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Tag: Genealogy for Kids

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Genealogy: A Family Affair! (Part II)

By Jessica Edwards on March 25, 2021

In this article, Jessica Edwards describes how to conduct family interviews for your genealogy – and includes a list of 90 questions to ask... (Read More)

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Genealogy: A Family Affair!

By Jessica Edwards on March 23, 2021

In this article, Jessica Edwards describes two activities to get the whole family involved in exploring and documenting your family history... (Read More)

Photo: military Enigma machine, model "Enigma 1," used during the late 1930s and during WWII; displayed at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Milan, Italy. Credit: Alessandro Nassiri; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Activities for Children: Fun Codes of Our Ancestors

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 28, 2016

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about some of the codes and ciphers our ancestors used... (Read More)

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Want to Involve the Grandkids in Family History? Tip #3

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 18, 2015

An article about making genealogy fun and interesting to children, using old newspapers... (Read More)

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She Was the Bringer of Cake – Ways to Involve the Grandkids in Family History

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 14, 2015

An article about getting children interested in genealogy by baking them a chocolate cake using an ancestor’s recipe and telling them about her... (Read More)

Family Stories Are Important for Children’s Health & Happiness

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 11, 2014

Everyone loves to hear their old family stories. We constantly hear from our GenealogyBank members of the powerful family stories that they have found in old newspapers. Stories drive us to keep researching and piece together the fabric that makes our family histories come alive. It turns out that these family stories are even... (Read More)

Painting: The Boyhood of Raleigh, by John Everett Millais, 1871. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

6 Genealogy Projects to Interest Kids & Teens in Family History

By Duncan Kuehn on February 24, 2014

In this blog post, Duncan Kuehn describes six fun genealogy projects to help interest children and teenagers in family history... (Read More)


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