Family History Involves Everyone!

Here are 16 simple ideas and activities from the Minnkota Genealogical Society to help you celebrate Family History Month at your house. 

1. Write a biographical sketch and share it with your family.
2. Share someone's life story.
3. Share a story from your youth with a child.
4. Tell stories about life when you were a child.
5. Record the history of your family heirlooms.
6. Record the origin of things and stories about how you came to have them.
7. Create an heirloom, such as a cross-stitch, embroidery, crocheted blankets. Take photos of items and make a scrapbook.
8. Cook up some family recipes.
9. They can be recorded with any stories that go with them.
10. Make copies of family photos.
11. Scan them into a computer and print them out.
12. Pass out copies of family trees.
13. There are several computer genealogy programs available.
14. Write a letter and spread some good will.
15. Send a thank you note to clerks and librarians that have been helpful in your search efforts.
16. Create some memories to preserve for your own family.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~minnkota/nfhm.html