January 16, 2022

Great Databases, Part 2

Last week we introduced our Great Databases series of articles, highlighting cool and useful family history databases you can access online for free. Here’s the second article, highlighting several more databases, arranged by geographical area. Enjoy! Global Geneanet—This site hosts 1.5 million family trees with over 1.6 billion individuals. Its focus in mainly continental Europe, but it does have a...

Country Research/Research
January 16, 2022

About Accuracy in Genealogical Research

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   The fundamental issue with historical research (including genealogical research) is accuracy. How do you establish trust in the conclusions of a historical (i.e. genealogical) researcher? For the purposes of this post and from this point on, I will focus on genealogical research as a subset of historical...

Records/Research
January 10, 2022

Youth Activities Sheets for Latter-day Saints

We’ve added a new page, at the bottom of the Youth menu in The Family History Guide: it’s titled Activities Sheets. On this page you’ll find activities sheets you can use for planning and carrying out family history activities for Latter-day Saint youth, from scavenger hunts to a family history boot camp, and more. The sheets have links to downloadable...

Church Of Jesus Christ
January 10, 2022

Five Great Databases, from The Family History Guide

If you have been doing family history for a while, chances are good you’re familiar with the big genealogy companies, such as FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, Geneanet, etc. However, there are literally thousands of other family history databases on the internet, and The Family History Guide has just-in-time links to many of the most useful ones. You can find them...

Country Research/Records/Research
January 10, 2022

The Return of “What is a Source?”

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   I looked back on the list of my blog titles and found that the last time I wrote about what is a source was in 2015. I wrote a very long blog post that few probably understood or read completely through. If you want to try, here...

Country Research/Research
January 3, 2022

Make 2022 a Family History Year

Happy New Year to everyone! We have finally turned the page on a challenging year in 2021, and we look forward to great things to come in 2022. A familiar ritual for most of us is the art of making—and keeping—New Year’s resolutions. Favorites include fitness, finances, family, and a host of other positive steps and habits to embrace. May...

Learning
January 3, 2022

New QRB Video: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland

We have just published a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video by James Tanner: Starting Your Genealogy Research in Scotland. The video gives an overview of the history of Scotland and where to find the resources you need for Scottish research. The video is available on our YouTube Channel, in the Quick Research Basics playlist, as well as in Goal...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 3, 2022

Welcome to Our Newest Intern: Holly Parker

We are pleased to announce that Holly Parker has joined The Family History Guide Association team as an intern. She has a Family History Research Certificate from the BYU Pathway program in Rexburg, Idaho, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Studies at BYU-Idaho. A few of Holly’s achievements in family history include: Currently serving as a family...

What is new at The FHG
December 27, 2021

The Family History Guide Highlights for 2021

As usual, this past year has been a busy one for The Family History Guide. Here is a list of some of the features that we added to the website in 2021: New QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos—These are hosted on our YouTube Channel and included in various country and research pages: Researching Records in Canada; Beginning Your Research in...

What is new at The FHG
December 27, 2021

New: Come, Follow Me Companion for 2022

We are excited to begin another year of family history lessons in the Come, Follow Me Companion for family history. This year the topic of study is the Old Testament. Previous years include New Testament (2019), Book of Mormon (2020), and Doctrine and Covenants (2021). Check out the Come, Follow Me Companion for the Old Testament. Now when you go...

Church Of Jesus Christ
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