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Memories Book

Family history games

Learn the people in your family tree by playing with real family details

Generic genealogy games test general knowledge. Memories Book builds questions from your signed-in FamilySearch tree, so the faces, relationships, facts, and life sketches belong to your family.

A family group whose people can appear in family history games
Photos and stories from your treeShown with the people they belong to
Face matching from ancestor portraits
Relationship and family fact questions
Life sketch quizzes
Pioneer Trail progress saved on the device
A personalized Memories Book Faces Quiz asking the player to identify an ancestor from four names

Questions come from your tree

The game uses the ancestors and details your account can access. A round may ask you to identify a face, choose a relationship, recall a fact, or answer from a life sketch. This makes the game useful before a reunion or while introducing children to names they see in a family book.

Results depend on the portraits and profile details available in FamilySearch. Adding better portraits and life sketches can improve later rounds.

Short rounds make it easy to play together

Rounds last 60 seconds and award points for correct answers. Families can pass the device, compare scores, or pause on a person they want to learn more about. Pioneer Trail mileage is saved in the browser on that device.

Use the game with the book

A book provides the names and stories. The game gives relatives a reason to recall them. Build a focused book for one branch, then play with the same part of the tree before or after reading it together.

From tree to book

Three steps from your tree to a finished book

1

Connect FamilySearch

Sign in and choose the person and generations for the book.

2

Generate the pages

Memories Book gathers supported memories and organizes them by person.

3

Review your book

Read the finished pages and make sure the people, stories, and photos feel right.

Questions

What to know before you start

Are the games free?

Yes. Family history games are part of the free signed-in web experience.

Do the games use strangers?

No. Questions are generated from people and details in the FamilySearch tree available to the signed-in user.

Ready to see what is in your tree?

Build your first family history book

Start with a small branch and see the photos and stories your family has already saved.

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