GenealogyBank Helps Me Find My Way Out When It Comes to Genealogy Research!
Here’s how I’ve been able to find success using GenealogyBank … not just with my personal family history research, but also to help others unlock the mysteries of their ancestral roots!
During the COVID pandemic, I created a new concept in genealogy education called The Genealogy Escape Room. My idea was to take a fun in-person activity like an escape room, focus on family history research and actionable genealogy education, and make it available online! Here’s the description of the presentation format:
Imagine you are trapped in an archive and the only way out is to solve a series of genealogy research puzzles. Are you up to the challenge? Are you ready for Genealogy Escape Room™? Based on the popular escape room concept, Genealogy Escape Room™ turns the typical webinar format upside down! Each registrant will receive a Case Review File used to solve a series of online research tasks BEFORE the live webinar takes place. The webinar is the “reveal” where a step-by-step review of each puzzle, task, and clue all the way to the final “key” to open the door. Genealogy methodology concepts will be summarized before announcing who escaped first!
I usually create a Genealogy Escape room for genealogy societies and public libraries, selecting a local celebrity and researching their genealogy. Then I create a process whereby participants must answer 20 questions about the celebrity based on research before they can “escape.”
Find a Way Out with GenealogyBank
I’ve subscribed to GenealogyBank for over 10 years now and, hands down, it has one of the best collection of UNIQUE newspaper records. I could not make progress on my personal research if I didn’t have access to the digital images for many small local newspapers.
I invite you to sign up for a FREE 7-Day Trial and see what I mean! Click the image below to get started!
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