I saw this today on FamilySearch -New FamilySearch Discovery Activity Is a Fun Way to Explore Heritage: https://media.familysearch.org/new-familysearch-discovery-activity-is-a-fun-way-to-explore-heritage/.
New FamilySearch Discovery Activity Is a Fun Way to Explore Heritage
February 24, 2020Paul NautaFamilySearch PR Manager–snip–
FamilySearch released its new Where Am I From? interactive online activity this week. The experience is a fun way to explore your ancestral origins. Users can see emigration and immigration movements of their ancestors on a map, discover their countries of origin, and learn the heritage and traditions of their ancestors’ homelands. To start having fun, users will need a free FamilySearch account.
The Where Am I From? experience is the newest addition to a series of FamilySearch discovery activities. Dan Call, the FamilySearch experience manager for the feature, said, “Users can learn fun facts from their family homelands, like the types of food they eat, popular recipes, and family and social dynamics, including common greetings, gestures, and other cultural attributes.”
The feature contains heritage-specific data for 240 countries and provinces. Although it is not required, users with more genealogical information in FamilySearch’s free Family Tree will have the richest, personalized discovery experiences. The discovery activity will take their family tree data and provide meaningful and visual representations that are fun to explore and share.
Where Am I From? Four Key Experiences
- Generation. Use an interactive, global map to pinpoint where your ancestors lived.
- Family Lines. View your family’s movement over time by specific ancestral lines.
- My Heritage. Discover where your ancestors came from and explore the heritage of your homelands.
- Timeline. Learn where your ancestors were during major world events.
For those who are just beginning to build their family trees, Call says if they know any of their ancestral countries of origin, they will have a great time exploring the fun and fascinating information Where Am I From? offers for those countries.
The Where Am I From? experience is engaging for people of all ages and makes it easy for beginners to learn fun new facts about their personal and family histories.
While testing the new experience, Call said it was common to see new, teen-aged users getting totally enthralled in viewing their ancestors’ photos and stories and other interesting facts about their ancestral origins.
Explore your heritage with the new Where Am I From? activity.
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