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Each challenge will take 5 to 10 minutes. They can be completed in any order. Get in the game and get ready for research!
Most challenges use records that can be accessed for free (some may require you to register for a free account).
Quizzes are not scored. You may have the answer correct, but written is a way to had not anticipated for the answer key.
Sources like these can piece together a more complete picture of our relatives.
Where Did
Grandma Live?
The 1940 United States Census can tell us a lot about our relatives. Almost everyone knows someone who is on it.
What 1890 United States Census?
A very small amount of papers survived. View one such record and see what we've been missing.
Turn of the Century - Times are Changing
The 1900 United States Census contains the most details of currently public censuses.
Siri Directions to Grandpa's Headstone
BillionGraves contains headstone photos, dates, family members, and GPS coordinates to get you there.
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land
Come explore the records of the Bureau of Land Management / General Land Office.
Chronicling America 1777 - 1963
This digital newspaper collection from the Library of Congress can help bring you ancestor's story to life.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors
Search for individuals, regiments, cemeteries, battles, prisoners, monuments, and medals of honor.
Elephind
From births in the Pacific Northwest to crimes in Australia, the digital newspaper collection delivers.
FamilySearch Books
Search for digitized books, family and local histories and more from the Family History Library and 13 partner genealogical libraries.
Teacher Said It Would Be On My Permanent Record
Digitized is not the same as indexed. Explore the FamilySearch Catalog to find records that can be viewed but are not yet searchable.
It's Not Tricky
With the Wiki
FamilySearch Research Wiki is the go-to form locality pages, forms, genealogical guidance, and more.
Find-A-Grave
This online headstone collection is the work of thousands of volunteers over the last 26 years. You can even help.
Fold3
The third fold is in honor and remembrance of veterans. The site strives to do just that. We will explore War of 1812 Pension records.
From Tornados to Train Wrecks
GenDisasters collects newspaper accounts of disasters of all types and records the victims.
Find Your Relative's
FAN Club
Historic Map Works can help you discover where your relatives live be can show you who their Friends, Associates, and Neighbors were.
From the Old
Country to Idaho
Idaho Naturalization Records, especially after 1906, can show us where our relatives came from, how they got here, and who is in their family.
Idaho State Archives
This site has a variety of records all with Idaho in common. We will explore the Reconstructed 1890 Idaho Census, the Inmate Catalog, and Pension Records: Old Age Index.
With a Wee Bit O'Luck
IrishGenealogy.IE provides a variety of civil and church records. Take a trip to Tubbercurry looking for the Faul family.
Map Of US
Did your relative live in three different counties all the while living in the same house? Explore the animated map of Idaho.
Old Occupation Names
Was your ancestor a zoetrope maker? Or did you come from a long line of perambulators? Do you know any grimbribbers?
The Ancestor Hunt
This site by Kenneth R Marks has over 39,100 links to free newspapers, we are only going to look at the Idaho ones.
Washington
State Archives
So many records. It's all ways important to look at the original image, not all the data is always indexed. See what you may have missed.
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