| Many times children will get interested in their | | | | Using many of the resources we have, most of |
| genealogy due to a family tree school project. | | | | this can be found among your relatives and |
| This is one of the ways the teachers use to get | | | | photos can be scanned and copied so you have |
| them interested in history. By finding out where | | | | your own to put in your genealogy information. |
| their family started out, they are more interested | | | | When searching for the information you need to |
| in finding out about others. | | | | add to this project, do not forget there are local |
| Many sites have a junior genealogy kit set up just | | | | places in your city or town that you can get |
| for kids. It contains everything they will need to | | | | information. The courthouse is one and the library |
| to research their family tree. It also contains tips | | | | is another. This could be worked into the school |
| and advice on how they can search for their | | | | project as a field trip. The arrangements could be |
| ancestors. This is a good tool for the junior | | | | made ahead of time and the class could take a |
| detective in the family and the more they | | | | trip to research and see what can be found out |
| uncover the more interested they will become. | | | | about their family. |
| Several schools have implemented a project such | | | | The family history done from the view of a child |
| as this for students. The basics can be started | | | | that in the fifth or sixth grade is going to be |
| without any research. All that is needed is the | | | | priceless when they get older. This project can be |
| student and their immediate family. Their parents, | | | | added to a larger one to preserve for future |
| siblings and grandparents are the beginning of a | | | | generations. As a school project the search for |
| family tree that can be carried on with a little | | | | your ancestors can be part of a history lesson. |
| more research. | | | | Learning about your own family will help you to |
| The family tree is a history of your family and | | | | understand other people's history. They will seem |
| therefore it should not just be viewed as cut and | | | | more real to the students rather than just reading |
| dry. There are many facts that can be added to | | | | about someone in a history book. |
| the history other than just where and when you | | | | When you decide on a family tree school project |
| were born. The events and stories that are | | | | such as this, the benefits will be many. The |
| remembered and written down as a way of | | | | appreciation children learn for their roots as well |
| preserving them can make a family history come | | | | as learning about how things were done as before |
| alive. | | | | the advent of all the modern conveniences we |
| This is why people are so interested in using old | | | | have today will be a valuable lesson. This may |
| pictures and letters they may find in their family | | | | develop into a passion for some who really enjoy |
| history. A family tree can also include a scrapbook | | | | learning about genealogy and researching their |
| of the most important things about your family. | | | | family tree. |