ADVERTISEMENT

How to Get Kids Interested in Family History Research

By Allison Dolan Premium

Sign up for the Family Tree Newsletter! Plus, you’ll receive our 10 Essential Genealogy Research Forms PDF as a special thank you.

Get Your Free Genealogy Forms

"*" indicates required fields

This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
You might not expect to see a group of adolescent boys absorbed in a discussion of pedigree charts, marriage certificates and census records — especially at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. But that’s just what happened a few months ago when I helped teach a genealogy merit badge class for a group of local Boy View Website VIP Subscription

ADVERTISEMENT

Kids

Author

relatedarticles

Genealogy Projects for Kids of All Ages

Kids, Projects

Try these genealogy projects for kids with your children or other young relatives, and you’ll create new family memories by…

7 Genealogy Activities You Can Do With Kids

A child pressing a red paper heart onto the floor with both hands.

Kids

These seven tried-and-true family history activities let kids explore their heritage and build lasting memories with you.

8 Tips for Sharing and Saving Children’s Art and Schoolwork

Two children sitting at school table and drawing

Kids, Preservation

If you've got a young child at home, you likely also have piles of their artwork and schoolwork. We've got…

How to Make a Family History Trivia Game

Close-up of a board game in progress showing game pieces, a die with three dots facing up, and a partially visible game board.

Kids, Projects

Learn how to transform your genealogy research into a trivia game you can enjoy with family members of all ages.…

You don't have credit card details available. You will be redirected to update payment method page. Click OK to continue.