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Introduction to The Family History Guide
Syllabus
This presentation typically lasts about 50 minutes, with a 10-minute Q&A session at the
end. In the presentation, the following topics will be shown and demonstrated from the
website:
• Background – Details about The
Family History Guide website, the
Association, and purpose
• Overview Video – A 2-minute look
at the main features of the site
• Tour – A pop-up window accessed
from the Home page, with links to
explore site topics
• Get Started page – Helps you
identify an area of family history
to focus on, with resource links
• Menus – Across the top for
laptops and desktops, or the
three-line icon for tablets/phones
• Languages – Support for 100
languages, via Google Translate
• Search – Magnifying glass icon
lets you search within the site
• FAQs – Categories of questions &
answers for The Family History
Guide
• Topics – Alphabetized list of
topics in the site
• Learning System – A powerful yet
flexible method for learning
FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc.
• Sample Project – FamilySearch
Project 1, showing Goals, Choices,
and Steps
• Show Me Videos – Showing the
screen movements for tasks on
FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc.
• Choice Features – Additional ways
you can control screen content
• Print Feature – How to selectively
print content from the site
• Photos and Documents – Projects
for FamilySearch, Ancestry,
MyHeritage, and Findmypast
• Research Projects – Learn how to
do research, for any platform
• Partner Research Tools – Find
platform-specific research tools
• Knowledgebase – A large array of
general & U.S. research tips,
divided into small pieces
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• Goldie May – Online manual for a
Chrome extension that acts as an
intelligent research assistant
• Surname eBooks – Access
hundreds of free surname books
online
• Partner Apps – Mobile apps for
different platforms
• Activities – Family history
activities for families, individuals,
youth, and children
• Activities Index – Alphabetical
linked list of family history
activities
• Activities Planning Sheet –
Downloadable sheet to take notes
about activities held
• Youth Pages – Resources that help
youth get involved with family
history
• Blog Page – Read/listen/subscribe
to weekly blog posts
• Social Media – The Family History
Guide on Facebook, YouTube,
Twitter, Instagram, Twitter
• Faiths – Research pages for
Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and
Latter-day Saint
• Countries Menu – Research pages
for countries around the world
• Ethnic Research – Research pages
for African American, Asian,
Basque, Hispanic, Jewish, Native
American
• Countries Knowledgebase – Tips
for research in specific countries
• United States Page – Resources for
finding and using U.S. records
• U.S. State Pages – Resources for
each U.S. state, emphasis on AZ
• County Links – Resources for each
county in the state
• QUIKLinks – Direct access to
record search screens
• England, Canada, Australia – Pages
for counties/provinces/states
• Vault – Links to additional articles
and videos on many topics
• Online Tracker – Secure database
to record learning progress in The
Family History Guide
• Resource Stars – Track each
article read and video watched on
the site
• Trainers Menu – Resources to
help develop and deploy classes
using The Family History Guide
website
• Contact Us – How to reach us for
questions, comments, help
