September 19, 2021

Following Your Ancestors on the FamilySearch Family Tree

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. In social networking, following has become endemic. In this context, when we “follow” someone, we are interested in learning about what happens in their lives. On the FamilySearch.org Family Tree, following is considerably different. The function of following is to learn about any changes being made to a particular individual...
Country Research/FamilySearch/Research
September 12, 2021

Upcoming Class: Intro to The Family History Guide

The Granite Family History Center is starting its fall semester of online Zoom classes this week. All classes are broadcast Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. Mountain time. To register for a class, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87373988340?pwd=bjMxcVB5Y3pJSzExTCtFbGxJcWt1UT09  and join 10 minutes before the class session. Classes are being recorded and will be available later on the website (https://www.granitefhc.com/videos-tutorials/). First up is Introduction...
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September 5, 2021

Understanding Merging on the FamilySearch Family Tree

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The FamilySearch.org Family Tree was originally seeded with previously collected individual and family histories from five major collections: the Ancestral File, the Pedigree Resource File, the International Genealogical Index, and Membership and Temple records from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These records were not directly added to the Family Tree. They were...
FamilySearch
August 29, 2021

This Week at the BYU FHL: Training Webinar for The Family History Guide

On September 1 at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time, I will be presenting a webinar for the BYU Family History Library titled “Teaching Family History with The Family History Guide.” The webinar is free, and you can sign up using the link at the top of this page: https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/ Here are some of the topics that will be covered, all relating...
Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training/YouTube
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