January 20, 2019

Talking about Blog Posts …

You may have noticed something new in our blog articles… all 230+ of them! There’s a play/pause button in the upper-left corner of each article that enables you to hear the content via text-to-speech translation. Listening to the blog articles can be a benefit for the visually impaired, or for anyone who enjoys a podcast-style experience. The technology comes courtesy of...

Technology/What is new at The FHG
January 14, 2019

The Family History Guide To The Rescue

One of the reasons I am so excited about The Family History Guide is that I remember the day in 2010 when I began working at a Family Search Library. Although I had been doing my own family history since the early 80s, I had no idea what was available electronically or in the stacks of books, periodicals, films, and microfiche in the library. I had no...

General/Learning/Training/Uncategorized
January 14, 2019

30 Things to See

Sometimes trimming down is a good idea. (No, this is not about New Year’s resolutions.) Here, we are talking about a document that was originally titled “50 Things to See and Show in The Family History Guide”. A while back it was reduced from 50 to 40 things, and this past week it was reduced even further to “30 Things...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 13, 2019

100 Questions and Answers

Life has a way of working in circles—experiences from the past sometimes come around again in new ways. Such is the case with the “100 Questions and Answers” reference document in the Media page of The Family History Guide. It was created over a year ago but has recently been refreshed with new content to match the updates to the...

Learning/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 7, 2019

Updates to the Certified Trainers Program

We have a great group of Certified Trainers for The Family History Guide, spanning from Australia to Nigeria. These CTs, as we call them, provide valuable training at family history fairs, genealogy libraries, family history centers, and more. In preparation for new growth in the program, we recently we made some notable changes to the Certified Trainer Program and its web...

Training/What is new at The FHG
January 7, 2019

Using Social Media to Capture Your Family’s History

Sometimes the thought of being a family historian can be overwhelming.  Social media can be an excellent way to keep up with our living and deceased family members’ history.  This past week has found me frantically trying to finish up last year’s family events with 2018 posts on Facebook.  One of the reasons I enjoy this is because our family is spread...

Family History Activities/General/Learning/Memories/Technology
January 7, 2019

What’s New in the Tracker

About the Tracker One of the keys to success with family history skills is the ability to monitor and track what you’ve learned to do. In The Family History Guide the Tracker—Online or Word—provides you that capability. You can use the Exercises in Projects to help you rate your skill and learning levels. Then you can transfer that information, along with...

What is new at The FHG
December 31, 2018

Announcing the “Come Follow Me” Companion, from The Family History Guide

We are excited to announce that The Family History Guide now includes a family history Companion for the 2019 Come Follow Me gospel study program from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (These Companion pages are produced by The Family History Guide Association, not the Church.) You can find the Come Follow Me Companion in the Faiths menu...

Learning/What is new at The FHG
December 31, 2018

2018 in Review: Top 20 Additions to The Family History Guide

It’s almost time to turn a new page on the yearly calendar, and it has been a great one for The Family History Guide website. Let’s take a look at what we feel are the top 20 additions and updates made to The Family History Guide in 2018, from 20 to 1 … 20. Exercises for Partner pages—Exercises are added...

General/What is new at The FHG
December 28, 2018

It’s a New Year – Let’s Start This Week to Record Our Personal Histories!

It is nearly 2019 and I would guess that for most of us, it is a hard fact to comprehend. We contemplate the past year, and although so much happened, it is the pace at which it transpired that makes us worry about the new year approaching and then suddenly being a memory. Finding a way to record the events of our lives...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records
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