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1. Adoption: How do I do genealogy for adopted ancestors? United States / B3
2. Ancestry: Where can I get access to Ancestry? Intro > TFHG Partners (Ancestry)/a>
3. Beginners: Is there a list of family history activities I can do if I am short on time? Intro / 15-Minutes
4. Beginners: How do I get started with The Family History Guide? Intro / Get Started
5. Beginners: What are the main features of The Family History Guide? Intro / Features Help
6. Beginners: Where can I find a good list of genealogy terms? Intro / FH Basics
7. Birth: How do I find birth records for my ancestors? United States / B2
8. Cemetery: Where can I find cemetery records online? United States / B6
9. Census: How do I get started researching United States census records? United States / C1
10. Census: How do I work with different decades in the United States census? United States / C2
11. Charts: Where can I get free genealogy charts? 1 / 12
12. Children: What are some good genealogy activities for kids? Kids Corner
13. Church: Where do I find church records for my ancestors? United States / F1
14. City Directories: How do I track an ancestor in a certain town or county? United States / A2
15. Computer Basics: How do I learn more about using a Mac? Intro / CB (Mac Skills)
16. Computer Basics: How do I learn Windows? Intro / CB (Windows Skills)
17. Computer Basics: How do I use the Internet? Intro / CB (Internet Skills)
18. Computer Basics: How do I learn Google apps? Intro / CB (Gmail and Apps)
19. Death: How do I find death records for my ancestors? United States / B5
20. Descendancy: What is descendancy research? 3 / 1
21. DNA: How can DNA testing help me with my family history? 8 / 2
22. DNA: How do I decide on a DNA test to take? 8 / 3
23. DNA: What do I do with the results from my DNA test? 8 / 4 8 / 5 AN 7 / 4 MH 7 / 4
24. Faiths: How can I find Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish family history resources? Faiths: Catholic Protestant Jewish
25. Family History Books: Any advice for writing a family history book? 6 / 5
26. FamilySearch Account: How do I get an account with FamilySearch? 1 / 1
27. FamilySearch Account: How do I change my FamilySearch password? 1 / 13
28. Family Tree: Can I be notified when others make changes to my ancestors? 1 / 6 (F)
29. Family Tree: How do I import ancestors from Ancestry or MyHeritage into FamilySearch? 1 / 7 (C)
30. Family Tree: How do fix a relationship that's wrong in my Family Tree? 1 / 6 (D)
31. Family Tree: How do I add new ancestors to my tree? 1 / 7
32. Family Tree: How do I change the information for a person in my tree? 1 / 6
33. Family Tree: How do I contact someone who's working on one of my lines in Family Tree? 1 / 10 (C)
34. Family Tree: What if I disagree with a change someone made to a Family Tree record? 1 / 10 (B)
35. First Run: What if my family tree is almost empty? 5 / 5
36. Handwriting: How do I get better at reading old handwriting in records? 5 / 5
37. Help: Can I get genealogy help on Facebook? 7 / 3
38. Help: How do I contact FamilySearch Support? 6 / 1 (A)
39. Help: How do I get help when a consultant is not available? 6 / all
40. Helper: Can I access a friend’s tree to help with his genealogy? 6 / 4
41. Immigration: How do I find my immigrant ancestors? United States / D1, D2, D3
42. Indexing: How do I get started with indexing? 5 / 2
43. International Research: How do I do research in a particular country? Countries page
44. Learning: Is there a study plan to learn from The Family History Guide on a schedule? Study Center
45. Maps: Are there some maps I can use for my United States research? United States / A2 (B)
46. Marriage: How do I find marriage records for my ancestors? United States / B4, Country pages
47. Memories: Can I see photos and documents for lots of ancestors at once? 2 / 11
48. Memories: Can I share audio recordings on FamilySearch? How? 2 / 10
49. Memories: How do I get my photos or documents to show up on FamilySearch? 2 / 5, 2 / 6
50. Memories: How do I take care of old photos and documents? 2 / 1
51. Memories: I need tips for writing a life story. 2 / 9
52. Memories: I want to interview some of my relatives about their family memories: any tips? 2 / 3
53. Merging: I think these two ancestors are the same person. What do I do? 1 / 11
54. Military: Where do I find information for an ancestor who fought in a war? United States / E2
55. Mistakes: I’m new to family history. Any mistakes I should avoid? 4 / 6 (A)
56. More Info: Where do I find more family history articles or videos without having to Google? Vault
57. MyHeritage: Where can I get access to MyHeritage? Intro/TFHG Partners (MyHeritage)
58. Navigation: Can I quickly find out my relationship to certain ancestors? 1 / 2 (B)
59. Navigation: How can I quickly find a person in Family Tree? 1 / 4
60. Navigation: How can I see other parts of my family tree on the screen? 1 / 1
61. Navigation: How do I get an ancestor to show up as the first person in my tree? 1 / 2
62. Navigation: How do I get the print on my family tree screen bigger? 1 / 1 (B)
63. Navigation: How do I print pedigree charts? 1 / 2
64. Navigation: How do print family group sheets? 1 / 2 (F)
65. Navigation: What’s a fan chart? 1 / 5 (B)
66. Newspapers: How can I use newspapers in my research? United States / F4
67. Obituaries: Are obituaries helpful for doing research? United States / B5
68. Organization: Do you have any tips for keeping my genealogy organized? 4 / 1, 4 / 2
69. Partner Access: How do FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast compare? Intro / FH Basics (Partners)
70. Privacy: Why don’t my cousins or spouse’s family show up in my Family Tree? 1 / 1
71. Puzzilla: Can I see lots of descendants or ancestors on the screen, all at once? 3 / 3
72. Research: Are there standard practices I should follow in doing research? 4 / 3 (A)3
73. Research: Can I save my search results to work on later? 4 / 5
74. Research: How do I do research on last names? 4 / 3 (D)
75. Research: How do I find my ancestors in a certain region of the United States? United States / A3
76. Research: How do I do research in a United States state? United States / A3
77. Research: How do I find research that’s already been done on my lines? 4 / 4
78. Research: I seem to have hit a brick wall with some of my ancestors. What can I do? 4 / 6 (F)
79. Research: What are some good strategies to use for research? 4 / 3
80. Research: What if I find conflicting evidence in records for an ancestor? 1 / 10 (D)
81. Research: What is the FamilySearch Wiki? 4 / 4 (G)
82. Research: What kind of record I should look for in a given situation? United States / A1
83. Research: Where can I find information on an ethnic group? Countries - Ethnic
84. Research: Where can I find some forms to help me keep track of my research? 4 / 1
85. Research: Which of my family lines would be best to start research on? 4 / 2, 3 / 1
86. Scanning: How do I learn how to scan photos and documents? 2 / 5
87. Search: How do I use Google searches for family history? 4 / 5
88. Search: I’m not getting any results when I search for a name of one of my ancestors. 4 / 5 (D)
89. Social Media: How can I use Pinterest with genealogy? 7 / 3 (E)
90. Social Media: What are some good Facebook pages for genealogy? 7 / 3 (C)
91. Sources: Do I need to say where my research information came from? How do I do that? 1 / 8
92. Sources: What makes a good source? 1 / 8
93. Tech: What genealogy software databases can I use, and what are their features? 7 / 4
94. Tech: What's the difference between using genealogy software and using Family Tree? 7 / 4
95. Tech: Where can I find apps for family history? 7 / 2 (A)
96. Church of Jesus Christ: How do I show or hide ordinance information in Family Tree? 1 / 13
97. Church of Jesus Christ: How do I find ancestors to do temple work for? CoJC / 2, CoJC / 3, CoJC / 4
98. Church of Jesus Christ: Where do I see the temple names I have reserved? CoJC / 6
99. Church of Jesus Christ: Whom can I reserve ordinances for? CoJC / 1
100. Church of Jesus Christ: How does The Family History Guide fit with Come, Follow Me? Weekly Family History Activities