Genealogy activities for kids

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We know YOU love Family History Month, but how are you sharing that passion with the younger generations in your family? Get inspired with these 3 creative activities for kids and young adults in your family and get them excited about Family History Month

If you didn't catch our blog last week, we're hosting a weekly series in October in honor of Family History Month with creative ideas on getting the kids and young adults in your family excited about...

5 Questions To Ask Your Parents or Grandparents This Week. Week 1 ~ Teach Me Genealogy

Can you believe Family History Month is nearly over? We hope you’ve had a great month of researching your family even further and sharing in new family memories!This is the last in our four-part series which highlights creative ways to get children interested in family history research. Here are three fun activities to do with Read More

Family tree with real leaves #familytree #ancestry #genealogy #kids #craft #DIY

Want to get the little ones in your family interested in genealogy? We’re introducing part three of our weekly series for the month of October in honor of Family History Month with creative ideas to engage the little ones in your family about family history. 1. Family Journalist If you have a future journalist on your hands or an older Read More

Looking for new ways to get the children in your life involved in genealogy? Are you a Civil War buff? Or better yet, both? If so, you might want to check out the Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG) program. Over 600,000 thousand soldiers died during the Civil War and this inventive program is planting a tree Read More

If you didn't catch our blog last week, we're hosting a weekly series in October in honor of Family History Month with creative ideas on getting the kids and young adults in your family excited about...

In honor of Family History Month, we’re launching a four-part series for the month with ideas for sharing your passion for family history research with the little ones and young adults in your family. Each week, we will bring you a handful of different activities, with an emphasis on getting crafty and creative. We hope you’ll treasure the Read More

Want to get the little ones in your family interested in genealogy? We’re introducing part three of our weekly series for the month of October in honor of Family History Month with creative ideas to engage the little ones in your family about family history. 1. Family Journalist If you have a future journalist on your hands or an older Read More

Can you believe Family History Month is nearly over? We hope you’ve had a great month of researching your family even further and sharing in new family memories!This is the last in our four-part series which highlights creative ways to get children interested in family history research. Here are three fun activities to do with Read More

My kids have been dieing to be able to use their family tree mats, poor babies, their mamma has been so much busy doing so many things, she hasn't had time to put her ideas into action for a long time. I finally got around to doing it, and I must say, I am pretty proud of the final result! Here it is: A world map where they can point where their ancestors were born, lived or got married. Since my husband's family was established in USA for at least 4 generations, and mine was all from the…

fam·i·ly a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. b. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place. So that's the dictionary's definition of family....but what it means to me is so much more. Family are the people that you can always go back to, the people that love you so much that there's not a thing in the world you can do that would…

I am so grateful I took the time to interview my grandma before her passing. When I first started asking her questions about her life growing up, she was very hesitant and would frequently say "we were seen and not heard in my day". As sad as that is, it was also true. She lived a life of not expressing herself and not asking questions. However, I wanted more than anything to gain a deeper knowledge about her life, so I started small. Each week I would call her on the phone and talk about…

Reading to children has education benefits, of course—but so does sharing tales from the past.