October is National Family History Month

Here are some helpful ideas to get your family involved in your family history.

• Write a biographical sketch and share it with your family.
  
• Share someone's life story.
  
• Share a story from your youth with a child.
  
• Tell stories about life when you were a child.
  
• Record the history of your family heirlooms.
  
• Record the origin of things and stories about how you came to have them.
  
• Create an heirloom, such as a cross-stitch, embroidery, crocheted blankets. 
• Take photos of items and make a scrapbook.
  
• Cook up some family recipes.
  
• They can be recorded with any stories that go with them.
  
• Make copies of family photos. 
  
• Scan them into a computer and print them out.
  
• Pass out copies of family trees.
  
• There are several computer genealogy programs available.
  
• Write a letter and spread some good will.
  
• Send a thank you note to clerks and librarians that have been helpful in your search efforts.
  
• Create some memories to preserve for your own family.
  

HIRE A GENEALOGIST!