Youth and Family Summer Challenge -Family History

Choose 5 activities in the Discover, Share, and Cherish sections, completing 15 activities by the end of summer.

Earn prizes for evey 5 activities you complete.

(PP = Personal Progress ... complete 10 hours of family history for a Personal Progress Project or for hours towards your Honor Bee. BSA-GM = Boy Scouts Genealogy Merit Badge. CS = Cub Scouts)

Discover

 * 1) Choose a deceased ancestor and find an immigration record, birth record, marriage record, or death record, and attach it as a source for that ancestor.
 * 2) Complete three mini classes and attend a Saturday class.
 * 3) Choose an ancestor who was born before 1925. Learn about the time period in which he or she lived. Read one book about that time period. Ask yourself how living then would have affected that ancestor. Write down what you have learned from this experience.
 * 4) Learn how to find one of your ancestors in a census. Attach three census records to this ancestor's sources.
 * 5) Find an ancestor who immigrated to the United States. Find out what country this person came from, the reason for coming to the United States, the method of travel, and the size of the family. Write down what you have learned.