February 21, 2018

Jonathan’s Story

Creating an engaging video that is both informative and inspiring is no small task, but Chris Jones is a master of his craft and accomplishes this quest with ease. Skillfully sharing a personal story with emotion and sensitivity is not easily done, but comes naturally to Jonathan Johnson. As members of The Family History Guide Association, we are having difficulty finding words...

Memories/The Family History Guide Association/What is new at The FHG
February 19, 2018

Win a free sketch at RootsTech, from The Family History Guide

We are pleased to have Johanna Taylor, one of the top character design artists in Utah, doing free custom sketches on Saturday, Mar. 3 at The Family History Guide booth (203) at RootsTech 2018. Twenty lucky winners will be chosen to have their portrait sketches done. Johanna will be doing sketches at the following times on Saturday: 10:30 a.m.   10:45...

Family History Activities/RootsTech
February 19, 2018

Rootstech Mini-Class Schedule for The Family History Guide – Something For Everyone

Come join the fun! You are invited to attend Rootstech – the largest family history and technology conference in the world! This year it will be held February 28 to March 3, 2018, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. See options for registration and note that Saturday is the free “Discovery Day,” but you will need tickets which are...

Family History Activities/RootsTech
February 19, 2018

How Will You Preserve Your Memories?

Gemma Green-Hope captures a scene many of us have faced (or might face in the future) as she describes how after her grandmother’s death in 2010, she had the task of helping her father and uncle sort through some of her grandmother’s possessions. She writes, “I inherited some of her clothes to wear, books to read, a bicycle to ride.”...

Family History Activities/Memories
February 12, 2018

The Family History Fun Basket – It’s Ready when You Are!

Circle up the family for a fun, easy to create family history game that will have you all laughing, learning, and making memories at a moment’s notice! It might be a small, last minute family get-together, or a planned evening with loads of cousins ready to party – whatever the occasion, you will have it covered! You will not only have...

Family History Activities
February 5, 2018

Home Page Updates

To keep things consistent and easy to follow, we don’t re-arrange items on the Home Page of The Family History Guide very often. In the last few days, we’ve added a few touches that we feel will enhance the user experience a bit, while not dramatically changing it. In this case, we have updated the “banner” area – the section...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG
February 4, 2018

The “Search” is On

We recently enhanced the Search feature that’s on each page in The Family History Guide. (“Search” helps you quickly find topics and keywords on The Family History Guide website.)  Here’s a brief summary of the improvements. When you search, there will be no more ads at the top of results window. Our non-profit status as The Family History Guide Association...

Navigation/What is new at The FHG
January 31, 2018

Looking Up, Down Under

We are pleased to announce the addition this week of research pages on The Family History Guide for the Australian States. You can find the links on the Australia country page, below the main photo: Here are the individual links to the Australian State pages: New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Each of these pages features...

Country Research/Navigation/Records/What is new at The FHG
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