Plan for Families, FHE, Reunions, Intro & Skill Building Activities, Special Events
Embedded Files
At the McKinney FamilySearch Center, we offer a variety of group activities to promote a love for family history and help you build your skills. Activities are divided into four categories: Introductory, Skill Building, Family Group/Reunion/FHE, and Additional. See details below.
We provide multiple levels of experiences to accommodate different age groups and experience levels, so come back often and explore something new!
Age Range: Many activities are suitable for youth, adults, and families. Specific age ranges are noted for each activity.
Introductory Activities - introduce beginners of varying ages to Family History.
Primary Activity: Every Family Has a Story
Children 8-12 (about 45 minutes). Children will have fun learning about why their family stories are important and begin their own personal story.
Puzzles of the Past - Escape Room
Youth, adults and families (about 60 minutes, limited to 12 participants). Have fun with friends trying to escape while learning about blessings associated with Family History Work.
FamilySearch Activities
Youth, adults, and families (about 30 minutes). Participants discover fun ways to begin doing Family History work while learning about their own family.
FamilySearch Get Involved
Youth, adults, and families (about 30 minutes). Learn how to become personally involved supporting family history by indexing records and verifying AI indexed records.
FamilySearch Get Involved App
Youth, adults, and families (about 15 minutes). Each person needs their own smartphone with the app downloaded. Learn how much Family History you can do in just a few minutes of spare time by reviewing and verifying names in historical records.
Introductory Activities - introduce beginners of varying ages to Family History.
Introductory Activities - introduce beginners of varying ages to Family History.
Primary Activity: Every Family Has a Story
Children 8-12 (about 45 minutes). Children will have fun learning about why their family stories are important and begin their own personal story.
Puzzles of the Past - Escape Room
Youth, adults and families (about 60 minutes, limited to 12 participants). Have fun with friends trying to escape while learning about blessings associated with Family History Work.
FamilySearch Activities
Youth, adults, and families (about 30 minutes). Participants discover fun ways to begin doing Family History work while learning about their own family.
FamilySearch Get Involved
Youth, adults, and families (about 30 minutes). Learn how to become personally involved supporting family history by indexing records and verifying AI indexed records.
FamilySearch Get Involved App
Youth, adults, and families (about 15 minutes). Each person needs their own smartphone with the app downloaded. Learn how much Family History you can do in just a few minutes of spare time by reviewing and verifying names in historical records.
Skill Building Activities - increase family history skills by learning various aspects of FamilySearch.
America250 Activity 💥
Younger youth, adults and families (about 90 minutes) Take the 250 Challenge. Add 2 Names 5 Events 10 Memories. Honor your family’s place in American history and earn a laminated keepsake bookmark.
Family History Olympics 💥
Younger youth, adults and families (about 90 minutes). Go for a bronze, silver, and gold medal by completing and recording the FamilySearch activities under each medal.
FamilySearch Tree Scavenger Hunt
Younger youth, adults, and families (about 60 minutes). Learn about the various tree views in FamilySearch and how to navigate and explore their trees.
FamilySearch Person Page Bingo
Younger youth, adults, and families (about 60 minutes). Learn how to explore the various tabs on the Person Page on FamilySearch.
Working with Records *Prerequisite for FamilySearch Foundation Skills
Older youth, adults and families (about 60 minutes). Learn about the purpose of records to validate individuals in the tree.
FamilySearch Foundation Skills *Must have already completed Working with Records
Older youth, adults and families (about 60 minutes). Learn to navigate the Person Page and how to verify an ancestor’s information is complete.
Working with Memories
Older youth, adults and families (about 60 minutes). Learn how to use the memories feature in FamilySearch.
Family Group/Reunion/FHE Activities
Family Group/Reunion/FHE Activities
Recording Audio Memories
Families (about 60 minutes). Focus on gathering the family members and audio recording personal family memories. A scheduled Audio Recording Room experience for two to ten at a time is a great family activity.
Family History Games
Families (about 60 minutes). Learn details of your family by playing fun family history games. Requires one member to have a FamilySearch account.
Additional Activities
Additional Activities
Special Groups
Special Groups (about 60-120 minutes). Activities personalized and staffed by the scheduling unit or family reunion, supported by Center staff. A Saturday or Sunday special opening time may also be available if existing times do not work. Provide your contact information and the center director will arrange a meeting well in advance to discuss how the group is intending to use the Center, activities they desire, and how the Center can support them in their FamilySearch and training activities.
We are available for presentations to your community/civic group.
Call or email the McKinney FamilySearch Center at the number/address below to inquire about a presentation at your location or to have your group come to the Center for a class.
Google Sites
Report abuse