Tag: Show Me videos

New Videos on our YouTube Channel

It has been a busy  couple of weeks for our YouTube Channel, and that’s a good thing! We have recently added six new Quick Research Basics videos by Miles Meyer, our Education Director, and two new Show Me videos by James Tanner, our Chairman of the Board of The Family History Guide Association: QRB: Intro to European Archives QRB: Intro...

New Show Me Video Updates

Last week we introduced our revised version of the Show Me video for FamilySearch Project 1: Goal 1—Navigation. Since then we have completed six additional revisions for FamilySearch Show Me videos: Project 1, Goal 2: View Details Project 1, Goal 3: Children and Spouses Project 1, Goal 4: Find and Recents Features Project 1, Goal 5: Alternate Views Project 1,...

Reworking the Show Me Videos

Currently there are 34 Show Me videos on our YouTube Channel, in the Show Me playlist. These cover Goals for the Projects in FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage. Each video shows screen movements that are necessary for tasks, as well as walking through the steps in The Family History Guide. To simplify the approach, we have decided to focus just on...

What’s New in The Family History Guide

Here are a few of the updates we’ve included recently in The Family History Guide and some additional details for each: Surname eBooks As described in  an earlier blog post, we’ve added over 900 links to online books on our Surname eBooks page. As a follow-up, we have included instructions at the top of that page for how to access...

What’s New in The Family History Guide

Here’s a recap of the latest happenings with The Family History Guide: 1. QUIKLinks Reach the 5,000 Milestone Recently we added about 50 new QUIKLinks in The Family History Guide to record collections from FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast. That puts the total number at over 5,000 (and growing). You can find QUIKLinks where you see the lightning-bolt icons in...

New Ancestry Show-Me Videos

This past week we added three new Show Me videos to The Family History Guide for Ancestry Project 2: Family Tree. Here are the links and brief descriptions for each: Project 2 Goal 3: Add or Remove People Project 2 Goal 4: Edit Relationships Project 2 Goal 5: Explore Hints You can also find these Show Me videos in the...

New and Updated Videos

We’ve been busy on our YouTube Channel adding and updating videos for your enjoyment. Here are the two new videos we recently added: Ancestry Show Me video, Project 2: Family Tree, Goal 1 (covers tree navigation) Ancestry Show Me Video, Project 2: Family Tree, Goal 2 (covers editing person information) And here are the updated videos: The Family History Guide...

Show Me Videos, and More

We’re excited to announce two more Show Me videos for The Family History Guide on our YouTube Channel: FamilySearch Project 2 Goal 6: Adding and Tagging Photos FamilySearch Project 2 Goal 6: Adding Documents This brings our total number of Show Me videos to 14, and our total video count to 45. Check them out for a visual way to...

Previews of Coming Attractions

It is already proving to be a busy summer for The Family History Guide. We have some interesting developments in the works, so we thought we’d offer a few “previews of coming attractions” for the website … What, When, and Why Pass-along cards (fold-over, double business-card size), available early July. These can be ordered from The Family History Guide Association...