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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.

Fun Family History Activities for the Whole Family

Family Fun, Family History, MyCanvas Products By admin September 23, 2016 Tags: adventure, ancestry, family activities, family fun, family history, family history activities, family history blog, genealogy, mycanvas No Comments

Family history is very interesting to some people and quite the opposite for others, especially children. Getting the whole family involved with family history can be a chore in itself. One idea to get everybody involved (and maybe even excited) with family history is to turn it into a game and make it engaging. Family history…

How Can I Interest My Family in Genealogy?

Family Fun, Family History By admin September 13, 2016 Tags: family activities, family history, genealogy, get interested in, heirlooms, interest, share No Comments

Finding ancestors, learning facts, locating headstones – these are activties genealogists are passionate about. However, when some family members hear the words “Family History” or “Genealogy” they tune out. So how can you share your family history with your loved ones without getting an eye-roll? Try some of these ideas:

Overview: Types of MyCanvas Family Tree Posters

Family History, MyCanvas Products By admin September 6, 2016 Tags: combination, descendant, family tree, family tree poster, mycanvas, posters, standard No Comments

Genealogy posters are a beautiful way to display heritage. If you are interested in crating your own family tree poster, but aren’t sure which type is best for you, review the free online templates MyCanvas offers:

5 Ways to Prevent Genealogy Burnout

Family History By admin August 11, 2016 Tags: burnout, family history, family tree, genealogy, how can i, organization, overwhelmed, stressed, work No Comments

The blessing and curse of genealogy is that, well, there’s a lot of it. Each additional generation researched doubles the amount of ancestors. That’s not even including the various cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters of your ancestors! So how can you enjoy working on your family history without feeling genealogy burnout? Try these 5 ways:

Overview: Types of MyCanvas Family History Books

Family History, MyCanvas Products By admin August 9, 2016 No Comments

Interested in getting started on a family history book? To decide which type of book is best for your project, see our samples below from the Standard Book, Combination Book, Descendant Tree book, and Descendant List Book.

Creating a MyCanvas Family History Book

Family History, MyCanvas Products By admin August 2, 2016 Tags: family history book, learn, legacy book, mycanvas books, mycanvas course, mycanvas family history book, mycanvas legacy book No Comments

Creating a MyCanvas family history book means making a beautiful heirloom that will be cherished for generations to come. If you are new to the process, beginning the journey can seem intimidating. How do you get started? What stories should you include? How do you find the time?

7 Surprising Genealogy Mistakes Even the Pros Make

Family History By admin July 19, 2016 Tags: family history, genealogy, geneology, mistakes, surprising, uncommon, unusual No Comments

When just beginning the genealogy journey, there are common pitfalls new genealogist need to watch out for. However, there are mistakes that can catch even pro genealogists unless they are careful. Are you making any of these surprising genealogy mistakes in your family history research?

Serendipity | Linda Eccles

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin July 5, 2016 Tags: cemetary, cemetery, family history, genealogy, graves, graveyard, headstones, serendipity No Comments

The word “serendipity” was first used in 1754 by Horace Walpole in a letter wherein he remarked on “making discoveries, by accident or sagacity, of things that they were not in quest of”. In family history it applies when the researcher finds useful information that they were not intentionally looking for. This is a tale of one such instance.

Finding the Stories in an Old Photo Album | Melanie Frick

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin June 28, 2016 Tags: identify, identifying, old photos, photo album, photograph, photography No Comments

I first learned to take a closer look at old photographs not with those in my family’s own collection, but by studying a forgotten photograph album picked up at an antique store. The photographs within this album dated to the Civil War, and in an effort to identify the individuals based on a few faded captions, I studied them carefully. Who were the women wearing stunning, full-skirted dresses? Who were the children with the solemn faces and neatly curled hair? Might the portraits of bewhiskered men have been a last memento before they left home for battle?

A Beginner’s Guide to Swedish Genealogy | Erin Tilley

Family History, Guest Blogger By admin June 21, 2016 Tags: #MyCanvasGBS, dotter, Erin Tilley, family history, genealogy, guest blogger, mycanvas guest blog series, son, sweden, swedish, swedish ancestory, swedish family history, swedish history, swedish records No Comments

Sweden. A country that conjures up images of ABBA, safe cars and furniture that you buy flat and have to put together. If you have ever done any research into Swedish ancestors, however, Sweden will also conjure up names like ‘Johan’, ‘Olaf’, ‘Anders Andersson’, ‘Olaf Olafsson’ and of course their children ‘Anders Johansson’ and ‘Johan Olafsson’. But Swedish genealogy doesn’t have to be all headaches and mazes of Johans. With careful preparation and an understanding of how Swedish archives work, research in to Swedish genealogy can be very rewarding very quickly.

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