Tips, tricks, and ideas about recording the past so future generations can understand their family history. Learn about great preservation methods, web links, and how to have fun creating your family’s history.
Showing off treasures and keepsakes helps keep their memories alive by using them as conversation pieces.
A year ago, we shared fun family history activities your whole family can enjoy. We hope it’s been a fun year for you and your family! If you’re looking for future fun things to do with your family, we’d like to offer a few more!
As the new year pushes eagerly onward, it’s important to make fantastic resolutions (espcially in regards to family history research!) But, as ever, it’s important to look back and remember your history. Even the history of just 2016.
Though many people have Ancestry.com to build their family trees, there are a few extra tools you can use for free to give yourself an edge in genealogy.
We want to help you find those pioneers in your family! Wherever they came from and for whatever reason, their courage should not go forgotten.
At family reunions, we can gather in all the branches of our family tree to hear their stories, get to know one another, and preserve memories of each other. Those memories will be important in years to come, so it’s vital to save them now.
Your house–and maybe the houses of your immediate family members–can hold the stories of your ancestors if you know where to look.
All of us have used our phones to take photos–whether of our family, of a sunset, or of interesting sights along a walk or hike. But they don’t always turn out great, sadly. That’s simply because many of us aren’t familiar with our phone’s capabilities, or how to enhance a photo without overdoing it.
Over the years, genealogy sites have come out with an amazing array of new genealogy tools. One such tool, DNA testing, helps both casual researchers and experienced genealogists find their ancestors in a way you can’t find with simple records. DNA testing also has the great research benefit for people studying regional groups and migration patterns, or tracking down members of a diaspora.
Not all of our ancestors were diligent about labeling their photographs. And sometimes, we have to face the difficult task of deciding and deducing who that is next to our great-grandma. But identifying unknown family members in your photos doesn’t have to be such a chore. It may not be the easiest job, but putting in the time can be highly rewarding!