During the month of October, take time to discover your family. Here are a few ideas to consider for making the most of this Family History Month.
Interview older family members and record your family history for future generations. As they tell family stories, record them on audio, video, or in a journal. Brainstorm a list of questions drawing on relatives’ memories and experiences. Interview different generations and use the answers to create a trivia game.
Excavate Grandpa’s attic and discover treasures from his past. Find out what was important to that generation as you sift through artifacts. Let the younger generation experience what parents and grandparents were like at their age.
Preserve family memories by collecting favored recipes and stories from family members. Compile them into a family cookbook.
Get started tracing your family tree.
Bring along birth, marriage, and death certificates and visit any library branch. Use your library card to log on to Ancestry.com and begin your search.
Visit library branches at Thibodaux, Lockport, and South Lafourche to explore our extensive print collection of genealogy resources.
Attend a genealogy workshop at the Lockport Branch Library on Wednesday, October 14 at 10:30am to learn basic research tools for tracing your family history.
Choose from the many free online services to start a family website. Use it to share photos, funny stories, and research on your family tree. Let your site serve as a digital meeting place for other family members interested in recording your history or reading about it.
During the month of October, celebrate your family heritage, reconnect with your roots and share what you have learned with the ones you love.
To learn more, check out these resources:
Hendrickson, Nancy. Discover Your Family History Online : A Step-by-step Guide to Starting Your Genealogy Search. Collection: Adult Non-fiction, Call #: 929.102 HEN
Hendrickso/n, Nancy. Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com : How to Find Your Family History on the #1 Genealogy Website. Collection: Adult Non-fiction, Call #: 929 HEN
Paton, Chris. Tracing Your Family History on the Internet : A Guide for Family Historians. Collection: Adult Non-fiction, Call #: 929.107 PAT
Schultz, Janice Lindgren. Finding Your Roots : Easy-to-do Genealogy and Family History. Collection: Adult Non-fiction, Call #: 929.107 SCH