Genealogy for Kids

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Today you are going to interview your mom and write a short story about her. Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and jot down these questions. Some you can just look at your mom and know the answer, but the point of this exercise is to learn to interview relatives and gather information.

1. What is your full name?
2. What is your maiden name?
3. Where were you born? What city and state? What hospital?
4. When were you born?
5. What are your parents names?
6. When were they born? Where?
7. What are your siblings names?
8. When were your siblings born?
9. Who did your siblings marry?
10. Are you right or left-handed?
11. What is your eye color? Hair color? Do you wear glasses?
12. If your parents are married, when and where did they get married?
13. What is your job?
14. Do you have a nickname?
15. Growing up did you live in a house or apartment?
16. Write down the date of your interview and the address where you are living. Keeping a log of addresses when you take interviews or find documents can help you locate new information.

Did you finish filling out your family tree and family group sheets? Great! Let’s move on to a writing activity. Today you are going to interview your dad and write a short story about him. Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and jot down these questions. Some you can just look at your dad and know the answer to, but the point of this exercise is to learn to interview relatives and gather information.

1. What is your full name?
2. Where were you born? What city and state? What hospital?
3. When were you born?
4. What are your parents names?
5. When were they born? Where?
6. What are your siblings names?
7. When were your siblings born?
8. Who did your siblings marry?
9. Are you right or left-handed?
10. What is your eye color? Hair color? Do you wear glasses?
11. If your parents are married, when and where did they get married?
12. What is your job?
13. Do you have a nickname?
14. Growing up did you live in a house or apartment?
15. Write down the date of your interview and the address where you are living. Keeping a log of addresses when you take interviews or find documents can help you locate new information.

Now that your family tree or pedigree chart is complete, the  next step is the family group sheet. You can download and print that here.

To fill in this sheet, put the names of your parents at the top in the appropriate spaces. Fill in as much of their information as possible.

Below them is a space for children. Add you and your siblings, if you have siblings, to this bottom portion. List the children in birth order.

When this sheet is complete, you can print more sheets and work backwards. The next sheet should be your dad’s parents and list him as one of the children with his siblings. The following sheet should be your mom’s parents and list her as one of the children. Continue working backwards filling in as much information as you can find.