We have recently added over 25 fun and engaging family history activities to The Family History Guide, in all our major groups: Family, Individuals, Youth, and Kids. These activities are from a variety of sources, including the Weekly Family History Activities pages and Bethany Jensen, a family history activities specialist in Texas.

Here’s a summary of the new activities – be sure to check out the pages on the site as well.

Family Activities:

• F2-12: Creating a Family Cookbook
• F3-10: Storytelling Marathon
• F3-11: Memory Jars
• F4-07: Create a Video Slideshow with JoyFlips
• F4-08: The Year I Was Born
• F7-07: Family History Scavenger Hunt
• F7-08: Adding Sources
• F7-09: Record Hints
• F7-10: Geography, Culture, History
• F7-11: Ancestor Marriages

Activities for Individuals

• I7-12: Indexing Scavenger Hunt
• I7-13: Plotting a Map

Activities for Youth

• Y1-07: AncestorGames, BYU Family History Technology Lab
• Y1-08: Relative Finder
• Y1-09: Relatives Around Me
• Y4-05: Your Surname Origin and Meaning
• Y4-06: All About Me
• Y4-07: Finding Headstone Photos
• Y7-04: Map My Ancestors
• Y7-05: FamilySearch Places
• Y7-06: Scavenger Hunt: Learn about Your Ancestors
• Y7-07: My Records and Their Records

Activities for Kids

• K2-09: This Is Family
• K2-10: Your Ancestral Homelands
• K3-14: Ancestor Games from the BYU Lab
• K3-15: Ancestor Puppet Show
• K4-11: Family Heirloom Treasure Hunt

We hope you enjoy the new activities, and feel free to share them with others!