Helping Others Make Family History Connections
Have you ever found yourself searching for the same regional map, historical timeline, or website over and over again? Whether you are a genealogy hobbyist or a professional, we all have those “wait, where did I find that?” moments. A genealogy Personal Reference Guide (PRG), also called a Locality Guide, is a compiled study guide …
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Learn Scandinavian genealogy with expert instructors. Discover Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish records in this comprehensive SLIG Virtual course.
Learn how to cite a family Bible in genealogy research. Preserve provenance and create clear citations for family sources with these examples and templates.
Participants sharpen their accreditation skills through personalized feedback, guided discussions, and one-on-one mentoring with an Accredited Genealogist® leader.
A thoughtful analysis helps you assess the source’s reliability and its relevance to your overall research. Understanding your source also helps you create better citations!
I joined this course hoping to write something meaningful. I’m leaving with the tools—and confidence—to do that again and again.
Do you want to take your genealogical abilities to new heights in 2025? The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) is an excellent opportunity to build your genealogical knowledge and skills. In 2018, I enrolled in my first SLIG course and learned so much. I loved the classroom interaction and networking with new genealogy friends. …
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Excellent writers use active voice in all types of writing because it cuts down on wordiness, enlivens the writing by avoiding a stuffy tone, and creates more energy. In genealogical writing, an active voice is hard to achieve since we, as genealogists, often write in the third person point of view, and we usually write …
The introduction of Full-Text Search at FamilySearch has been incredibly exciting! I’m thrilled to dive back into my research projects with renewed optimism that this feature will help me overcome some of my stubborn brickwalls. The collection started with U.S. Land and Probate and Mexico Notarial Records. It now includes Australia Land and Probate Records, …
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The RLP Week #5 research planning assignment felt very satisfying to me as I compiled the elements from previous assignments into my research plan. My husband and I were on a family history trip for over a week, so I went to the FamilySearch Library the day before we left. I wouldn’t be able to …