February 8, 2021

New Show Me Video Updates

Last week we introduced our revised version of the Show Me video for FamilySearch Project 1: Goal 1—Navigation. Since then we have completed six additional revisions for FamilySearch Show Me videos: Project 1, Goal 2: View Details Project 1, Goal 3: Children and Spouses Project 1, Goal 4: Find and Recents Features Project 1, Goal 5: Alternate Views Project 1,...

FamilySearch/What is new at The FHG
February 8, 2021

Save Time with Partner Searches in Family Tree

On the right side of any Person page in Family Tree, you may have noticed that there’s is a section called Search Records which contains several logos:     These logos do more than just link to their respective sites. When you click a logo for a site, Family Tree actually does a search on that site using the information from the...

FamilySearch
February 8, 2021

The Family History Guide Association Receives Guidestar Approval

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. The Family History Guide Association, a 501(c)(3) public charity organization, is the funding organization behind The Family History Guide website. I am the Chairman of the Board of The Family History Guide Association. GuideStar by Candid is a vetting organization that investigates...

The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
February 1, 2021

Reworking the Show Me Videos

Currently there are 34 Show Me videos on our YouTube Channel, in the Show Me playlist. These cover Goals for the Projects in FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage. Each video shows screen movements that are necessary for tasks, as well as walking through the steps in The Family History Guide. To simplify the approach, we have decided to focus just on...

FamilySearch/Training/Uncategorized/What is new at The FHG
January 31, 2021

What’s New in The Family History Guide – 2/1/2021

Here is a summary list of updates to The Family History Guide website as of Feb. 1, 2021: 1/26 – Added a number of entries to the General / United States Knowledgebase. 1/25 – In the Trainers menu, consolidated the Blank and Sample Worksheet pages in a single menu item. 1/25 – Created language translations for the Blank Worksheets, in...

What is new at The FHG
January 31, 2021

New Worksheets Page

Previously in the Trainers menu, we had separate entries for directly downloading the Blank Worksheet and the Sample Worksheet. These sheets help you plan a class presentation using The Family History Guide, without the need to create separate slide decks or handouts. The Blank Worksheet is a template for creating your own class, while the Sample Worksheet is an example...

Training/What is new at The FHG
January 24, 2021

Printing The Family History Guide

We occasionally are asked if there is a printed version of The Family History Guide. The standard reply is no, for two reasons: 1) It would be thousands of pages long, and 2) The content changes often enough that keeping it up-to-date would be tremendously time-consuming. However, printing some pages here or there can be very useful. The challenge is...

What is new at The FHG
January 24, 2021

New QRB (Quick Research Basics) Videos

Since the last time we posted, there are four new Quick Research Basics (QRB) videos on our YouTube Channel: Naturalization and Passenger Records United States Church Records U.S. Travel and Migration Records Other United States Records We have provided subtitles for each of these videos in English, Spanish, German, and Portuguese, and you can select Auto-Translate in YouTube Settings to...

Research/U.S. Research
January 24, 2021

Don’t Get Obsessed with One Ancestor

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission.     The reality is that you have thousands upon thousands of ancestors and millions of relatives. Too often, I am approached for help in finding one ancestor’s parents. Also too often, I hear the same story about...

Research/U.S. Research
January 17, 2021

Speaking to the World

The Mission Statement for The Family History Guide Association begins with this phrase: ” To greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide …” One of the essential ways of doing that is to enable the use of languages on the website. With RootsTech 2021 fast approaching and attendees visiting from over 185 countries, it’s important...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
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