February 12, 2024

The Family History Guide: Mini-Classes at RootsTech

If you’re planning on attending RootsTech live in Salt Lake City, be sure to stop by the Exhibit Hall and visit us at the booth for The Family History Guide (next to the FamilySearch booth). This year we are putting together a series of fun and informative mini-classes at the booth, each about 20 minutes in length. Here’s a graphic...

Learning/RootsTech
February 4, 2024

Check out the full list of RootsTech sessions both live and online

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   Yes, the schedule of classes including rooms and times for the live classes is online on the RootsTech 2024 website. The schedule is divided into the In-person schedule and the Online Schedule. There are 222 speakers scheduled over the three day conference. You can still register for the in-person...

RootsTech
January 31, 2024

Breaking News: A New Educational Partnership

Today we are excited to announce an official partnership between The Family History Guide Association and the National Genealogical Society. The Family History Guide Association will provide educational materials and training to the National Genealogical Society, enabling their members to accelerate their learning and research skills in genealogy. “We are thrilled to connect our organization members with the wealth of...

Learning/The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
January 28, 2024

Getting to Know Genealogy Trails

GenealogyTrails.com is a handy website that focuses on United States research, particularly for U.S. states and counties. It’s a collaboration effort run by a series of expert volunteers, with lots of great resources that are hard to find on other sites. Their forte is transcribing many thousands of records, such as military, obituary, biographies, voter registrations, and more. In The...

U.S. Research/What is new at The FHG
January 28, 2024

MyHeritage Releases AI Record Finder™ and AI Biographer™

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   AI Record Finder™ and AI Biographer™ are two Groundbreaking Features That Transform Genealogy Using Artificial Intelligence. If you have been following the online news about artificial intelligence or AI, you will already know that AI applications are expanding at a astronomical rate. Some of the AI features...

MyHeritage
January 21, 2024

Update: New Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide

The Practice Exercises in The Family History Guide offer a simple yet effective way to help you explore a variety of record collections around the world. Each exercise has a problem statement with three research questions and a QUIKLink to a record collection, hints for working with the records, and the answers to the questions. You can see more information...

What is new at The FHG
January 21, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Language Resources

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that shows you how to take advantage of language resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers Google Translate capabilities for the website, YouTube language captions for videos, translated videos, and more. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above. It’s also included below for your convenience. We...

What is new at The FHG
January 14, 2024

New 5-Minute Feature Video: Navigating Country Pages

We’ve added a new 5-Minute Features video that helps you find and use the Country page resources in The Family History Guide. The video covers how to use the various menus to find country pages for research, as well as the “smaller” countries that typically have fewer records. You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel using the link above....

Country Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 14, 2024

New QRB Video: Starting Research in Austria

We have added a new video to our QRB (Quick Research Basics) playlist: Starting Your Genealogical Research in Austria, by James Tanner. It covers history, geography, research tips and more, to help you find your Austrian ancestors. There are now 88 videos in the QRB playlist, covering many countries around the world as well as providing basic tips for successful research...

Country Research/Research/What is new at The FHG/YouTube
January 7, 2024

New: Intro Video for The Family History Guide, 2024

We’re starting the new year off with a bang by introducing an updated Intro video for The Family History Guide. You can see it on the Home page of the website, and it’s included below for your convenience: This Intro video covers more features than the previous Intro video, while being about five minutes shorter. There are  57 individual chapters...

The Family History Guide Association/Training/What is new at The FHG
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