Family History Activity – Week 6

Week 6 Summary & Objectives

During Week 6, let’s hold a FamilySearch Scavenger Hunt! The purpose of this activity is to become familiar with FamilySearch. This activity will help you and your families learn more about and use key parts of FamilySearch.org. Help participants feel the Spirit during this activity by allowing them to make connections between the tools available on FamilySeach.org and how these tools can help them grow closer to their family and find ancestors’ names to take to the temple when it opens again.

CONDUCT THE ACTIVITY

We encourage you to modify this activity as needed and to use your own ideas and creativity as you accommodate the needs and the interests of your family.

Step 1: Introduce the Activity. Go to https://www.familysearch.org/

Step 2: Start the Scavenger Hunt.

Divide your family into two or more teams, or have families participate as teams. Each team should have access to FamilySearch using a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Give them a printed scavenger hunt handout, or have the instructions open on a computer for everyone to see. Invite them to complete the activities on the handout. For areas where Internet connections are slow, you might want to use only one computer, tablet, or phone for each team.

Step 3:  Discuss.

Have everyone come back together to discuss what they found during their scavenger hunt and the tools they found to help them learn more about their family members and taking names to the temple.

Step 4 - Invite family members to become more familiar with FamilySearch.org and to begin searching for their own ancestors.

FAMILY HISTORY SCAVENGER HUNT:

Find as many as you can.

1. The name of an ancestor born before 1940.
2. Name of an ancestor on the US 1940 census.
3. Your great aunt’s husband’s sister’s name.
4. The date of your great-great grandfather’s death.
5. The date of your grandfather and grandmother’s marriage.
6. The place an ancestor died.
7. A place outside the USA where an ancestor lived.
8. The marriage place of your great-great uncle.
9. The name of an ancestor on the US 1880 census.
10. The name of an ancestor that registered for the draft.
11. The year an ancestor was naturalized.
12. The name of an ancestor born before 1905.
13. The name of your great-grandmother’s brother.
14. The birthplace of your grandfather.
15. The birthdate of your mother.
16. Your grandmother’s maiden name.
17. A picture of an ancestor.
18. A story about an ancestor.
19. The place your Great-Great Grandfather died.
20. The date of your Great-Great Grandmother’s marriage.
21. An ancestor’s death certificate.
22. An ancestor’s, who lived before 1900, birth certificate.
23. An ancestor’s, who lived before 1940, marriage certificate.
24. The naturalization date of an ancestor.
25. The name of the ship on which an ancestor immigrated.
26. The immigration date of an ancestor.
27. The naturalization record of an ancestor.
28. The color of eyes of an ancestor who lived before 1900.
29. The microfilm number where an ancestor’s name is shown.
30. The number of children your great-great aunt had.
31. The death date of a child who died before the age of 8.
32. The date of an ancestor’s baptism.
33. The date of an ancestor’s sealing to their parents.
34. The date of an ancestor’s sealing to their children.
35. The date of an ancestor’s sealing to their parents.
36. The temple where an ancestor was sealed to their family.
37. The temple where an ancestor was baptized.
38. The christening date of an ancestor.
39. The address of an ancestor from before 1940.
40. A map where your family lived before 1900.
41. The microfiche reference number where an ancestor’s name is.
42. The name of a source where an ancestor’s name.
43. The married name of your great-great grandmother’s niece.
44. The name of your great-grandfather’s, brother’s wife.
45. How long an ancestor lived who was born before 1900.