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Crafting Your Own Heritage Album

Crafting Your Own Heritage Album
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Manufacturer: North Light Books
Written By: Bev Kirschner Braun
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 929.1
EAN: 9781558705340
ISBN: 1558705341
Label: North Light Books
Manufacturer: North Light Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2000-03
Publisher: North Light Books
Studio: North Light Books

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Editorial Reviews: Learn to create an elegant album of family history that weaves genealogy, family lore and tradition with cherished photos, documents and memorabilia.


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Summary: Beyond Disappointed
Comment: I was more than disappointed with this book. I was looking for creativity and new layout ideas and this book did not have it. The layouts in this book were extremly plain, unattractive, and does not attract the eye. If you are an experienced genealogist or scrapbooker, you will be disappointed. Lame info is given: 'include personal stories' and 'pictures of family members with names and relations to you' and 'album should have a sturdy binding'. Well, duh. Then this book doesn't even give creative ideas. If I could give this book less than one star, I would. If you like plain layouts and want an unattractive album, this is for you I guess.

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Summary: Drab lay-outs, but good basic info
Comment: I'm creating a Heritage album (a long and loving process) and bought several books and mags including this one. BKB provides much sound info re: researching familyinfo and buying basic supplies, but her lay-outs are soooooo boring and depressing - just uninspired! Neither do I like the oddly popular "10,000 themes" lay-outs!! -- too many embellishments and the photo and story get lost, but BKB's examples would never make you want to review her album a second time. She also doesn't deal w/the challenges posed by being a 1st or 2nd generation American and not being able to easily access foregin family records, and how to lay-out pages when you don't have photos (note - do more creative journaling).

Instead I would recommend special issues of Memory Makers (e.g., Sept 2003 "Heritage scrapbook ideas," Memory Makers "Creating Heritage Scrapbooks," and some issues (read before you buy!) of Legacy magazine.

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Summary: For Genealogists, Scrapbookers & Family Historians
Comment: Most of us have those stashs of old report cards, faded photos, locks of hair tied with a ribbon, and yellowing marriage certificates from other generations. This book gives ideas for pulling those items together in a meaningful album.
The author covers the needed supplies (choice of album, papers, decorative touches) and the pros and cons of each. Journaling is explained and the ways to present your information, documenting the sources and show off your family heritage.
It's a lovely book to get you started or to give to your family genealogist. They will be thrilled with the ideas for preserving and presenting your family memorabilia along with this history.
At the back are helpful forms for a family tree and to track your research. There you also find 3 pages of genealogy resources, 3 pages of scrapbooking resources, a list of websites, and a glossary to help with unfamiliar terms.


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Summary: Great for those interested in genealogy and scrapbooking.
Comment: As someone who does both genealogy and scrapbooking this book is full of ideas. The ideas given in this book are both simple but yet elegant at times, something that I like.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is into genealogy and wishes to preserve and show off their family photos, stories and heritage.

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Summary: A complete heritage album resource.
Comment: There are already two very good reviews of this book here at Amazon, but I wanted to stress to potential buyers that this is a COMPLETE heritage album resource. This is NOT the kind of book you usually find on this topic -- not only just a book of layouts.

If you've been debating about starting scrapbooking as a hobby and are looking at taking it up to document all your old attic finds, this is the book you want to read. The author begins with a straight-forward introduction to scrapbooking, and shows you the plusses and minuses of various techniques.

If you've toyed with the idea of starting to document your family history past what you already know, this is also a good beginner's resource. She goes on to explain the basics of genealogy and provides several helpful and necessary blank forms for starting your family search.

Not to forget that the meat of this book is devoted to creating your own family history album, and all the special considerations this particular kind of scrapbooking raises. Just what to do with all those antique photos, certificates and clippings, anyway?

This is a very detailed look at the heritage themed scrapbook; plenty of illustrated examples, a friendly DIY read, and I know it helped me figure out just what I wanted to do with all my own family treasures!






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