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November 4, 2017

The Family History Guide Will Help You Find Your Way

Editor’s Note: The following article is republished from the Family History Newsletter of the Ogden FamilySearch Library. Thanks to Elder and Sister Erickson! Do you like family history, but feel a little overwhelmed by the fire hose of information that is out on the Internet? Then you’ll like the Family History Guide, a fairly new learning, resource, and training center for genealogy....

Learning/Training

November 4, 2017

Family History Activities – “I Do … and I Understand.”

Much has been written about the benefits of helping children and youth connect to their ancestors through family history activities. For example, research published in Emory University’s Journal of Family Life showed that children and teens who know stories about relatives who came before them show higher levels of emotional well-being and connection – “Family stories provide a sense of identity through time,...

Family History Activities/Learning

November 3, 2017

Results of the Worldwide Indexing Event

Thanks to all who participated in the 2017 Worldwide Indexing Event on October 20–22! Read all about the Results of the WORLDWIDE INDEXING EVENT and stand in awe with us that over seven million new family history records will now be available on FamilySearch.org thanks to volunteers around the world! Check out additional information on the FamilySearch blog, and read about how “throughout the event, nearly...

Family History Activities/General/Technology

October 28, 2017

Finding What You Need in The Family History Guide

If you are new to The Family History Guide, you may have wondered how to find a bit of information you are looking for. Let’s say you need to learn about adoption records, or you would like to do some research in Tennessee. How can you find what you’re after, quickly and easily? This blog post offers three handy tips...

General/Navigation

October 28, 2017

Cousin Connections Can Bring Astonishing Results

Have you gone to the Memories section of Family Search yet? The Family History Guide can teach you how to use this valuable section that is accessible on the Home page Project 2. The Memories Section of FamilySearch is a compilation of photos and stories and documents that you or others can add to your ancestors’ pages. The advantage to that...

General/Memories

October 26, 2017

Tidying Up the Vault

Do you have a utility room, a food storage room, or a garage with all sorts of great stuff inside but a fair amount of clutter as well? Every so often you just need to roll up your sleeves and tidy up the space. And that’s what we have done with our favorite storage room in The Family History Guide...

Country Research/General/U.S. Research

October 25, 2017

Planning A Family-History-Centered Family Reunion

The Family History Guide features a list of creative ideas and links to aid in planning your next family reunion. You will find them in the “Plan Ahead Activities” section of the Family Activities page in the drop-down menu under “Misc.” This is a great “go-to” place to find a variety of ways to include fun family history centered activities in your reunion agenda....

Family History Activities

October 23, 2017

The Family History Guide Achieves Public Charity Status – 501(c)(3)

It’s a day that has been a long time coming, from a dream to reality. We knew that we needed to take the next step and become a nonprofit organization, so we formed The Family History Guide Association about 6 months ago. As of last week, the final piece has come into place: the Association is now recognized by the...

General/What is new at The FHG

October 23, 2017

U.S. County Research with The Family History Guide

When you’re looking for information on your ancestors in the United States, remember to take advantage of resources at the county level. These may include vital records, directories, census records, military records, newspapers, and more. The Family History Guide can be a great asset for your research. Here are four items to explore when you are looking into doing county...

U.S. Research

October 22, 2017

Announcing Openings for Content Specialists

The Family History Guide is a game-changer in how family history and learning are done worldwide. As it continues to grow and improve, The Family History Guide Association is announcing several openings for volunteer Content Specialists. As a Content Specialist for The Family History Guide website, you will Find family history online resources that would make good additions to the...

General/What is new at The FHG