Games are fun to play at family gatherings. It’s even more fun when you learn about your family and ancestors as you play. Fortunately for us, there are developers who have created fun apps for use with FamilySearch. These apps are great for family gatherings.
The first app that comes to mind is Geneopardy. (geneopardy.fhtl.byu.edu.) It is a Jeopardy-type game that takes information from your FamilySearch file to create questions. Geneopardy is not an easy game and is fun when played in teams. The categories are dates, places, people, facts, and other. The questions can be trivial so that a pedigree chart might be helpful.
Another fun app is Relative Finder at realtivefinder.org. Relative Finder, created by BYU, helps you discover if you are related to Prophets, Presidents, friends, and many categories of famous people. You may discover that you have a Mayflower ancestor and that can spark an interest in the youth and adults alike, and they may want to know more.
Wheel of Family Fortune is another app produced by BYU (wheel.fhtl.byu.edu.). It has up to four players or teams and works just like Wheel of Fortune on TV. The words are from your FamilySearch file so you will have to sign in. It does give a hint about the word. You click to spin the wheel to find out how much you can win if the letter you choose is in the word. It is tons of fun.
Compare-a-Face is so much fun to play. You compare your face to your ancestors to see where you got your good looks from or maybe your nose. You need to upload a picture of yourself, and it compares it to the photos of ancestors found in your FamilySearch file. If you are doing this at family gatherings, make sure the attendees send you photos of themselves to upload into this program. Compare-a-Face is located at familysearch.org/discovery/compare. FamilySearch Discovery has more apps coming soon so be sure and check the website every now and again.
These games will be memory makers at family gatherings. There are more enjoyable games found in the app gallery on FamilySearch or even found by doing a google search for family history games. Learning about who we are and where we came from can sure be fun and is the secret to a happy family!
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