Category Archives: Family History Consultant Help

Family History Guide Update: November 2016

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Carol Hill

Guess what? The family history guide got a facelift to their website. Check out this video to see the new look.

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Find-A-Record – findarecord.com

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Carol Hill

Do you use familysearch.org and want help with finding records, duplicates, problems, etc?Find-A-Record is amazing and so easy to use.  Check out this video to see how it can be an assistant to you.  https://www.findarecord.com/en/  

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The Family History Guide

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Carol Hill

Are you new to family history or want to learn how to do genealogy or family history better?  This website is a great way to start at the beginning and learn how.  It even has instructions on how to use … Continue reading →

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Eternal Reminder

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Carol Hill

Are you a Latter Day Saint and want to be reminded when your ancestors are eligible to have their temple ordinances work done?  Go to https://eternalreminder.org/.   Watch the funny short video, and then try it out.  It is super easy … Continue reading →

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New Home Page on FamilySearch.org

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Carol Hill

Did you know that pretty soon your Home page on FamilySearch.org will have a new look? Check out the video below to see what the changes are.

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How to Import a FamilySearch Tree into Ancestry.com

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Carol Hill

Are you an LDS member and have a FREE Ancestry.com account?  Did you know that you can import a 4 generation FamilySearch Tree into Ancestry.com?  This will make it so much easier to find records that FamilySearch doesn’t have.   … Continue reading →

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How do you change a living person to deceased in FamilySearch.org

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Carol Hill

Do you have an ancestor who has just passed away and you need to change him/her to be deceased on FamilySearch.org?   Watch this video to learn how to do it!  

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MapofUS.org – United States Maps through time

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Carol Hill

MapofUS.org is one of the best websites of United States county maps and how the counties changed over time.  If you are doing US genealogy, you will love this site.  They are also adding various war battle maps and much … Continue reading →

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Roots Search – Chrome Extension to help find your ancestors on FamilySearch partner sites

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Carol Hill

Roots Search has become one of my favorite tools to use with FamilySearch.org.  Once you have added the Chrome Extension to your Google Chrome browser, when you are on a person detail page in Family Search, with the click of … Continue reading →

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Change the Focus person when Attaching Sources in FamilySearch

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Carol Hill

I found 4 generations living together on the 1900 census.  Watch this short video to see how to change the focus person so that you can add and attach the source to every person on the census record.  I had … Continue reading →

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