April 22, 2019

Love Is the Answer

In a recent address, Quentin L. Cook reminded us of an obvious but sometimes forgotten fact: family history, like families, runs on love. As I thought about his remarks, I concluded that we can do family history research from a sense of responsibility, as a hobby, out of curiosity, as a profession, or for any number of reasons. Still, the...

Family History Activities/The Family History Guide Association
April 22, 2019

Are You Using The Study Center?

Have you ever noticed that new things are happening all the time on The Family History Guide?  Do you sometimes have a difficult time keeping up with all the wonderfully innovative and inspired additions?  The Homepage is the gateway to everything that is available on The Family History Guide.  Click on everything! Look under the Misc dropdown on the Homepage...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
April 15, 2019

Introducing the Online Tracker Reporting System

It’s here! At RootsTech 2019, we announced that a new reporting system for the Online Tracker would be coming in April. Today we are excited to announce its debut on The Family History Guide website. This new feature enables you to create progress reports for yourself or others, based on slider-bar settings that have been recorded in the Online Tracker. Getting...

Learning/Online Tracker/Training/What is new at The FHG
April 14, 2019

Discover, Gather, and Connect Your Family

At RootsTech 2019, Scott and Angelle Anderson shared the stage with Merrill White of FamilySearch to deliver a powerful presentation. They demonstrated how engaging in meaningful family history activities can connect families together in love. Scott, our Public Relations Director, and Angelle, our Marketing Director, highlighted activities from The Family History Guide, while Merrill introduced the new In-Home Activities on...

Church Of Jesus Christ/Family History Activities/FamilySearch/RootsTech/Uncategorized
April 8, 2019

The Family History Guide and the Family Tree Mobile App

We are excited to announce a new addition to The Family History Guide: there is now a Project for the Family Tree Mobile App from FamilySearch. You can find the new Family Tree App Project at the bottom of the FamilySearch drop-down menu. Part One This new Project is being published in two parts. Currently, Part One has the following...

FamilySearch/Technology/What is new at The FHG
April 8, 2019

A DNA Test May Not Automatically Overcome a Brick Wall Situation

Editor’s Note: This article was previously posted on the Genealogy’s Star blog site by James Tanner and is used with the author’s permission. The term “brick wall” as used in the genealogical sense refers to an end-of-line situation where the next generation ancestor or even some other relative cannot be easily found. Of course, this could be the researcher’s parent...

Country Research/DNA/Technology/U.S. Research
April 7, 2019

In Defense of Social Media

For a lot of people, social media is considered to be a waste of time.  It is certainly true that it can be.  It can also be the complete opposite of that.  There are hundreds of articles about Social Media and Social Responsibility out there on the Internet, both pro and con on social media.  It all depends on how we use...

General/Learning/Social Media/Technology
March 30, 2019

My RootsTech Experience, by James Tanner

My RootsTech 2019 Experience Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is reprinted here with the author’s permission. https://www.rootstech.org/ I am fairly certain that my RootsTech 2019 experience was far different than nearly everyone else attending the Conference. I have been attending the RootsTech Conferences since the very first one in 2011 except...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG
March 30, 2019

Two New Show-Me Videos for The Family History Guide

If you are a visual learner, chances are good that you have seen some of the videos produced by The Family History Guide Association, or least some of the videos that we link to, from our website. Currently we link to over 850 videos in The Family History Guide, ranging from about 40 seconds to 90 minutes in length. We...

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