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Family History with Harry Potter book 6

Our second to last Harry Potter book, the Half-blood Prince, is the saddest. In the end, Dumbledore dies. But this is the reason we do family history and connect ourselves to our loved ones. So as family history lovers, what’s our next step? To make sure we’ve got all our family placed in our genealogy tree! Names,…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 4

Family History wasn’t as prevalent in Harry Potter’s book 4: The Goblet of Fire.  But don’t you worry, I figured it out! 😊 My decorations were minimal tonight: As the week wears on, I’m getting a bit less and less artistic. Haha.  Next time, and yes there will be a next time, I will do…

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Family History with Harry Potter Book 3

Harry Potter is filled with family history!! Being part of a family was important to Harry. He loved to hear stories about his parents from those who were his parents friends and cared about him. Decorating for Harry Potter Book 3 Prisoner of Azkaban: We all took the test to find our Patronus since this…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 2

It’s been so fun realizing that the Harry Potter books are all about family history! And incorporating them into your family makes fun memories! Decorating for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Making memories with Harry Potter book 2, the Chamber of Secrets, began by adding more decorations to our dinner table.  Owls and…

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Jacks – Games our Grandparents Played!

Jump to Basic Rules Jump to Playing the Game Jump to Types of Rounds Jacks was a game our grandparents not only played as teenagers, but went on dates to play!! My grandmother talked about how they’d meet up at friends house’s with dates and play Jacks! Man! Why can’t kids go on dates like…

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Family History with Harry Potter book 1

Family history begins with making memories! As the corona-quarantine continues we want to make the time together fun! A family friend did Harry Potter dinners to coincide with each book/movie. And since Harry Potter has Family History interwoven throughout all the books! We decided to create our own family memories and began with book 1,…

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