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a NEW class for the NEW year

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Well, it’s a NEW year and I’m taking a NEW class!  I’m excited!  The class is on how to do family history.  I LOVE doing family history (as my previous post mentioned) and I’ve already taken a LOT of classes on the subject, so I’m hoping to learn something NEW!

{I can’t wait for the day when teachers can scan your brain cells to see what you already know, and then go ahead and teach you what you don’t know!  Ha!  Someone please get busy on that invention, RIGHT AWAY OK?!?!!! :o)}

Everyone MUST should visit The Thinking Closet and check out the journaling she did about her ancestors!  SO FUN!

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Also, I thought I’d share a list of ways to start working on your family history. Family History DOES NOT just mean names on a pedigree chart!

1 Think about your ancestors

2 Celebrate important dates in the lives of your ancestors.

3 Make a family calendar of these important dates

4 Make plans now for how to pass on family heirlooms and documents

5 Copy documents of your family for each child as they leave home

6 Gather and label old photographs

7 Visit cemeteries where ancestors are buried, record headstone information

8 Start a timeline for each of your children

9 Write about a typical day in the life of you, your spouse, or your child

10 Keep trip journals when on family vacations

11 Record family stories and legends

12 Write a paragraph about every living relative you personally know

13 Frame and display photos of family members and ancestors in  your home

14 Index your journals.  List important events and where they can be found (page numbers, or dates)

15 Create a map and pinpoint locations of your ancestors and their migration

Is there something on this list you could start with?  Have a terrific day and learn or do something NEW!

a NEW endeavor (wish me luck)

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Hi all!  Ok…here’s my announcement:  I am committed to taking a photo a day of our normal, every day family life and making some sort of Project Life scrapbook after 30 days.  You know, I do have a smart phone, and it has been “reminding” me to do this for some time now!  How come I haven’t been do it?  Dunno!  But today I started and by blogging about it and saying that I’m committed….well, I’ll let you know.  Yes, I really want to do this, so in 30 days I’ll report.  Then soon after, I’ll show you my 30 day scrapbook.

I made scrapbooks for each of my boys when they were little, but since they’ve become teenagers, well….they simply don’t stop long enough for me to take their pictures very often.  I loved watching them flip through their ‘books’ when they were younger.  I loved that they felt special to have a book ‘All About Them’!  And that’s still important….so again, I’m committed!  If the photo above was taken within this 30 days and was in the Project Life scrapbook, I know my boys would love reminiscing about watching that lizard (or whatever it technically is) climb up the side of the building in Grand Cayman after they swam with the dolphin.  Fun times!  Maybe I’ll have to cheat and include that one anyway :o)

If this is something you’d like to try, there are tons of great ideas to get you started. I just bookmarked “9 Clever Ideas for Project Life from Pinterest” at Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking for some inspiration.

What NEW thing are  you going to do or learn today?