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May 21, 2023

New QRB Videos: Researching in Libraries and Archives

We are excited to announce the addition of three new QRB (Quick Research Basics) videos to our YouTube Channel. Narrated by James Tanner, these videos provide a great introduction to doing family history research in libraries and archives, as well as using their online resources. Here are the videos: TFHG Library and Archive Research, Part 1 – Intro TFHG –...

What is new at The FHG/YouTube
July 10, 2022

The Sixth Rule of Genealogy

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Rule Number Six is “Records Move.”  Upon reflection, it is quite easy for even experienced genealogical researchers to find themselves in a situation where they ignore and are trapped by one of these basic rules of genealogy.  One common situation addressed by Rule Six while researching in the...

Records/Research
February 27, 2022

New Video: Technology – Increasing Access to Archives

We’ve added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video to our YouTube Channel. This one is by Miles Meyer, Education Director for The Family History Guide Association and a frequent presenter at RootsTech. It’s titled “Technology – Increasing Access to Archives” and it discusses the following key topics, among others: Purpose and limitations of archives Microfilm and digitization projects Advances...

FamilySearch/Records/Technology
September 26, 2021

What Does It Take to Have Access to Genealogical Records?

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   Each of the large online genealogy family tree/record websites advertises the large number of records they have available for doing user research. In many cases there are various levels of indexing to support the records they claim to have available. But access is not determined by the...

Country Research/Records/Research
September 13, 2020

How Do Genealogically Significant Records Get Preserved? Part One

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. Let’s suppose that your great-grandfather wrote a journal during his lifetime and you are the member of the family that ends up with the journal. You might have a couple of concerns: how do you preserve the document...

Memories/Research
March 8, 2020

What’s New in The Family History Guide

Over the past few weeks we’ve added several new Choices and one new Goal in The Family History Guide. Here’s a recap of the key additions to the site, with links provided to the supporting content in The Family History Guide: FamilySearch “Where Am I From?” FS Project 4: Goal 10, Choices A, B, C, and D. The “Where Am...

Research/What is new at The FHG
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