Senior family members are often the best genealogy resource. Here are family history interview questions to ask to discover more about generations past.
If there’s any takeaway from our current global situation, it’s that one of the most important things in this world is FAMILY. We may be cut off from a lot of things while social distancing, but our families at home are a bigger part of our daily lives than ever.
These questions will help kids learn biographical information, family history details, life lessons, and practical skills from their grandparents.
Do the words “plan a Family History Fair'” fill you with dread and uncertainty? You may have a large event focused on genealogy and family history looming, or you may be asked to organi…
Say, do you have a couple spare hours to get some genealogy going on? 🧬 If you are a total family history boss with indexing totals to flex all day, kudos to you! 👩🏻💻 But as for me...here it comes...I often struggle to find the time. 🕰 I know this is a tired excuse, but I also know is not uncommon. We all could use a little extra encouragement & motivation to do my family history! Enter the Take 5 treat tag & task cards! 😎 Who can’t spare 5 minutes for some bite sized family history? 🍪 Who wouldn’t love to get some tasks done by small and simple means? Each task card has something you can really do in 5 minutes. Put them on a binder ring, turn them into a booklet, or get them in a fun editable bingo board format over here. These task cards are squares so that they are also textable to your participants. Simply screenshot and send. 🤳 It doesn’t get much easier for your group members than getting a reminder message on their phone to do something quick and easy that’s also on their phone, right? Excite your participants about the task cards at the beginning or reward them at the end by giving them the Take 5 bar 😋, along with a treat tag to connect these super fun activities. ____________ Ready for the resources? I got your link coming up soon. 💜 Before you download & dash, I just want to make sure you know this is NOT the only resource I have to make your life easier as a busy Latter-Day Saint? To see & have all my free resources at your fingertips, follow me on Pinterest! 📌Now here's the promised PDF. Happy family history! 🌳
Teach kids about their family history, heritage with these family history for kids ideas. They will love learning their family story.
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If there’s any takeaway from our current global situation, it’s that one of the most important things in this world is FAMILY. We may be cut off from a lot of things while social distancing, but our families at home are a bigger part of our daily lives than ever.
Cute poeme that is perfect for any church lesson or talk on Family History or Genelogy Work. It was written by Mable Baker.
Here, learn about five family history challenges that you can participate it, by yourself or with a group, to learn and inspire your genealogy research.
Family History Charts can help you enhance and document your genealogical research, and are great genealogy stationery. They are a great tool whether you have already done some research or if you are just starting out and do not know what genealogy software, if any, you want to use. You can use these family
Family history books are as unique as your ancestors. Explore my favourite graphic design apps to layout and typeset your ancestor stories.
Don’t hide your family history! Show it off with these inspiring projects and gift ideas using your family photos and heirlooms.
Play one of these great family history games this Easter!
21 Family History Questions To Ask Your Grandparents. Last month was a difficult time for the family following the passing away of my grandpa. If your
Dig a little into the past, find some family history. Ask Grandparents or older family members about their past. Here are some questions to guide you.
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Looking for a fun activity for children that helps them learn how to use FamilySearch.org? When children look at an online family tree for the first time, it is helpful for them to learn how to nav…
Make Instant Discoveries About Your Ancestors Here Here are 15 of our favorite quotes about family history. We hope you enjoy them! 1. Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. – Ralph Waldo Emerson … 15 Genealogy Quotes We Love Read More »
You hear the grumbles and the sighs as you tell your family to read their family history. They say they are not interested, and they would rather watch the grass grow. How can this be when it’s their legacy?!? There are likely two reasons why the family history book you want your family to read does not generate positive feelings. The first is the book is too large, and the second is what you created is boring. Reduce the Size of Your Family History Just as not everyone likes reading history, ma
Family history books are as unique as your ancestors. Explore my favourite graphic design apps to layout and typeset your ancestor stories.
If you’re looking for the perfect gift, skip the shops and get out your family records. Share your glad tidings with these DIY family history book projects.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. I have been doing a TON of Amazon shopping thanks to the pandemic and I thought I'd share some of the things I've found for genealogy. I feel like we all have our copy of Evidence Explained and our favorite photo scanner but there are a lot of other things offered on Ama
Do the words “plan a Family History Fair'” fill you with dread and uncertainty? You may have a large event focused on genealogy and family history looming, or you may be asked to organi…
Make sure you leave behind a personal history for your posterity - here are a few ways to record personal history. There's something for everyone!
Say, do you have a couple spare hours to get some genealogy going on? 🧬 If you are a total family history boss with indexing totals to flex all day, kudos to you! 👩🏻💻 But as for me...here it comes...I often struggle to find the time. 🕰 I know this is a tired excuse, but I also know is not uncommon. We all could use a little extra encouragement & motivation to do my family history! Enter the Take 5 treat tag & task cards! 😎 Who can’t spare 5 minutes for some bite sized family history? 🍪 Who wouldn’t love to get some tasks done by small and simple means? Each task card has something you can really do in 5 minutes. Put them on a binder ring, turn them into a booklet, or get them in a fun editable bingo board format over here. These task cards are squares so that they are also textable to your participants. Simply screenshot and send. 🤳 It doesn’t get much easier for your group members than getting a reminder message on their phone to do something quick and easy that’s also on their phone, right? Excite your participants about the task cards at the beginning or reward them at the end by giving them the Take 5 bar 😋, along with a treat tag to connect these super fun activities. ____________ Ready for the resources? I got your link coming up soon. 💜 Before you download & dash, I just want to make sure you know this is NOT the only resource I have to make your life easier as a busy Latter-Day Saint? To see & have all my free resources at your fingertips, follow me on Pinterest! 📌Now here's the promised PDF. Happy family history! 🌳
In 1879 the U.S. government asked the states to take a semi-decennial census in 1885 - in addition to the upcoming 1880 and 1890 censuses - with the promise that they would cover 50% of the costs of the undertaking.
Check out some creative family tree ideas in this post. Encourage your children to make DIY family tree projects and know more about their family members.
Reader Question: Where should I put the photos in my writing? Should I put the images next to the paragraph I wrote? Should I put them at the end of a chapter? Or should I put all the photos in a photo section? ~ Robert Murphy, PA Thanks, Robert. Great question. Having written over 120 drafts of my ancestor’s life histories and publishing numerous scrapbooks and family journals, I suggest the following keep photos close to the action in your self-published family history book. Arrange Photos Cl
If you're not sure what a family group sheet is, or you've never gotten around to using one in your genealogy research, you're not alone. While the concept of a family group sheet is about as basic as it gets, not every family historian out there has had the chance to embrace this clever method of research and organization. If you're not sure what a family group sheet is, or you've never gotten around to using one in your genealogy research, you're not alone. This guide will help you discover what a FGS is, how to find or make one, and how they can help with your genealogy research.
Don’t hide your family history! Show it off with these inspiring projects and gift ideas using your family photos and heirlooms.
Teach kids about their family history, heritage with these family history for kids ideas. They will love learning their family story.
Looking for something to inspire you to get cracking on ... Read Article
It’s November, which means it’s time for our annual Family History Writing Challenge! Inspired by NaNoWriMo, we’ll be sharing tips and tricks throughout the month to help genealogists write their…
Looking for clues about your ancestors’ relationships and migration patterns? Discover your ancestry and find family history with these five type of genealogy land records.
If there’s any takeaway from our current global situation, it’s that one of the most important things in this world is FAMILY. We may be cut off from a lot of things while social distancing, but our families at home are a bigger part of our daily lives than ever.
Having a family is a valuable thing in life. When having a family, it is important to know all members of the extended family apart from the father, mother, and siblings.
Are you looking for ways to get your children interested in family history? Here are some great family history activities to get them involved!
Creating and printing your family history is a lot of work so you want it to be great. Use these 8 tips to make sure that it does.
