14 Unusual Records for Finding Female Ancestors Premium
If discovering the women in your family tree is one of your genealogy goals, you’ll love these underused resources for finding female ancestors.
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Vacation, All She Ever Wanted: Women’s Travel Diaries
Relive past adventures of some fearless females! Duke University has a gorgeous digital collection of historic women's travel diaries available online.
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Beyond Rosie: How Women Served in Wartime
Women can do it...because they always have! From the Revolutionary War to WWII, learn the various, surprising ways women in wartime served our country.
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Gravestone Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings
Gravestone symbols can contain clues about your ancestor’s life and death. Discover the meaning behind common (and several uncommon!) gravestone symbols.
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Name Variations and Different Spellings Sleuthing
Do you hate spelling tests? Maybe you should have lived centuries ago. Spelling wasn’t as important in our ancestors’ time as it is now—they didn’t even have a dictionary until Noah Webster published the first American one in 1806. Also, fewer Americans could read and write. So people wrote words however they thought the words […]
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15 Common Heritage Groups Word Search
America is a melting pot of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Can you find the 15 most common heritage groups hidden in this puzzle? Hint: Use the word list next to the puzzle for help. Words are hidden horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Answers
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Family History Records Word Search
In this puzzle, kids can search for 12 types of records genealogists often use to trace their family trees.
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Genealogy and Family Relationships Word Scramble
Let kids guess these jumbled-up family history and relationship terms.
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Exploring Grandma’s Attic “Artifact” Scavenger Hunt
At first glance, you might think your grandparents’ attic or basement is full of old junk. But grownups keep lots of interesting stuff in those places—including papers and “artifacts” with clues to your family history. Give yourself one point for every artifact you collect. Five bonus points if you get Grandma or Grandpa to help […]
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How to Create a Tombstone Rubbing
Old gravestones are works of art, and they contain lots of family history information. You can preserve that history by making a tombstone rubbing of a relative’s grave. You should only attempt a rubbing on a sturdy gravestone—don’t try a loose or crumbling one, because the process can further damage the stone. Be sure to […]
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