Category: YouTube

Introducing Spotlight Videos

We’re excited to announce that we have created a new playlist on our YouTube channel, called Spotlights. These are 30-second videos that introduce some of the great features of The Family History Guide. These are ideal for sharing on social media, as warmups for family history presentations, etc. Each video has an end screen with a link that takes you...

New QRB Video: Researching Records in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video, narrated by James Tanner: “Researching Records in Scotland.” This video covers important details in Scottish history and introduces essential types of records in Scotland, including census, church and cemetery, emigration and immigration, military, probate and wills, etc. It also discusses the best sites for finding these records online. The...

New QRB Video: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland. The video gives an overview of the history of Scotland and where to find the resources you need for Scottish research. The video is available on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics playlist, as well as in Goal...

Sneak Peek: Our RootsTech 2022 Video List

As we noted in an earlier blog article, RootsTech 2022 is coming fast, and we have been busy preparing for it. An important part of the preparation is creating videos for The Family History Guide’s Bronze Level sponsorship. We will be providing approximately 24 videos in a number of categories. While we can’t share the actual videos yet, we thought...

New QRB Video – Researching Records in Canada

We have just published a new video on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics (QRB) playlist. It’s titled Researching Records in Canada, and its a companion to the Beginning Your Research video that was published last month. This new video covers the following topics: History and types of Canadian records Finding records on the major Partner sites Using...

FamilySearch, RootsTech, and The Family History Guide

Recently, FamilySearch sent out a RootsTech email to its many subscribers, titled “4 Tips to Help with Your Research.” It has links to a featured video, as well as three additional videos from RootsTech 2021. We were delighted to see The Family History Guide represented in the final two sections:  Research Tips: Vital Records, and Ancestor and Homeland Research Tips....

New BYU Webinar Video for The Family History Guide

Last week a new video was published on the BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel: Teaching Family History with The Family History Guide. It is already proving to be one of the most popular of recent videos on the channel. You can also view the video on the Trainers Home page in The Family History Guide. Here are the topics...

This Week at the BYU FHL: Training Webinar for The Family History Guide

On September 1 at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time, I will be presenting a webinar for the BYU Family History Library titled “Teaching Family History with The Family History Guide.” The webinar is free, and you can sign up using the link at the top of this page: https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/ Here are some of the topics that will be covered, all relating...

QRB Videos for German Research, England Census

We are continuing to add new Quick Research Basics (QRB) videos to our YouTube Channel and to the website. You can watch them using the links below or by clicking the video pictures in this blog post: Finding German Records in America German Immigration England Census Records You can also find them in The Family History Guide in the following...

New QRB Videos for U.S. Military Records

Happy July 4 to our U.S. readers! We have been busy creating Quick Research Basics videos, just in time for the 4th. Below are the links to three new videos: U.S. Military Records, Revolutionary War Records, and Civil War Records. You can watch them below, or on our YouTube Channel in the Quick Research Basics playlist. They are also available...