4 August 2011 Family tree Relative history
Tracing the family tree gives children a unique sense of self worth and helps them appreciate their heritage. In addition to being entertaining and educational, it’s a project that strengthens family ties and unites the generations.
“This activity is not only about gathering information, it’s also about making connections and interacting with family,” Reynolds explains. “Kids are learning, but they’re also getting closer to relatives while finding out who they are, too.”
To keep moving the process forward, families who research their ancestry are encouraged to add their own findings to the public record, making them contributors to their collective story.
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more common online, so you can compare them to current maps to look for your ancestors’ home or business to see if the building is still there.”
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Rootsweb.com is a free site from
Ancestry.com that is mostly uploaded information supplied by family members,” Crago reports. “It gives people a roadmap, sort of like a family reunion where people take out the old pictures and pass them around and retell stories that have been passed down for generations. It’s important for information to survive, and for that to happen, it has to be shared.”
A great adventure
For many children, opening doors of their familial past signals the start of an adventure that will continue for a lifetime. Collecting data on previous generations and passing it on to future ones becomes a lifelong habit that benefits everyone involved.
“Uncovering genealogical nuggets is like eating popcorn – once you have one piece you want another and another and you just keep going,” Crago says. “This
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is the story of what makes you who you are, and it’s a story worth discovering.”
Miriam Van Scott is a former Kerby Estates resident and freelance writer. She can be reached at
Miriam@SanTanSun.com.
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