Holidays and big family gatherings

Holidays and family gatherings during the holidays of Eid become a family tradition in Indonesia. This moment of togetherness has many meanings. One of them, through this moment the entire family can share stories. Includes family tree back to parse. You can do things differently and more valuable by leveraging the moment when the holiday family gathering.

Know the family tree
Sharing family stories and history provide a different experience for future generations of the family. Genealogy and family history into a binder of togetherness for the whole family, especially children. As well as respect for ancestral forms are also great family trip.

Moment of holidays can be an ideal time for your family to re-record a family history. Especially for children who need to be introduced early on about the ins and outs of the family.

a family gathering during the holidays is not just a celebration of togetherness. Children have a high curiosity. Parents can satisfy the curiosity of children, one of them, by giving the story of the ins and outs of the family. That way, the next generation of the family to understand her family history, and then forwarded to the next generation.
Reveal stories about families, by linking it to contemporary life, as well as nostalgic, in interspersed with anecdotes, will produce a pleasant family history stories for children. Make the kids excited about listening to your family history. Invite children to gather various information about his family history. Because if not, the family history will just disappear.

Collecting and recording information
during a family gathering, you should note and record the whole story about the family history and genealogy. Not hard to do so even children can participate in this activity.

Make this activity as a joint project of the family. Children from an early age through high school level could be involved. Encourage your children to gather information on family history of any elder or parent who met at a family gathering.

Collect a variety of information through interview method. But the run with a convenient way. Not all family members interviewed especially convenient if you use a microphone and video camera. You can utilize technology to support these activities. Even the video camera on the phone can also be used.

If all the information already gathered, you and your family can incorporate it into the documentation of the family. You can store it in the form of a notebook or recording on compact disc. The result, after the Lebaran holiday, you get a recorded family tree and become treasured memories for generations passed down to next.