April 24, 2023

BYU-I Pathways and The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide will be included as an important resource in the upcoming downloadable textbook for Family History studies through BYU-I Pathways. The Pathways program offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees in a number of areas, including Family History. Current Family History Courses Offered The current family history course offerings are listed...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 16, 2023

New Video Links for RootsTech 2023 in The Family History Guide

Now that RootsTech 2023 has concluded—and it was a great conference, both online and in person—we have been busy adding some of the best of its video links in The Family History Guide. The list below is a small sample of the over 50 videos we have included; in each case, we reference the YouTube video that is found on...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 16, 2023

United States Social Security NUMIDENT Records Added to FamilySearch

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. This is one of the collections of 63,700,494 records on the FamilySearch.org website that has only been available for a relatively short time. Here is the description of the files from the FamilySearch.org entry shown above. The Social Security Administration created these records to track the earnings of US workers and...

FamilySearch/Records
April 9, 2023

New QRB Videos: Genealogical Research in Mexico

We’ve recently added two new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos to our YouTube Channel: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Mexico, and  Researching Genealogical Records in Mexico, both narrated by James Tanner. These videos provide background on Mexican history and culture, and they introduces you to the essential records and resources you need for doing successful family history research in Mexico....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
April 9, 2023

New Languages for the Q&A Center

The Q&A Center, available in the Trainers menu of The Family History Guide, provides a large assortment of typical family history questions and where to find answers in The Family History Guide. There are four Google spreadsheets – FamilySearch and Partners, Research Essentials, United States Research, and Countries Research – with a total of 26 tabs. You can download copies...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
April 2, 2023

Two New Interns, and the 2023 BYU Intern Fair

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide Association has two new interns who will be joining us in May: Tyler Soutas and Kaylee Lynn. Both are students at Brigham Young University pursuing degrees in Family History. About Tyler Tyler is working on a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family History, with a minor in Molecular Biology. He...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
April 2, 2023

New QRB Videos: Research in Portugal

Recently we added two QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos to our YouTube Channel: Beginning Portugal Research – History, and Beginning Portugal Research – Records. These two videos, narrated by James Tanner, offer a solid history background in doing family history research in Portugal, as well as  tips and approaches you can use with Portuguese records. You can find these videos...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
March 26, 2023

New in The Family History Guide: Show Me Slides

If you have been using any of the Learning Paths (FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Findmypast) in The Family History Guide, you are probably familiar with the Show Me videos, accessed in the header (Goal) area of the page. They are brief videos on our YouTube Channel that take you through various Learning Path Goals from a visual perspective, so you...

FamilySearch/Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
March 26, 2023

Latter-day Saint Resources in The Family History Guide

Recently we published a new video on our YouTube Channel: Latter-day Saint Resources in The Family History Guide. As you probably know, we have a Faiths menu on the website, with resources for the Church of Jesus Christ as well as Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish research. But there are other locations in The Family History Guide where you can find...

Church Of Jesus Christ/Family History Activities/Training/What is new at The FHG
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