Creating Time Lines

Following your ancestors trail isn't always easy.  Perhaps the best way would be to create a timeline from their birth to death and mark all the important years along the way.  

Don't forget to include years (approximately) when they moved from one place to another, the death of a spouse, a remarriage, the birth of the children, etc.  A timeline will help answer a lot of questions that may arise.

Plotting Fun Family Charts

One of the most enjoyable parts of family history is that it makes it possible to find out the celebrities you might be related too.  Are you number 754 in line for the Royal Throne of Norway?  Perhaps Kate Middleton is your fifth cousin?  Just for fun take a whole minute and see if you have anyone scandalous our revered in your family line!

The website roots.cs.byu.edu/digroots/ has living and dead celebrities and it's fun to see how far back it takes to find a common relative with somebody famous. Let us know who you are related to, we might even bow and scrape a little, but just a little mind you!

Visiting Ancestral Homes

Old homes are very cool.  Everything from the architecture on is amazing.  But what could make an old home even more amazing?  It's not being owned by somebody famous like George Washington's Mount Vernon, and as neat as history is, it's not the secret rooms of the Underground Railroad. 

It's knowing that it was your own great-grandfather who built it.   Wouldn't it be wonderful to walk where your ancestors lived and see what a talented craftsmen he was?  Take the time to ask the current owners if you may take a quick look around.  It never hurts to ask!

Memorial Day

This is the day that we are supposed to remember those who came before us.  It's a time to be thankful for our ancestors and the things they established.  It could be a veteran who died in defending our country.  It could be the first woman in a State Congress.  It could be an ancestor the forged a new way of life.  

Whether there were monumental achievements or whether they were simply a hardworking people, let's remember our ancestors and be thankful for what they've given for us.