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July 17, 2023

New QRB Video: Research in Sweden

We’ve just added a new Quick Research Basics (QRB) video to our collection: Researching Genealogical Records in Sweden, by James Tanner. You can view it in our QRB playlist, or in Goal 1: Research of the Sweden country page, or in the example below. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more QRB videos coming your way!

YouTube

July 17, 2023

Update: More Practice Exercises Are Here

We are continuing to add Practice Exercises for country pages in The Family History Guide. As explained in our earlier blog post, the Practice Exercises are indicated by a colored dot: green for beginning level, blue for intermediate, and brown for advanced. Each exercise has open/close links that display a research statement, hints, and answers. At the time of this...

Country Research/Training

July 10, 2023

FamilySearch Places in The Family History Guide

We have recently added over 300 links in The Family History Guide to FamilySearch Places, which is a wonderful tool that helps you learn about and locate place names on a map, all over the world. These link additions include over 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states, 40 England counties, and 10 Canada provinces. A number of the pages have...

FamilySearch

July 10, 2023

The History of Artificial Intelligence and What Will Happen to Genealogical Research as a Consequence: Part One

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Image Created by Microsoft’s Image Creator Somewhere between appearing in Isaac Asimov’s book, I, Robot, in 1950 and the latest StarWars movie or series, artificial intelligence became a threat to civilization as we know it for newscasters and pundits around the world. In a class at a...

Research/Technology

July 2, 2023

Tracing Your Ancestors in Colonial America

As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States in the next few days, let’s remember our ancestors who lived in British Colonial America (what the United States used to be). There are some helpful resources in The Family History Guide to get you started or help you further your research, as you discover your ancestors’ lives. Let’s take a...

U.S. Research

July 2, 2023

40 Places to Find Family History Help

Family history is a “team sport” – there are many places and ways to get help with the tasks you are doing. This article shares a list of 40 resources that you can turn to, in order to get the help you need. These are listed by task, in no specific order, and by no means is this a complete...

Research

June 25, 2023

Try a New Source – NUMIDENT

Note: This article was published previously on the Granite FamilySearch Center blog site. One of the new sources added to FamilySearch this year is NUMIDENT which stands for “Numerical Identification Files.” The U.S. Social Security Administration created NUMIDENT files to record the earnings of US workers and to determine what benefits each person was authorized to have. The index only contains...

U.S. Research

June 25, 2023

New Videos: Genealogy Live and Unrehearsed Series

Here are the latest videos from the “Live and Unrehearsed” series. These video will give you insight into how to do research online. They are released on the Goldie May YouTube Channel. Below are the links to Episodes 34 and 35. Episode 34 discusses the Leeds method for organizing DNA match information, while Episode 35 explores ways to find English...

Country Research/Research

June 19, 2023

On Vacation This Week

Summer is here, and we’re taking this week off from blog posts for The Family History Guide. Thanks for all the amazing work you do, for your own research and for training and helping others with their family history – it is greatly appreciated! Yaquina State Beach, Newport Oregon – walking path to the beach

What is new at The FHG

June 11, 2023

New QRB Videos: Doing Research in Wales

We have recently added two new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos to our YouTube Channel. Narrated by James Tanner, these videos offer a step-by-step approach to doing family history research in Wales. There are now nearly 80 QRB videos available in The Family History Guide. Here are the new QRB videos: TFHG – Starting Your Genealogical Research in Wales TFHG...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube