There are many things one can do to interest children and young adults in genealogy. What follows are some suggestions and ideas. They are by no means comprehensive and are intended to provoke brainstorming on the part of the reader. The activities should be geared towards the appropriate age, ability level, and interests of the child.

The ideas are not grouped according to any cognitive scheme. As with anything, some activities will work better with some children than others.

Cemeteries
Looking for tombstones can be a family activity. Children can copy tombstone information on to their own notepaper or even make a map, showing the respective locations of the stones. While plotting the location of each and every stone may be beyond their ability, a map showing the relative positions of family stones and enough landmarks to help find the stones again later may be a more workable project. If the child has a camera of their own, they may even want to take pictures. Old stones can topple and small children should not roam a cemetery unsupervised. Several years ago, in a cemetery not far from where I grew up, a child inadvertently toppled an old stone on himself and was killed.