Sharing Family History - Word Search Puzzle

A simple way to share some information with all ages in your family is to create a word search puzzle. Choose themes like "Ancestors' Surnames" or "Occupations of Your Ancestors" and make it fun for your family to meet their ancestors. 

Go to DiscoveryEducation.com's PuzzleMaker and choose Word Search to create something like this:

Ancestors Occupations and Avocations

H R C L M C D R A D C X T T O A

M P R U E B A N F F O P V W S U

L T Z E C K N R X A T H I O I A

N Y X N H N R U P N T Z N R W R

R S J Q A C Y E A E O J O F X E

Z F K M N U A I D H N N T A D M

U W C Q I E R E I N M T A F R R

A P G T C A T G T O I R E G E A

K C A J R E B M U L L B Z R K F

U V U B Q G I L C W L K K P A G

S C I B Q L D R I B W T A O M P

K L N A M E R I F O O O P B O U

K M C P R H F K T A R V C D T B

W P F V R Q V D P L K Z B U U I

L V N D C W Q I D Y E Y F G A M

S H O E M A K E R D R N W G X A

AUTOMAKER

BOOKBINDER

CARPENTER

COTTONMILLWORKER

FARMER

FIREMAN

IRONMOULDER

LIBRARIAN

LUMBERJACK

MECHANIC

SHOEMAKER

TEACHER

You can print directly from your browser or copy and paste it into another application like Microsoft Word. Solutions can be printed, too. 

At Discovery Education's website you'll see other puzzle options. The simplest is this word search, but give others a try. 

You can also do a web search for other websites offering free puzzles. Just check to make sure it's really free (or not too pricey for you) before investing a lot of time into creating a puzzle you may have to pay for in order to print.