Miles Meyer, the Education Director for The Family History Guide Association, recently completed a fun and informative “scavenger hunt” series. It’s published on his blog site, Miles’ Genealogy Tips, and contains a series of articles designed to get you thinking and searching like a family history detective.

The series covered the month of June, 2020. Although the event has concluded and prizes have been awarded, the reward of knowledge is still very strong. The attention to detail and history is pretty impressive, and you’ll find yourself drawn into a world of discovery as you check out the clues and hints and come up with your answers.

Here is a summary of each day’s activities in the Family History Scavenger Hunt – enjoy!

• Day 27 – Digital Public Library of America
• Day 26 – Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
• Day 25 – Elephind
• Day 24 – National Archives
• Day 23 – National Gravesite Locator
• Day 22 – Bas-Rhin Archives
• Day 21 – Jerripedia (Channel Islands) BMD
• Day 20 – Irish Genealogy
• Day 19 – Linkpendium
• Day 18 – FamilySearch Record Searches
• Day 17 – The Family History Guide
• Day 16 – Matricula (European Catholic Records)
• Day 15 – Bureau of Land Management
• Day 14 – Wikipedia Online Newspaper Archive
• Day 13 – Wie Was Wie (Netherlands Archives)
• Day 12 – Ohio Memory Project
• Day 11 – Florida Memory Project
• Day 10 – FamilySearch Records
• Day 9 – Internet Archives
• Day 8 – Free UK Genealogy
• Day 7 – 1890 US Census
• Day 6 – Ancestor Hunt Newspaper Collection
• Day 5 – Historic Map Works
• Day 4 – Chronicling America (Newspapers)
• Day 3 – Billion Graves
• Day 2 – Find A Grave
• Day 1 – 1940 US Census