You can also learn about your family's history by trying some of the following activities.
 

• At the front of each of the American Quilt books, there is a Family Tree of the Tandy family.  Get a large piece of paper and make your own family tree.  You will probably need to ask your parents and grandparents about your ancestors.  Even though family trees aren't real trees they resemble one because they branch out more and more, the farther back you research and record your family.  (This example was put together by a decendent of Mayflower passengers.) When you create your family tree, maybe you can draw a tree behind your family.  Another suggestion is to add photos of the people in the tree.  (Be sure to get permission before cutting and/or gluing your family's photographs!)  Here is an example of a family tree I created as a child.  I attached family members' pictures and a magazine picture of a tree. 
• Do you have a family member that is particularly interesting because of something he or she did?  Interview the person and write about it.  I recomend also recording the interview to keep it.
• After you have resarched your family's history, use them as the characters in a story.

http://www.ancestry.com/ - search for family members (note:  some areas require you to become a member for access permission)

http://rootsweb.com/ - includes a Guide To Tracing Family Trees

Ellis Island Immigration Museum - Search for relative that passed through Ellis Island when they immigrated to the United States

Mayflower Web Pages - includes (includes history and genealogy of each passenger)
 
 
 

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