The Countries page in The Family History Guide is divided into two basic sections. At the top is the familiar list of countries that have their own pages or groups of pages. Below that is a “More” link that opens up a list of the “smaller” countries in the world, or those that don’t have sufficient genealogy information for a separate page. This week we’ve made some significant changes to the More countries feature, as described below.

More Countries List

The More Countries section previously had links to resources such as Wikipedia, BillionGraves, Find A Grave, and FamilySearch. These resources have now been moved to collector pages in The Family History Guide, next to other pages for the areas. The More Countries section now consists of an alphabetical list of countries that are linked to the new collector pages. A brief sample is shown at the right.

New Collector Pages

Here are the new collector pages for the smaller countries:

• Africa, Goal 5
• Asia (Asia Misc. in the Asia section of the Countries menu)
• Caribbean, Goal 5
• Central America, Goal 5
• Europe (Europe Misc. in the Central Europe and Western Europe sections of the Countries menu)
• Pacific Islands, Goal 4
• South America Misc., Goal 5

Each of these “More Countries” pages has a Choice for each country, with a list of the resource links available. You can use the Close Choices button at the top of the page to see only the country names, or Open Choices to see all the links. The example below is a partial list of countries in the Asia page, with the Choice for Hong Kong opened.

Also, we’ve created separate pages for the Channel Islands,  the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland, all of which can be accessed in the British Isles section of the Countries menu.

New Links

We’ve added the following links for many of the smaller countries:

• Forebears.io – links to various genealogy records and databases
• David Rumsey Map Collection – historical maps and resources
• Cultural Atlas – brief overviews of the culture and history of the countries
• Blog articles and video links

What’s Next …

We will continue to add more links and resources for smaller countries in the collector pages over time. We hope you enjoy More Countries in The Family History Guide!