The Family History Guide Association

The Family History Guide is a free website that represents a best-in-class learning environment for family history. Its scope is broad, but its focus is narrow enough to help you achieve your goals, step by step. Whether you're brand new to family history or a seasoned researcher—or somewhere in between—The Family History Guide can be your difference maker.

Mission Statement: "Our mission is to greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, and to make everyone's family history journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable."

Here are some of the unique features you'll find on the site:

Goals for learning, supported by flexible choices

Step-by-step instructions to make learning easier

Links to videos and articles from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and more

QUIKLinks that take you to record searches from multiple sources, with a single click

Project Tracker sheets and training materials for self-study or group instruction

Activities for families, individuals, youth, and kids

Family history resources for faiths, including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Protestants, and those of Jewish heritage.

ALL Donated funds are used for our outreach programs including RootsTech, Guided Learning, ZOOM presentations and other activities. We have users in over 150 countries as well as a partnership with The National Genealogical Society (NGS). The Family History Guide was featured on the PBS program VIEWPOINT with Dennis Quaid with an audience of over 60 million.

Are administrative costs are minimal in that we have NO PAID STAFF and 100% run by volunteers.

View https://www.thefhguide.com/introduction.html for more information,

PBS VIEWPOINT with Dennis Quaid