As we celebrate Family History Month in October, NGS is excited to support you and the genealogy and family history community with a few ways to explore, preserve, and share unique stories and memories from our families.
Free PDF Downloads
The resources below provide ideas and easy-to-follow steps to participate in our community and make common projects manageable and successful. Use these PDFs yourself and share them to inspire friends and family. Or, use them with your genealogy society, family association, library, museum, or archive (add your logo in the top right corner) to help reach more people and welcome them to your organization.
Tips to digitize family items and save them for generations to come.
Guidance to plan and record interviews and capture meaningful conversations.
Prompts to get started and suggestions for telling cherished tales.
Benefits of NGS, family associations, societies, libraries, archives, and museums.
Recent studies show genealogy activities may be good for health. To learn more about this, check out the videos from the Symposium on Healthy Aging and the Role of the Family History Community that NGS hosted with Vivid-Pix and FamilySearch in May 2025. And consider planning a Family Matters event if you are an NGS organization member.
For more tips and tools, visit the NGS Free Resources page.
Exploring and preserving family history is a fulfilling journey that enriches our sense of self and deepens bonds across generations. Cultivate younger family members’ appreciation of their roots, let elders know they’re valued, and ensure your family can access memories and stories in the years to come. (Remember to respect privacy. Discuss plans to make sure everyone is on board when conveying personal anecdotes and information.)
Celebrate this October by taking a moment to begin or restart a project. It’s easy to put off tasks and think they’ll wait until tomorrow. But as we’re often reminded, the best time is now.
Now is also the time to get more people involved in discovering their family’s story. As you share why this month is meaningful to you or do outreach through your organization, use the images below from NGS with the hashtag #FamilyHistoryMonth and the link to this Family History Month page.
Download Free Family History Month Graphics
Click on the name linked underneath one of the Family History Month images to open up a file that is 1080 x 1080 pixels. After you have opened the full-size image, you can download it to your mobile device or right-click on the graphic to save it to your computer.
