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6. Take A Trip Back in Time

Grab a map, and hop in the car for a family adventure! A fun way to celebrate your family history is to visit sites of importance to your family - the old family homestead, the house where you were born, the country from which your ancestors migrated, the hillside where you played as a child, or the cemetery where great-grandpa is buried. If none of these locations is near to your home, then consider a trip to a historical museum, battlefield, or re-enactment event that relates to the history of your family.
Planning a Family History Vacation
How to Become a Reenactor

7. Play Detective

Most children will learn to appreciate their family history if you turn it into a detective game. Start your children or grandchildren on a lifelong journey of discovery by introducing them to genealogy. Here are some wonderful projects to do with your children this month including games, family history and heritage projects and online lessons.
Teach Your Children to Be Ancestor Detectors

8. Craft a Heritage Gift

From picture frame Christmas ornaments to heritage quilts, your family history makes a great gift! Homemade gifts are often inexpensive but are favorites with the recipients. Making them is often more fun than giving them!
Family Tree Projects & Gift Ideas
Create a Family Tree Sweatshirt
Make a Family History Wreath

9. A Year of Family Pictures

Family photo calendars make wonderful gifts are easy and inexpensive to create using your computer. Many genealogy software and other software programs can help you create the perfect calendar, you can create one yourself with templates and ideas from the Web, or your local copy shop can put together a personalized calendar for you. You can make it a current family calendar to help far-flung family keep in touch with family photos, birthdays and anniversaries. Or you can create a calendar that commemorates your ancestors with old photos and your ancestor's birthdays, marriage dates, etc. Either way, have fun and be creative!
Create Your Own Printable Family Photo Calendar
Calendar Design Software for Windows

10. Start a Family Web Site

If your extended family, like mine, relies on email to stay in touch, then a family Web site may be for you. A digital scrapbook and meeting spot, a family Web site allows you and your kids to share family photos, favorite recipes, funny stories, and even your family tree research. If you or someone in your family is a Web designer, by all means go to town. If you're more of a beginner, however, don't worry - there are plenty of free online services that make creating a family Web site a snap!
How to Create a Genealogy Web Site
Top 5 Places to Put Your Family History Online
Blogging Your Family History Search

No matter how busy you are, make some time during Family History Month -- and year round -- to enjoy your family and heritage!

Kimberly Powell, About.com's Genealogy Guide since 2000, is a professional genealogist and the author of "Everything Family Tree, 2nd Edition." Click here for more information on Kimberly Powell.