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Genealogy Can (& Should) Be a Mulit-Sensory Experience
Experience genealogy and connect with your ancestors with all of your senses! See what they saw, taste what ate, hear what they heard! I love to travel, and am fortunate to have traveled quite a bit in my life. I’m up for most any kind of travel. I love long road trips and short trips. I love to experience the outdoors, and I can lose myself in the history of an area and its local museums. And, of course, you, dear readers, know my love of genealogy! If I can combine the two – genealogy + travel – even better! It’s travel to those out of the way places…
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The Perfect Family History Gifts For the Genealogy Lover
Family history gifts genealogy researchers really want! Thrill family with these unique heritage gift ideas. Your one-stop gift guide. Gift shopping can be difficult. Do you ever feel like you have run out of gift giving ideas just when the holidays or a birthday roll around? It’s okay, I do, too! If you have a family historian or genealogy enthusiast on your gift shopping list, I’ve got the perfect family history gift suggestions to jump start you shopping. Actually, I think you’ll like the list so much, you will find yourself shopping for yourself! Don’t worry, I won’t tell! The family history gift ideas below are great for any…
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Explore Your Culinary Heritage During Your Genealogy Tour
Discovering your culinary heritage provides insight into your ancestors’ lives and ethnic background. Find out what your ancestors ate. Food is a big part of our culture and heritage. Food unites us, and foods bond us. We may gather around a table as a family or we simply prepare and eat foods tradionally made in our families. Either food has a unique way of uniting family and friends. Think about the most important events or periods in your life- celebrations, losses, travels, transitions. A lot of those memories involve food, right? The foods we cook and eat tell stories of who we are and where we’ve been. The foods we…
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Creating Your Own Cemetery Tours: Find Your Ancestor’s Grave
Cemetery tours are a critical part of genealogy research. Take a cemetery walk to learn more about your ancestors. Cemetery research is one of my favorite ways to learn about my ancestors. Because of this, my kids think I’m a bit weird. Okay, they are young adults, but I don’t think they share my love of cemeteries with their friends. Have you ever taken an actual cemetery tour? Your tour can be on your own in a small cemetery or a more formal tour with a guide. What You Can Learn From A Cemetery Tour Invariably, those of us who have gone on a hertiage type trip to literally “walk…
