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October 11, 2017

You Are Invited to the Webinar “Family History Activities with The Family History Guide” presented by Bob Taylor

This coming week, Bob Taylor, CEO of The Family History Guide Association, will present a webinar featuring The Family History Guide Activities Section. He will discuss how using this invaluable resource will help families, singles, youth, and children to experience the joys of family history activities. Family history activities are an integral ingredient in fulfilling the mission statement of The Family History Guide “To greatly increase...

Family History Activities/Learning/Technology

October 6, 2017

Starting Your Research with What You Already Know

Most of us want to know about our immigrant ancestor, the one who came across a border or crossed an ocean to come to America. Unless you are a first generation immigrant, you have to work with United States (or the country of your birth) records first.

Country Research/Learning/Training

October 3, 2017

Exploring The Family History Guide Course Catalog

In a previous blog (Family History Training: A Different Approach), I explained how The Family History Guide takes the heavy lifting out of course preparation by providing a central place to find training content. In this blog, I’ll review how the Course Catalog for The Family History Guide helps you find ready-made topics and materials to teach.

Training

October 2, 2017

Try DNA Testing as a Family – The Family History Guide Offers the “Why, How, Who, and What”

If you and your family have been thinking about DNA testing but don’t know how to get started, check out The Family History Guide for step-by-step suggestions (Project 8 for FamilySearch, Project 7 for Ancestry, and Project 7 for MyHeritage). The modern trend to discover the past and further family history research using this incredible new technology is an idea whose...

Family History Activities/Technology

October 1, 2017

RootsTech 2018 Innovation Showcase – Game On!

In case you haven’t heard, RootsTech 2018 is changing the landscape for their popular Innovators program. This time, instead of a contest for cash prizes, it will be a Showcase to spotlight the best and brightest technology companies in family history. You can read more about it here. So the first order of business is voting for the favorite, and this...

RootsTech

September 29, 2017

Celebrate October as “Family History Month” with Ideas Found on The Family History Guide Activities Page

Welcome to October – “Family History Month!” Celebrate with family history activities for families, singles, youth, and children found on The Family History Guide Activities Page. Here you can check out fun ideas to connect with living family members, document and preserve the past, learn about your ancestors, make your own family history, and so much more. Have a look at the suggestions...

Family History Activities/Technology

September 26, 2017

Announcing Our New Director of Training

Please join me in welcoming Melanie Bosselman as the new Director of Training for The Family History Guide Association. Melanie has been with the Association for over six months in a project management role, and we are excited to enlist her talents to help our global training efforts expand and improve. Melanie is currently also the Training Coordinator for the...

Training

September 26, 2017

Fun With Family History Games and Apps

Along with a myriad of activity ideas and resources, The Family History Guide Kids Corner includes links to family history apps and games to give children an alternative to some that are less productive and educational. They are so much fun and a great way to help kids get interested in family history. A few of our grandchildren were playing a game...

Family History Activities/Memories/Technology

September 23, 2017

Family History Training: A Different Approach

Do either of these questions seem familiar? “I need to teach a class on <xyz family history topic> for the first time. Should I borrow Tom’s slide deck and change it around, or should I make my own? I only have a few days to prepare, and there are handouts to print, files to proofread and upload …” “I like...

General/Learning/Training

September 20, 2017

Use The Family History Guide to learn about Web Indexing and check out this upcoming worldwide event

Indexing makes records searchable online and is something most everyone can do. Each indexed record is a gift to someone, somewhere -allowing him or her to learn about and gather ancestors into the family tree. Indexing is not hard to do (you can select the level of difficulty) and it is so much fun! The Family History Guide offers the newest information and detailed...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/Technology