What Is Family History?
I am part of the story.
Begin with what you know, welcome what you do not know yet, and leave a small record for your future self.
Open case 1 Not filed on this deviceFamily History Adventures · Workbook 1
Open the family case folio.
Six cases. One detective skill at a time. Practice with a fictional clue here, investigate with your family away from the screen, and keep what you discover somewhere only your family controls.
Your family story stays yours. These lessons do not ask you to upload names, documents, recordings, or answers. Online practice uses fictional clues; authentic work happens in your workbook and family archive.
The six-case trail
Every case leaves evidence worth keeping.
Start anywhere, though the cases build naturally from identity and interviews to documents, trees, research logs, and the census.
Interview a Relative
I can gather oral evidence.
Practice consent and open questions before sitting down with someone whose memories matter.
Open case 2 Not filed on this deviceThe Family Document Hunt
I can recognize and protect evidence.
Learn what documents can tell you—and what they cannot—before opening the family archive.
Open case 3 Not filed on this deviceDraw Your Family Tree
I can map what is known and unknown.
Make relationships visible, use blanks honestly, and see how quickly a family tree branches.
Open case 4 Not filed on this deviceKeep a Research Notebook
I can make research reproducible.
Trade scattered clues for a research trail you can pause, revisit, and explain.
Open case 5 Not filed on this deviceReading the Census
I can interpret a complex historical record.
Slow down a crowded historical page, read it column by column, and connect every skill in your case folio.
Open case 6 Not filed on this devicePrivate device progress
Optional. If enabled, this browser remembers only which cases you mark ready. It never stores your names, answers, documents, or family facts.