topic....

Learning/RootsTech/YouTube

March 6, 2022

New: QRB Video Links

There are now 50 videos in our QRB (Quick Research Basics) playlist on YouTube. These cover a wide range of topics, including U.S. and international research, presented by genealogy experts such as James Tanner, Miles Meyer, and Kathryn Grant. You may have noticed that in many of these videos there are helpful links to external websites. To make it easier...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube

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