April 23, 2018

Who’s Who In Your Family History?

The Family History Guide added a new activity on the “Activities for Families” page and it is both informative and a lot of fun (see Anytime Activities F1-11). This FamilySearch game offers ten photos of your ancestors and asks you to identify who it is that you are viewing in the picture. You may be surprised at how many you recognize!...

Family History Activities/Memories
April 14, 2018

Personal History Page By Page

What can we learn from a woman who wrote in her personal journal for over fifty-five years? My dear friend recorded her thoughts and feelings and the events of her life every day from the time she was thirteen years old until she could no longer write. She was more diligent in daily journal writing than anyone I have ever...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records
April 9, 2018

Updates to the Family Activities Page

Angelle Anderson, our Marketing Director, has been hard at work updating an already impressive Family Activities page  to make it even better. On the way are similar updates for the Activities pages for Singles, Youth, and Children. Updates Here’s a recap of the changes that were made to the Family Activities page: Pictures were added for each of the activities....

Family History Activities/What is new at The FHG
April 8, 2018

Guidestar Silver for The Family Guide Association

The Guidestar organization is like the yellow pages for registered non-profit and charity organizations. (Old enough to remember the yellow pages? If not, think Google searches …) You can find all sorts of information about non-profits in Guidestar, and since The Family History Guide Association is a charitable non-profit, you can find us there, too. Recently, The Family History Guide...

The Family History Guide Association
April 7, 2018

Party On! Check Out This FamilySearch Auto-Reminder to Celebrate Ancestral Moments

One of the fantastic family history activities listed on the Youth Page of The Family History Guide Family Activities section (Documenting the Past: Y4-03) is to create a timeline using Twile. This site is an interactive, cloud-based service in which you can create a timeline of your family’s past, present, and future. Made up of photos and milestones (such as births, marriages, deaths, and any...

Family History Activities/Memories/Technology
April 2, 2018

Announcing Info Links

Ever wish you could get a glimpse inside an article (or video), before you actually decided to open it? Well now you can … with our new Info Links. What’s an Info Link? An Info Link is an information icon that appears next to an article title. A sample Info Link (circled “i”) is shown below, at the right of...

Learning/Navigation/Technology/Uncategorized/What is new at The FHG
March 31, 2018

Computer Basics, New and Improved!

The Computer Basics section (Intro > Computer Basics) has been around since the early days of The Family History Guide. (OK, when we say “early” we mean about two and a half years, but you get the idea.) We included some great articles and videos that have helped people get started and improve their basic computing skills, whether on PC...

Technology/What is new at The FHG
March 30, 2018

Capturing Memories Before It’s Too Late

This past week our family celebrated the life of my husband’s beloved stepmother at a carefully planned funeral and at several family get-togethers. Although I had helped her gather and preserve documents and photos, and had audio recorded her sharing memories of her life and family history, her sudden illness and death left me wishing I had spent more time...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records/Technology
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