I’ve been having fun loading and tagging photos onto Geni.com. I created a family tree about a year ago and let it sit there for months without updating or adding. It wasn’t until earlier this year that I started inviting family members to join. And then the fun began. Aunts and cousins, all girls, started filling in birthdates and adding photos. Now I have email addresses and info on family members I hadn’t seen in forever.

The thing that makes this so much better is that all my siblings and I took a trip to Detroit recently for a wedding that served as a family reunion. I can put names and faces and voices and conversations and memories to the family tree.

Have you created a family tree yet? October is Family History Month, so it’s a great time to start one. Geni.com makes it easy.