March 4, 2019

Where Are the Daughters?

Editor’s Note: This blog post from Liz Kennington was originally published on February 2, 2019 and is reprinted here with her permission. One of the difficult things about doing family history work is finding all the women in the family. Even if you don’t know a wife’s maiden name, you at least have a clue when there is a “Mrs” mentioned....

Records/Research
February 25, 2019

Getting Our Posterity to Love Family History

Rootstech is almost here!  I am so excited to be returning to Salt Lake City to attend. I hope you are too! This is my 6th Rootstech experience and it just keeps getting better. Last year was my first year working for The Family History Guide.  Working in the Expo Hall at RT, teaching some mini-classes in our booth, doing demos of the...

Church Of Jesus Christ/Family History Activities/Family History Travel
February 24, 2019

RootsTech 2019: It’s This Week!

RootsTech 2019 is fast approaching, and The Family History Guide has been very busy preparing for the event. Here’s a recap of who’s doing what for The Family History Guide at the event: Bob Ives is handling the logistical operations for The Family History Guide at RootsTech. Bob Taylor is updating the website and preparing for two presentations, on Thursday...

RootsTech/What is new at The FHG
February 24, 2019

Passion and Paths: The New “Get Started” Page

As we know, The Family History Guide has a lot of content—although not nearly so much as sites like FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc. And when we compare those huge websites to the sum total of family history, such as all the family photos, documents, and records kept in the world, those sites pale in comparison. Occasionally someone new to The Family History...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG
February 17, 2019

Spread The Guide

We at The Family History Guide Association are looking forward to RootsTech 2019! One of the most enjoyable experiences is watching the “light bulbs” go on with people as they watch a demo or listen to a presentation of The Family History Guide. It never gets old. Besides enjoying and using The Family History Guide, what do you do next,...

Family History Activities/RootsTech/Social Media/The Family History Guide Association
February 17, 2019

What’s New: Web Versions for Media

The Media page of The Family History Guide has a large assortment of brochures and flyers available for free viewing and download. The media items are mostly in PDF format, with an occasional Microsoft Word document designed for editing. They are easy to use for just about any purpose. However, there is a limitation with PDFs and Word docs: they...

What is new at The FHG
February 17, 2019

Cleaning Up with Tree Sweeper

In a previous post, we said farewell to Find-A-Record, a popular program for updating and maintaining your data in FamilySearch Family Tree. It was featured in Project 1: Family Tree in The Family History Guide. Now there is a worthy successor to Find-A-Record: it’s Tree Sweeper, from the BYU Family History Technology Lab. In a nutshell, Tree Sweeper examines your...

FamilySearch/Technology/What is new at The FHG
February 10, 2019

The GPS of Family History ~The Family History Guide

This week I read a wonderful article about, Dr. Gladys West, one of the top 100 Women mentioned by the BBC, as one of the most important contributors to science in our times.  Dr. West was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall Of Fame in 2018.  Dr. West, now in her 80s, is a noted mathematician and early contributor...

General/Learning/Navigation/RootsTech/Training/What is new at The FHG
February 10, 2019

The Family History Guide Booth at RootsTech 2019

This year at RootsTech we are raising the bar—again—with our booth in the Exhibit Hall. We are booth #217, located just behind the new Coaches Corner and diagonally across from the FamilySearch booth. Below is a partial map with our location circled in blue. You can see the full map of the Exhibit Hall here.   Booth Layout and Features...

RootsTech
February 10, 2019

New: Feature Slides on the Home Page

A number of our users have asked us what’s new in The Family History Guide. Others who are new to the site have mentioned they would like to see a few key features highlighted. To meet these needs, we are pleased to announce the addition of Feature Slides in the upper-right corner of the Home page. Below is a screen...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG
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