October is Family History Month. Looking to celebrate your family history but don't know where to begin? Here are some activities to get you started!
Create your family tree. Start with yourself and work back one generation at a time. Download free charts from
Ancestry.com or you can find some fancy charts
here or search
Cyndi's List for other free trees and pedigree charts.
Interview family members and record family stories. You can find sample questions
online or check out one our
oral history books to help find inspiration.
Preserve family photos. Organize all of those family photos you've been collecting throughout the years. Track down family members to help you identify people and places in old photographs. Try scanning and uploading photos to a website and file the the originals in acid-free boxes or albums.
Make a heritage scrapbook. After collecting all of your photos and family stories, put them all together in a scrapbook. You can also include family recipes, ephemera, and record all of your family traditions and favorite memories.
Get the kids involved! All of these projects can be shared with kids and you can find other fun activities
online to get the next generation interested in family history.
