Activities Brochure, Web Version
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About
The Family History Guide: It's free. It's fantastic. And it's for you.
www.thefhguide.com
The Family History Guide can help you:
- Find over 250 engaging family history activities, many with videos.
- Discover meaningful activities for individuals of all ages.
- Find great activities for youth 12-18.
- Find and manage activities especially designed for children.
- Use an Activities Index with ID numbers to quickly locate activities.
- Easily access coaching and motivational tips for parents and leaders.
- Take advantage of tips and tricks to get the best from the activities.
Find fun and easy family history activities for families, individuals, youth, and children.
From the Activities menu, select Family, Individuals, Youth, or Children.
Here's a sample of what you'll find on the site:
Family Activities
More than 65 activities in these categories:
- Anytime Activities and Games
- Plan-Ahead Activities
- Making Family History
- Documenting the Past
- Social Media Activities
- Service Activities Activities for Research
- Latter-day Saint Activities
Examples:
- Street View Stories (Google Maps, Google Earth)
- Have an autobiography game night
- Go on family history field trips
- Make a family history time capsule
- Explore cemeteries with smartphones
Activities for Individuals
Same categories as Family, with 80 activities for Individuals.
Examples:
- Find "Relatives in the Room"
- Hold your own "It's a Wonderful Life" party
- Use Instagram for your family history
- Hold web indexing activities with friends
- Build ancestor timelines and profiles
Youth Activities
Same categories as for Family, but for ages 12-18. Over 65 activities.
Examples:
- Hold a family history time-travel activity.
- Go on a family history scavenger Hunt.
- Send Letters to Your Future and Past Selves.
- Interview Family Members & Other Relatives.
- Geo-code Your Family History on a World Map.
Kids Corner
More than 60 activities in these categories:
- About Family History
- My Family Tree
- Group Fun & Games
- My Memories
- Family History Stories
- Service
- For Latter-day Saints
Examples:
- Family history word search & crossword puzzles
- Create family trees on posters and templates
- Play family history bingo, memory, scrambled tree
- Make family history art and crafts
- Enjoy ancestor role-playing, stories, and dress-up
Index
Quickly locate activities from this topical list.