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Passport to the Past … and the

Future

Passport to the Past … and the

Future

The Hegessy Ward presents its

Summer Family History

Challenge

We invite you to complete at least 5 of the following

activities by the End of Summer Ward

Party on August 10th.

We are promised blessings and protection for our

families as we participate in temple and family history

activity

Create

Write in a personal journal

Record your experience with this activity

Record family historical events


Make a list and describe your family traditions


Record an interview with a relative from an older

generationRecord your experience with this activity

Make a photo bookRecord your experience with this activity

Write down some favorite family stories


Fill out the "My Family" booklet


Available on FamilySearch.org

Make a calendar that notes Ancestor events such as birthdays, marriages,

baptisms, etc.Record your experience with this activity

Collect favorite family recipes


ConnectFill out your 4 generation chart on Family Search


Upload photos and memories to Family Search


Organize and/or attend a family reunion


Play "find relatives" on the family tree app with a group of

friends


Find an ancestor to take to the temple


Organize an extended family group on a social

media app or group email/text


Visit a family or church historical site


Make and play a family history game such as Geneopardy, Wheel

of Fortune, photo memory matching games, etc.


ServeServe as proxy for family

ancestor names in the templeRecord your experience with this activity

Help a friend with FamilySearch projects


Participate in all the ordinances of the temple at

least once during the summerRecord your experience with this activity

Complete a project for the "Billion Graves" website


Babysit for a family so the parents can attend

the templeRecord your experience with this activity

Record an interview or memory for a neighbor or

friendRecord your experience with this activity

Trim grass around headstones or other clean up work for a

cemeteryRecord your experience with this activity

Learn

Read an article or watch a video about family

historyRecord your experience with this activity

Visit the Family History Discovery Center

downtownRecord your experience with this activity

List, or mark on a map all the temples you and your family

have visitedRecord your experience with this activity Explore census reports and

other original sources for family history research


Use Google Earth to see where ancestors lived


Learn Family Search skills such as: merging records,

standardizing dates, uploading stories and photos, using record

hints, etc.Record your experience with this activity

Take a class at the Stake family history center


Choose a major world historical event and find and learn all you can about an ancestor who lived

during that timeRecord your experience with this activity

Learn the basics of FamilySearch


Learn the basics of indexing


Children

The Children's Friend regularly has Family History stories and Activities for Children - make

them a part of your family gospel study


Learn to play games that children played 100 years

agoRecord your experience with this activity

Complete a questionnaire "All about Me" to record some favorite foods, activities,

clothes, friends, etc.


Need help with any of these activities?

Go to The Family History Guide

www.thefhguide.com/topics.html

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Choose your own "Create"

Activity and write your experience

Choose your own "Connect"

Activity and write your experience

Choose your own "Serve" activity and write your

experience

Choose your own "Children"Activity and write your experience

Choose your own "Learn" activity and write about

your experience

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