online classes – Loganalogy- Your Family Historian

This weekend was a long one for me. I had a three-day which I wish I had more of. I accomplished so much!

The most exciting for me was that I was able to get in my yard and tend to my plants and flowers. Just deadheading, trimming, and planting bulbs made me feel so serene. It makes all the thoughts whirring in my head become silent. The bees were buzzing and there are so many different butterflies, it makes me feel good that I am helping nature.

Being in the garden is so beneficial for mental health, whether you have the most common of the 200 forms of classified mental illnesses, such as anxiety or depression, or you have a serious case, such as bipolar or even dementia. Gardening is such a great therapeutic intervention, an issue of hope. It is good for life’s cognitive, social, and even physical aspects. For enduring. There is always hope.

So, cutting down the Mexican Marigolds and basil and deadheading the marigolds, roses, and canna lilies brings hope that new growth will occur, and the planting of the bulbs brings the hope that new flowers will emerge in the spring. Hope springs eternal. 🙂

I then worked on my lesson plans for Tuesday’s “Family History Detectives Club” at my school. I have enjoyed hearing from the student’s parents telling me their children are calling their grandparents and “interviewing” them. It makes my heart sing, and I can only imagine how those same grandparents feel about receiving these calls.

Some parents even sent me pictures of their children interviewing the grandparents; one was Facetiming a grandparent, and one had their pencil and notebook in hand, asking questions. These events are so very special to all parties involved. Others were interviewing their parents. A parent even told me that they are all now involved in learning their family history.

After working on the lesson plans, I helped my son with some personal business, insurance, job, etc. It is great spending time with him. When he’s not working, he’s out with friends, so these moments are few but cherished. Mom was able to take the car, get out to an appointment, and shop. It made her feel so good!

I then worked on making videos to promote my online classes. “Roots to Trees” is the program’s name, but “Bare Roots” is the name of the first class, basic genealogy for children and anyone needing the basics. The next class will be “Emerging Leaves” and is currently being worked on. The “Bare Roots” class is $9.99 for 5 sections and can be worked on at your own pace in your home or wherever you learn.

So, it was a jam-packed, fun-filled, productive weekend. I hope yours was too!

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It will be two years ago Monday that I started my Family History Blog. It is amazing how far I have come and what I have accomplished. I started only as an outlet to share my ancestor’s findings with my family. It has grown to be so much more.

It has not only helped me be a better researcher and storyteller, but it has also given me so much more insight into my ancestors, who they were, and who I am.

In October, I started a Family History Detectives Club at my school for 4th graders. I am very excited. I bought these little detective hats, magnifying glasses, and detective badges. After we do the boring stuff of going over #Genealogy vocabulary words and learning what a pedigree chart is, I will have them pick an ancestor to investigate.

When I was researching genealogy or family history for children, there wasn’t much there as far as teaching them. There were many activities and fun worksheets, but nothing taught them how to start researching or how to start investigating their family history. Nothing about sources or how to read them.

That gave me an idea. After seeing the excitement in the children’s eyes about the club and not finding much help on the internet, I knew there was a need. So, I created an online Google Classroom course and am checking into giving courses at my local library. They had genealogy courses on their calendar but for teens and seniors. Nothing for children.

You may not think children are interested, but I promise you they are. Just today I had an 8th grader bring me his surname family history book. This thing was huge. His ancestors had published his family tree and bound it into this beautiful book. He heard I was doing the club and wanted to share with me that he had an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower.

As I was perusing the book, I looked up this ancestor in the index of names. Just for kicks, I looked up Logan. Sure enough, there were several. Then one familiar Logan popped out at me. He was MY 1st cousin, 6x removed! This student and I are related. When I found the discovery, his mom was in the office, and he came in shortly after. He was blown away, as were all of us.

It just goes to show we are all related. The tree is a small world, after all.

If you want your child to join my virtual Google classroom event, Roots to Trees, go to my Genealogy Classes and register.

Thanks for reading!

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