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November 15, 2017

Anytime Pie Night and Thanksgiving Party Games from The Family History Guide = Holiday Fun!

In many parts of the world, the Thanksgiving holiday is quickly approaching and anticipation is mounting for this perfect opportunity to make fun memories with our families. To add to the festivities, consider planning a Pie Night to accommodate those family members who can’t make it to Thanksgiving day celebrations (but can join the family another day or time) or plan...

Family History Activities/Memories

November 13, 2017

New Look for the Home Page and Menus

We are excited to announce a new, streamlined look to our Home page at The Family History Guide. This also includes a tiered menu system that gives easier access to a number of features across the site. Here’s a step-by-step walk-through that demonstrates the new additions. Home Page Design The first thing you’ll notice is that the new design relies...

General/Navigation/What is new at The FHG

November 12, 2017

Welcome to Scott Anderson, Outreach/Public Relations Director

We’re proud to announce that Scott Anderson has joined our team at The Family History Guide Association as Outreach/Public Relations Director. He has been with us less than a month but already has been instrumental in getting the wheels turning for some exciting opportunities for the Association and The Family History Guide. Scott Anderson attained a BA degree from the...

General/The Family History Guide Association

November 11, 2017

What is the Benefit of Facebook for Family History and Genealogy?

These past couple of months I have had lots of questions about what social media has to do with family history and genealogy. Most people can name several social media platforms but don’t recognize that there are hundreds and hundreds of Social Media platforms. In the broadest sense of the definition, social media is any platform that offers interaction with...

Social Media

November 9, 2017

Serving a Side Dish of Family Stories for Thanksgiving Dinner – or Any Time!

The Family History Guide Activities Section makes it easy to include family history fun in your Thanksgiving celebration. New activities you choose to do this year just may become traditions that make Thanksgiving day more fun, meaningful, and memorable for years to come. Traditions are unique and varied wherever and whenever you find families celebrating a day of gratitude. What comes...

Family History Activities/Memories

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