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Family Activities


5. Social Media Activities

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With a bit of planning and a list of ideas, family history activities can become part of your everyday lives and unite your family in remarkable ways. Try some of the activities described on this page and see how your past and present can come together. As you do, you can strengthen family relationships, build your family tree, and make fun family memories.

For more ideas, explore Resources for Parents.


5. Social Media Activities

Overview: Social media can bring a family together in ways never thought of in years past. It is an excellent tool for finding family members and making connections, keeping in touch, sharing items such as photos, printed materials, and videos, teaming up for research, and much more. See how these ideas can help you go digital!

Activities marked by an asterisk (*) take little or no prep time.


F5-01: Social Media Ideas
Here are four ways to use social media with family history activities. For more details, see these Projects in The Family History Guide: FS    AN    MH    FMP
F5-02: Pinterest
Create a family Pinterest board to share and make new discoveries. Consider adding a Pinterest board for each family line.
*F5-03: Family Hashtag
Establish your own family hashtag for use with social media, with helpful tips from this article.
F5-04: Create a Facebook Family History Page
Follow the steps in this FamilySearch blog post to create your own Facebook page for family history.
See Project 7, Goal 3 in The Family History Guide for more information about using social media in family history.
F5-05: Use Instagram for Family History
Try four tips for using Instagram for family history research found in this Rootstech article. Learn more in Project 7, Goal 3 for FamilySearch, or Project 6 Goal 3 in Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Findmypast. Also check out this FamilySearch blog post.
F5-06: Use Twitter for Family History
Follow organizations and individuals to hear about genealogy news and new records, and to search family hashtags. Learn more on this Family Tree blog post and on this FamilySearch blog post.


Find more activities here:  1. Anytime Activities and Games   2. Plan-Ahead Activities   3. Making Family History   4. Documenting the Past   6. Service Activities   7. Activities for Research   8. Latter-day Saint Activities