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September 6, 2020

Discovering History in Geography

A crucial part of genealogical research is knowing the history of the location where your ancestors grew up. As a student majoring in family history at Brigham Young University, one of the many requirements that I have to accomplish in order to graduate is to take several history courses. The first few courses cover a brief overview of U.S. and...

Country Research/Records/Research
March 25, 2019

Introducing the Countries Knowledgebase

In a recent blog post we announced the first Knowledgebase for The Family History Guide. It covers general and United States-specific research, and as we mentioned, it is a work in progress. There are currently about 60 entries, with many more to come. You can access this Knowledgebase from any of the Partner menus (FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Findmypast) or...

Country Research/Navigation/What is new at The FHG
March 24, 2019

Searching through Layers of Sources to Find Your Ancestors

Editor’s Note: This article, written by James Tanner, was originally published in the Genealogy’s Star blog site and is used with the author’s permission. It is probably evident that all sources are not created equal. Some are much more equal than others. (Attribution to George Orwell). As I have been doing research, I have noticed that source records are often...

Records/U.S. Research
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
September 16, 2017

Exploring the World with The Family History Guide

Finding international resources for your family history research is quick, easy, and powerful with The Family History Guide. Instead of spending time navigating through a maze of menus, you can get to your destination in a matter of seconds, using the Countries page. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer … Getting There You can access Countries from...

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