November 29, 2020

Finding Your Ancestors Using Land and Property Records

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission.   For genealogical research, there are two main components of land and property records: maps and documents. Using both, when they are available, is a great benefit to research. This is especially true because often the documents, especially...

Records/Research/U.S. Research
November 22, 2020

Introducing the Youth Pages for Latter-day Saints

We are excited to announce a new series of web pages for Latter-day Saint youth on The Family History Guide. These pages offer fun and engaging ways to involve youth in temple and family history work. You can access the pages in the Youth menu (final link) or in the Faiths menu, in the Church of Jesus Christ section. Below...

Church Of Jesus Christ/What is new at The FHG
November 22, 2020

A Thanksgiving of Gratitude

In this pandemic year, many of us have been tried and tested in unimaginable ways. With all of the heartbreak and loss, there is still much to be grateful for in our lives. Russell M. Nelson, a former world-famous heart surgeon and current President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently issued a plea to people of...

Families/Family/The Family History Guide Association
November 22, 2020

Black Friday and Amazon Smile

Black Friday is just around the corner on November 27. This is a great opportunity to support The Family History Guide Association, a non-profit charitable organization as you shop on Amazon. On smile.amazon.com you can select The Family History Guide Association as your preferred giving organization, and Amazon will donate a percentage of the dollar amount of your purchases to...

The Family History Guide Association
November 14, 2020

A Wealth of Military Records

We just celebrated Veteran’s Day on November 11, commemorating the service and sacrifice of so many of our U.S. military servicemen and women. What we may not realize is that there is a huge variety of military records available for research. Many of these records include vital information, such as birth and death dates, as well as names of relatives....

Research/U.S. Research
November 14, 2020

Using the Countries Menu

The BYU Family History Library has an extensive collection of genealogy videos on its YouTube Channel. Topics include FamilySearch, Ancestry, international research, and much more. Many of these are linked from The Family History Guide. Recently, Rayanne Melick added a BYU Family History webinar featuring the Countries menu and country pages in The Family History Guide. It’s about 16 minutes...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG
November 14, 2020

Finding Your Ancestors Using Employment Records

Note: This article by James Tanner appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. You may never have thought of using employment records to find an ancestor or relative but there is a huge untapped reservoir of records out there around the world. The challenge is that employment records are only rarely classified...

Research/U.S. Research
November 9, 2020

Finding Value in Land Records

Land records might seem not to have any value to genealogical research, especially with the emphasis on vital and census records for most upcoming genealogists. However, they can be extremely helpful in locating where a family may have lived, especially when census and vital records are not available in that area for one reason or another. One reason is that...

Research/U.S. Research/Uncategorized
November 8, 2020

Goldie May Update: Finding Missing Children

The Goldie May Chrome extension is a great tool that combines resources in the United States census with your information in FamilySearch. It acts as a personal research assistant, prompting you to explore relevant areas for research on your family lines. There is a new feature in Goldie May: it helps you survey your female ancestors in the 1900 and...

U.S. Research
November 8, 2020

What’s New in The Family History Guide – 2020-11-09

Here’s a list of the most recent updates we’ve made to The Family History Guide website as of Nov. 9, arranged by date: 11-8 – Added links from NewspaperIndex.com to over 100 smaller countries worldwide. 11-7 – Added links to the African American Gateway, from the Allen County Public Library. These are in Goal 1 of most of the U.S....

What is new at The FHG
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