October 9, 2023

A Brief History of RootsTech from a Very Personal Perspective

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   RootsTech.org RootsTech 2024 is coming up fast and registration is already open and I have been thinking about all the conferences of the past.  RootsTech.org started in 2011 so 2024 will be the the 14th conference. I was invited as a blogger to attend the first RootsTech conference in 2011...

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October 1, 2023

Update on Practice Exercises

Here is a quick update on the Record Search Practice Exercises that have been added to The Family History Guide. We are pleased to announce that at this time there 333 practice exercises available, each connected to a record collection via a QUIKLink in The Family History Guide, and each with problem statements, hints, and answers. More exercises are on...

Country Research/Records/Research/What is new at The FHG
October 1, 2023

New 5-Minute Feature: The Vault

Need a deeper dive into family history topics? Or perhaps you’d just like to go exploring and see what amazing bits of knowledge you can discover. Either way, the Vault section of The Family History Guide has what you need, with links to over a thousand articles and videos on a wide variety of family history topics. We recently published...

Training/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 25, 2023

Eight New Class Outlines Are Here

Last week we introduced the Class Outlines for The Family History Guide in this blog article and on our social media channels. The response has been very positive, and we are excited about the impact that the Class Outlines will make in family history training everywhere. In the initial announcement there were 28 Class Outlines available, covering topics in Memories,...

Learning/Memories/Records/Research/Training
September 25, 2023

New QRB Video: Starting Your Research in Argentina

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Argentina, by James Tanner. This is the first in a two-part series on Argentina research. You can view this latest video in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Argentina country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
September 17, 2023

New: Introducing Class Outlines

We are proud to announce the arrival of the Class Outlines, a series of new training tools for family history presenters and learners. As of this writing there are 28 class outlines, with both English and Spanish versions. You can access them in the Trainers menu in The Family History Guide, using the new Class Outlines link. About the Class Outlines In...

Training/What is new at The FHG
September 17, 2023

Help for the Absolute Genealogy Beginner

Last week, FamilySearch held a RootsTech preview event, an all-day live broadcast with presenters every hour. One of the presentations was titled “Help for the Absolute Genealogy Beginner” by James Tanner. This video, as well as the others in the event, are now up on the FamilySearch.org YouTube Channel. The BYU Library Family History Center also broadcast the video on...

Learning
September 10, 2023

New QRB Video: Researching Genealogical Records in Italy

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Researching Genealogical Records in Italy, by James Tanner. This is the second in a two-part series on Italian research. You can view this latest video in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Italy country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and stay...

Country Research/Research
September 10, 2023

RootsTech 2024 Live Classes September 13, 2023 and Registration Opens on September 18, 2023

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Start blog site.   https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/events/genealogy-for-beginners RootTech 2024 is ramping up. In preparation for the live and online conference February 29th to March 2nd, 2024. The live conference will be held in the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. Online classes will be available at the beginning of the conference. I will...

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