Temple and Family History
About Me: The Year I Was Born


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The Year I Was Born

What do you know about the year you were born? It can be fun to learn about what life was like when you came into your family.

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Possible Activities

  • With a parent’s help, learn about important events or inventions from the year you were born. What inventions have been introduced since your birth?

  • Try to find photos or documents of when you were a newborn. Ask a parent or other family members about what you were like as a baby.

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Go Digital

  • On FamilySearch.org, find an ancestor you’d like to learn more about. Look up his or her birth year. Using a search engine, learn what world events or inventions happened that year. How was life different back then?