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What Happens if You Ignore Your Family Village?

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Family Village is a game that you can play through Facebook. Unlike Farmville, (or any of the other games made by Zynga), Family Village involves genealogy. You have your relatives immigrate into your village, and the game attempts to find relevant links to genealogy materials connected to them. What happens if you accidentally ignore your Family Village? In some ways, this game is a little bit like a smaller version of the Sims, with a genealogy twist to it. First, you add one of your relatives, or ancestors, into the family tree that is a part of the Family Village … Continue reading →

More Genealogy Words

I’ll admit it right now; I am just one of those people that are fascinated by words. Ever since I was a child I have loved words, and even today learning a new word or two, or even more makes me very excited. The art of genealogy has a language all its own, and as I learn more and more about it I am picking up more new words. Here are a few recent “discoveries” that I have added to my genealogy vocabulary. Hopefully you will find them helpful in that you may not need to run for the nearest … Continue reading →

It’s Family Reunion Planning Time

Even though we got some fresh snow here yesterday, I keep telling myself that spring is almost here. Spring is a good time to get started on planning a family reunion if you would like to have one this summer. Summer is a popular time for family reunions for a few reasons including nice weather, vacation time, and the opportunity to have the reunion at fun (and low cost) venues like a park or beach. With this in mind, I have collected a few ideas for fun family reunion activities. Perhaps they will whet your appetite for a reunion and … Continue reading →

Family Village Genealogy Game Now in Alpha Testing

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Want to have some fun, and work on your genealogy research at the same time? A genealogy related game called Family Village is now accessible through Facebook. It is currently in the alpha testing stage. You can use this game to help build your family tree. Last time I wrote about the Family Village game it was in the process of doing whatever it is that is necessary in order for a game to appear on Facebook. If you are playing Farmville, or Frontierville, two incredibly popular and addicting games created by the Zynga game company, then you will have … Continue reading →