August 19, 2019

New Staff Members for The Association

The Family History Guide Association is proud to announce the addition of two new staff members: Debbie Brady, Marketing Strategist, and Lynn Hammond, Executive Assistant. Debbie Brady, Marketing Strategist Debbie Brady has found family history to be a wonderfully addictive endeavor.  She enjoys helping others learn how to get started with their family history and seeing “the light go on”...

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August 19, 2019

More on Rule Four: There Are Always More Records

Editor’s Note: This blog article was originally published by James Tanner in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Expanded Commentary on the Rules of Genealogy: Rule Four I published the first six Rules of Genealogy back on July 1, 2014. See “Six of the Basic Rules of Genealogy.” This short list included the most...

Learning/Records/Research/U.S. Research
August 12, 2019

Life, Death, and Meaningful Preparation

Ten weeks ago my husband’s mother passed away.  She lived a full and active life for over 92 years.   She was a widow for 29 years and lived in a modest home they have owned for 65 years.  She kept it very well and Jim maintained it and updated it regularly. She believed in maintaining your assets. She was frugal...

Families/General/Memories/Stories
August 11, 2019

The Family History Guide at RootsTech London 2019

It’s official: we are excited to announce that The Family History Guide Association will be making the trip across the pond to RootsTech London 2019! This is the first RootsTech to be held outside the United States, and we are proud to be a part of this bit of history. The conference dates are October 24-26. About RootsTech London Here’s...

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August 11, 2019

Is The Family History Guide for Experienced Researchers?

Although The Family History Guide is often thought of as a learning center for those new to family history, it’s also surprisingly good resource for those who are more experienced. These are people who know the basics of family history and have “been around the block” with research. Two areas where The Family History Guide shines are these: making research...

Country Research/FS Partners/Records/Research/Training/U.S. Research
August 5, 2019

Home Page Updates

Most of you who have visited The Family History Guide website are likely familiar with the slideshow picture area that we have had in the upper right, where you scroll between various features on the website to learn more. While this feature has served well, we feel it’s time for a change in order to help those who are new...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG
August 5, 2019

Update: The Countries Knowledgebase

A few months ago we introduced the Countries Knowledgebase, a handy reference for finding quick info on international research. We recently added learning points for all the countries and regions in our Countries Knowledgebase. You can access the link in the Countries menu (“Countries KB”). In there are interesting nuggets of information for research in various countries. Below is an...

Country Research/What is new at The FHG
August 5, 2019

Your Work on the FamilySearch Family Tree Will Never Be “Done”

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by James Tanner on the “Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad” blog site and is used by permission.  Your work on the FamilySearch Family Tree will never be “Done” Some processes and activities and our lives on earth all have a definite beginning point and an end. Genealogy changes with every new birth...

FamilySearch/Records/Research
July 28, 2019

Show Me Videos, and More

We’re excited to announce two more Show Me videos for The Family History Guide on our YouTube Channel: FamilySearch Project 2 Goal 6: Adding and Tagging Photos FamilySearch Project 2 Goal 6: Adding Documents This brings our total number of Show Me videos to 14, and our total video count to 45. Check them out for a visual way to...

FamilySearch/Social Media/What is new at The FHG
July 28, 2019

Happy Birthday #4, and Pass-along Cards

To me, it’s hard to believe that four years have already come and gone since The Family History Guide was launched in July 2015, at the BYU Family History Conference. Since then, it would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened! Here are 10 of the major milestones The Family History Guide has experienced in those four...

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