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"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without source, a tree without a root." - Chinese Proverb
Genealogy is the study of family ancestries & histories. These are activities that are enjoyable and often amusing; and you will say, "I do it for the fun of it"!
Don't forget to keep your family antiques.
Antiques are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society.
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Family Tree Stretched Canvas Print
Rockwell, Norman
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How to Do Everything Genealogy
Trace your family tree and discover your roots
How to Do Everything Genealogy
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 12/04/2009)
Fully updated and revised, this bestselling genealogy guide helps you tap into the wealth of global ancestry records and offers proven strategies for both traditional and electronic research.
Not just for Kids - Adults find it useful too!
Roots for Kids: A Genealogy Guide for Young People
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 12/04/2009)
Roots for Kids is based on a twelve-week course the author developed for her fourth grade class. While the book is suitable for adoption by teachers seeking to supplement their middle school social studies curriculum with material on family history, its principal use will be by and with individual young people.
Swedish Roots
Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook
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Get a start on your Swedish family history with Your Swedish Roots, a step-by-step handbook to help guide you in researching your Swedish ancestors. First, learn general information about Sweden, Swedish naming practices, and the Swedish language. These basics will help you research names of ancestors and search through Swedish records with greater ease.
A Beautiful Gift In the Spotlight
BRONZE TREE OF LIFE - BRONZE TREE OF LIFE - frame
Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 12/04/2009)
List Price: $49.86
* Crafted of bronze material
* Tree of life with 6 photo frames
* Beautiful gift for parents or grandparents
* Measures approximately 20" high X 18" wide
Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Off-line Genealogy for Kids
Amazon Price: $11.86 (as of 12/04/2009)
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Climbing Your Family Tree is the comprehensive, kid-friendly genealogical primer for the 21st century, and a dramatic story of how and why our ancestors undertook the arduous voyages of immigration to this nation. Filled with detailed guidance on utilizing the Internet.
A FUN interactive Family Tree site - this is a short Demo of how easy it is.
My family is involved and enjoying it alot!
NEW - Family Tree Maker software
Family Tree Maker 2010 Essentials
Bring your family tree alive with attractive charts and reports; photos, audio, and video; timelines and interactive maps
Release Date: 09/02/2009
Amazon Price: $27.99 (as of 12/04/2009)
List Price: $29.99
Going on a Genealogy Vacation
Combining a summer vacation with a genealogy research trip can be rewarding and fun for you and your family.
Pack for Success
1. copies of your research goals and to-do lists
2. copies of your pedigree charts and family group records
3. plenty of pencils (many record repositories do not allow the use of pens)
4. blank charts and forms, including pedigree charts, family group sheets, research logs and forms for abstracting or extracting records (such as blank census forms)
5. a laptop computer if you have one (check with the individual repositories to be sure their allowed)
6. a magnifying glass to help in reading old records
7. comfortable clothes and shoes (you may spend a lot of your research time standing at counters or squatting in old, dusty basements). Stick with business casual over sweats or jeans, for better service.
8. camera, batteries and plenty of film (or memory cards if your camera is digital)
9. a tape recorder
Visiting the land where your ancestors lived can be an extremely exciting and rewarding experience. Walking the land and visiting the cemeteries in Sweden where my ancestors lived brought me closer to them than a piece of paper could ever do.
Family Tree 3-Sheet Wall Mural Set
Perfect Gift
Family Tree 3-Sheet Wall Mural Set
Amazon Price: $45.95 (as of 12/04/2009)
* Easy to hang
* Create a custom look
* Instructions included
* Easy removal
Great Books for Kids and Teens
How to captivate and create lasting memories for children.
Creating Jr. Genealogists: Tips and Activities for Family History Fun
When family historians discover the value of their heritage, they naturally want to share it with their children and grandchildren. In "Connecting the Generations, the author offers a mother lode of ideas that will help family historians infuse the next generation with an appreciation of their heritage, including how to use family activities, visits to historical sites and museums, scrapbooks, heirlooms--and much more--to captivate and create lasting memories for children.
Amazon Price: $11.01 (as of 12/04/2009)
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The Family Tree Detective: Cracking the Case of Your Family's Story
Grade 4-8 - For students interested in family history, this book is just the ticket.
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List Price: $19.95
Bringing History Home: Local and Family History Projects for Grades K-6
* Classroom community is fostered as learners discover similarities as well as differences in their backgrounds.
* Build upon the child's own cultural learning and experience to empower them as learners.
* Portray history as experiences, not as facts, to facilitate thinking and reasoning skills, enhance sense of self-worth, and pique their curiosity.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/04/2009)
List Price: $32.00
Genealogy is Important
"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without source, a tree without a root." - Chinese Proverb 
Family Tree Stretched Canvas Print
Rockwell, Norman
22 in. x 20.25 in.
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- Why Genealogy is Important for Children
- Telling our grandchildren our story is important because:
It Provides Kids with a Connection
It Passes on a Sense of History
It Gives Them A Context in Which to Understand the World
It is An Intergenerational Activity
British Columbia Genealogy Links
- British Columbia Genealogical Society
- Members of the B.C.G.S. have been actively researching and preserving their own and British Columbia, Canada's genealogical heritage since 1971. Members' genealogical interests are worldwide and the Society's activities and Library collections reflect this. The B.C.G.S. has a special interest in British Columbia and offers B.C. research services. See the menu for links to more information on all society activities.
- Prince George Oral History Group Interviews
- These are the complete transcripts of interviews with some of this area's pioneers done by the Prince George Oral History Group.
Kids will have Fun on their own Genealogical Treasure Hunt!
How to help your children or grandchildren on a journey that will last a lifetime.
Genealogy is a wonderful hobby for all age groups, including children, and provides an opportunity to:
1.develop a stronger sense of family
2.bridge the gap between generations
3.share special time with your loved ones
4.make history come alive
5.encourage organizational, planning, communication, logic, problem-6.solving, and presentation skills
7.create an opportunity for lifelong learning
Children can have so much fun playing detective, that they won't even realize that they are learning along the way.
Ask your grandchildren to help you unravel the mystery of your family history, and you will be starting them on the journey of a lifetime.
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A Personal Story of surnames: Peterson; Miller; Dodd; Vance and Hamilton
- Genealogy and History - a personal story
- Researching surnames Peterson; Miller; Dodd; Vance and Hamilton from their interesting roots all over the world to BC, Canada
- Swedish Roots
- Researching Peterson roots and all the little branches in Sweden. A personal journey.
- Genealogy is Fun for Kids
- Tips on how to make genealogy fun for kids.
Genealogy Links
- Family Search
- The largest collection of free family history,
family tree and genealogy records in the world. - Genealogy Today
- Canadian Genealogy and Family Tree Lookups
- Arkansas Historical and Genealogical Societies
- Directory listing of contact information and mailing address for county and regional societies dedication to the study of local Arkansas history and genealogy.
- Rootsweb Mailing Lists
- Features mailing list, resources, and genealogical resources for Arkansas.
- USGenWeb Project Arkansas
- Provides connections to county organizations and documents, databases and query lists of items related to state genealogy.
- Arkansas Ties
- Index of articles available from the Arkansas Gazette and photographs of graves in 141 cemeteries in Arkansas. Fee charged per article or photograph.
- Genealogy for Kids
- Genealogy is important for kids. Find out why.
- Genealogy - Free Family Tree - Geni
- Geni is the fast, free, fun way to create your family tree with your relatives and stay in touch. Free unlimited photo and video sharing.
Genealogy Articles
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- Swedish Genealogical Dictionary
- The 150 page soft cover book in English lists over 5,500 words found in Swedish documents of importance to genealogy research.
- Cyndi's List - Sweden
- Your Swedish genealogy starting point.
Family Tree Father Mother Children Gift Italian Charm
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Grandparents Share your History
Read GramaBarb's Story of inspiration for all Grandparents
- A Grandmother for the 21st Century
- "Grandma, you are old and you know everything. I want you to teach me what you know."
Buying her first computer in 1991, GramaBarb hit the ground running and never looked back! Genealogy had been a favorite pastime of hers since the 1970s..........read more
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- NanLT NanLT May 29, 2009 @ 4:07 am
- One of my grandmother's sisters did a massive family history search back in the 1970s after converting to Mormonism. I now have a copy of that history plus a lot of things I have added from my father's side of the family.
I was able to write the lens on my great-great grandmother because of that history research.
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters May 28, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
- Studying Family History is lots of fun. I studied my US Family History for 8 long years & I have learned so much & met many nice descendants. I had to put it aside because my immediate family is not interested. Now I Squidoo! :)
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- 24websurf 24websurf May 26, 2009 @ 6:05 pm
- This is wonderful! I love doing the research and finding a gem. I love to get the charcoals and of course pictures of the old headstones and keep them together with the info of each ancestor. You may have just made it easier for me to get my son involved and not have him roll his eyes when I start talking abut his rich heritage.
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- Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Apr 16, 2009 @ 4:47 am
- Good work!
Four of my first six lenses have been about genealogy. First one got a lensrank in the top 5,000 in a few days. I spend a lot of time helping to build up the free Genealogy Wikia, so I'm pleased to see lenses such as yours that encourage people to take an interest.
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- dagsmith dagsmith Mar 21, 2009 @ 8:20 am
- Great ideas - I have been looking for ways to get the family more involved
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A Family Group Portrait, circa 1895-97 Giclee Print
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- How to Do Everything Genealogy
- Not just for Kids - Adults find it useful too!
- Swedish Roots
- A Beautiful Gift In the Spotlight
- A FUN interactive Family Tree site - this is a short Demo of how easy it is.
- NEW - Family Tree Maker software
- Going on a Genealogy Vacation
- Family Tree 3-Sheet Wall Mural Set
- Great Books for Kids and Teens
- Genealogy is Important
- British Columbia Genealogy Links
- Kids will have Fun on their own Genealogical Treasure Hunt!
- Genealogy Specials
- A Personal Story of surnames: Peterson; Miller; Dodd; Vance and Hamilton
- Genealogy Links
- Genealogy Articles
- Swedish Genealogy Links
- Grandparents Share your History
- Please sign my Guestbook
- Everything Else Genealogy
- Search Genealogy
- New Amazon Spotlight
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