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Ancestors unKnown - Ancestors Unknown

Our Mission: To inspire the personal and academic success of students throughout the world by introducing them to their unknown ancestors. Ancestors Unknown is an international nonprofit organization, using history education and ancestry research to help young people (re)claim knowledge about themselves, their histories, and the world around them.

Ancestors: Teacher's Guide

From the first television program on PBS, a teacher's guide for starting a family history project.

Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) - Genealogists Specializing in Children/Youth

The Association of Professional Genealogists, established in 1979, is an international organization that supports professionals in genealogy-related businesses. APG encourages genealogical excellence, ethical practice, mentoring and education. The organization also supports the preservation and accessibility of records useful to the fields of genealogy and history. Members of APG agree to abide by a code of ethics in their profession.

Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News

Census Project - Census Kidz

Part of the USGenWeb Census Project, set up to help kids and teenagers wanting to transcribe a census for a project or just for fun.

CGW for Kids

From the CanadaGenWeb Project.

Ellis Island - Oral Histories for Your Classroom

Family Tree Magazine - Family Tree Projects and Genealogy Activities for Kids

FamilySearch Wiki - Family History Activities for Children: 3-11

FamilySearch Wiki - Involve Children and Youth in Family History

Find Our Family - Inspiring the Future to Engage in the Past

Genealogy-themed projects for children, delivered online, to engage and inspire them to want to actively participate in their family history both present and past.

Genealogy activities for kids (Pinterest)

From Ancestry.com

Genealogy for Children

As an author, family genealogist, and presenter, Becky Villareal has helped multiple libraries and genealogy societies set up Family History Events. She has also written multiple children's books to encourage them to become interested in family history.

Genealogy in the Classroom | VGS School - Victoria Genealogical Society, Victoria BC Canada

A new way of introducing young people to the world of genealogy. Proudly presented by the Victoria Genealogical Society this web based resource was designed by teachers for teachers and students but everyone can use it. It's free, with no registration hassles or passwords to remember.

Genealogy Unit Lesson

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Genealogy with Janice: 7 fun genealogy games for kids

genealogy4kids.page - 101+ Fun Family History Activities for Kids

A list of genealogy related activities for children and youth to do on their own or with an adult.
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Genwriters - Genealogy and Family History for Children

Activities and resources specifically geared toward children..

Growing Little Leaves: Teaching Children Genealogy Basics

A class from the Indiana Historical Society, for adults. Introducing children to genealogy is something many parents and grandparents desire to do but few know how to implement. "Growing Little Leaves" is a new IHS series created to meet this need. This program educates adults on how to teach children about genealogy concepts. Emily Kowalski Schroeder models four activities, and audience members receive written instructions on how to implement the activities with children. Emily Kowalski Schroeder is a genealogist, blogger, mother of two and a meteorologist. "Growing Little Leaves" is based on her blog of the same title.