family history

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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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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The Do You Know Scale

To this day I use and share the 20 questions from the Do You Know Scale with many new friends I’ve become acquainted with. I think it is a valuable tool to help anyone with their family. Family is crucial in this tumultuous world we currently live in. Understanding how to help your family become…

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Christmas Card Display

I love Christmas cards! I love seeing what friends and family are doing, I love seeing how they are growing and changing, and I especially love in some cards reading their testimonies of Christ. In years past I had a special box that would sit out on the counter during the month of December and…

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Don’t Eat Uncle Pete!

This is a twist on a fun family classic game “Don’t Eat Pete”! Here is how you play: Gather your family around the game board.  Place a piece of candy on each face.  Have one person leave the room. Another person picks a face to be “Pete”. The player then comes back into the room. …

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Genealogy Research in American Catholic Diocese

Genealogy Research in American Catholic Diocese   A Case Study 1st – most immigrants were religious.  So why wouldn’t they remain faithful even when they’ve left their homeland?  Or at least marry in the church of their homeland?  Or bless a baby there? It’s most likely they did.  I never really considered my great grandparents a…

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