Cross Stitch Your Family History

When my future husband and I were dating I wanted to make him a unique birthday gift. I was already spending a large percentage of my time researching my family history and I knew I wanted to make something celebrating his family. I enjoyed cross stitch since I was a young girl and decided to document his immediate family with stitchery. I took a wonderful picture of the framed cross stitch and then realized that…

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Thanksgiving Family History

Why not invite an ancestor to your family’s Thanksgiving dinner this year? Set a special place either at your table or on a comfy sitting chair. Make a place card with their name. Gather any photos you may have around the house and place them on the chair. (You may want to use photocopies.) Let’s face it spills happen on Thanksgiving. Start a family history conversation. Think of some discussion prompts before your other guests arrive.…

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Milk Bottles on the Porch-Living Family History

You never know what a day of basement organizing will reveal. We found these great milk delivery bottles and of course there is a story behind them. As it turns out, my Father-in-law told us the story. He loves to tell a story. He worked for the Droughbay Dairy in Tooele, Utah in the late 1940’s. He ran out and placed the bottles on folks’ porches while the owner’s son was the truck driver.  He…

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