Benton County Genealogical Society Program at Philomath Museum

In 2014, Bob Taylor volunteered as a family history consultant at the new Sandy Granite Family History Center. He noticed that many guests to the center asked the same questions, so he created a website to answer those questions. Using his background in instructional design, he built a learning framework into the website: Projects, Goals, Choices, and Steps.

He and Bob Ives, the Technology Coordinator for the Sandy Granite Family History Center, soon formed an LLC company to promote the website. This later became a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization, The Family History Guide Association, which opened the door to tax-deductible contributions. The Family History Guide website remains free to use and free of advertisements.

Since then, the website has grown and improved dramatically. Some notable milestones include

• Launch of the website in 2015
• Creation of a Board of Directors and Management Team
• Approval by FamilySearch as an official training partner
• Inclusion of Learning Paths on the website for Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast
• Welcoming visitors to the website from over 150 countries