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Family History for Youth – ages 12 and up

Curiosity is part of human nature regardless of age. While learning about one’s environment and history is accomplished through traditional schooling, discovering one’s family heritage can be a fantastic, fun-filled journey made together over time. The following links, charts and exercises can make this journey even more interesting!

Last Updated: September 2, 2025 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources

Family Tree Heritage Gold

Building your family tree is easy when you have all the right tools! Family Tree Heritage brings you powerful yet easy-to-use features to help you tell your family story. Searching for ancestors and creating your tree is just clicks away! Find records and important documents by searching the world’s largest genealogy database.

Last Updated: September 2, 2025 Categories: Genealogy Applications

Family Tree Lesson Plans

Family tree lesson plans help teachers and students bring history to life, through the important steps and principles of family history research. These genealogy lesson plans help teachers and students trace their family tree, understand immigrant origins, explore history in the cemetery, discover world geography and investigate genetics.

Last Updated: May 18, 2021 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources

Family Tree Maker 2017

Family Tree Maker makes it easier than ever to discover your family story, preserve your legacy and share your unique heritage. If you’re new to family history, you’ll appreciate how this intuitive program lets you easily grow your family tree with simple navigation, tree-building tools, and integrated Web searching. If you’re already an expert, you can dive into the more advanced features, options for managing data, and a wide variety of charts and reports. The end result is a family history that you and your family will treasure for years to come!

Last Updated: June 2, 2018 Categories: Genealogy Applications

Family Tree Template for Kids

When you are looking to educate your child about his or her ancestors, a family tree chart is the most useful. At times, the schools too conduct activity projects where the students need to come up with their family tree. Creating a family tree, especially the one spanning many generations, would be really cumbersome for kids. Thus, it’s best to help him with a psd family tree template for kids available online. You may also like Family Tree Book Templates

Last Updated: May 18, 2021 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources

Federation of Genealogy Societies

The Federation of Genealogical Societies links the genealogical community by: (1) serving the needs of its member societies, libraries, archives, and other member organizations, (2) providing products and services needed by member societies, and (3) marshaling the resources of its member organizations. FGS was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies.

Last Updated: June 2, 2018 Categories: Genealogy Societies

Find A Grave

Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a loved one’s memorial. Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for every-day and famous people from around the world.

Last Updated: June 2, 2018 Categories: Genealogy Resources

Finding Your Roots – The Seedlings

Parents, even though most of our site is here to support schools and teachers in their use of the Finding Your Roots Genetics & Genealogy curriculum, here are eight activities you can do right away to light the fire of learning in your own seedlings! Future Genealogists, explore the activities below to learn more about yourself and your family, and begin to document your own family history for posterity. These activities are designed to get you started on your own quest to find your roots.

Last Updated: May 19, 2021 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources

Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa)

The mission of Florida Genealogical Society is to foster and encourage the research, publication and preservation of family histories, genealogical records and historical materials for future generations. The Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa) continues to assist its members and the residents of the Tampa Bay area in modern and traditional methods of research, to provide educational activities related to genealogy and family history, to promote interest and study in ancestral history, geography, and social customs. Founded on 28 Jan 1958, the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa) is the oldest genealogical society in the state of Florida.

Last Updated: June 3, 2018 Categories: Genealogy Societies

Fun Family History Activities for Kids

This website has several free, easy-to-do activities that will keep kids entertained and get them thinking about their family history. These exercises are designed to teach critical skills while encouraging kids to explore their personal connection to the past. Studies show that young people who know facts about their heritage have a stronger sense of self, which can help them perform better in school and life. Have fun!

Last Updated: May 18, 2021 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources

Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

The Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County was organized on May 6, 1964 by a group of people interested in tracing their ancestors. Monthly meetings were held in various locations, genealogical procedures were taught, and books and other materials were shared by members. The Society incorporated in 1966 as Palm Beach County Genealogical Society.

Last Updated: March 7, 2019 Categories: Genealogy Societies

Genealogy Activities for Kids

Looking for fun ways to engage kids in finding family history? We have downloadable family trees and activity sheets for kids of all ages.

Last Updated: May 18, 2021 Categories: Children Genealogy Resources