Genealogist Laura Best follows up her well-received Genealogy for the First Time® with a colorful volume dedicated to techniques for preserving precious ancestral memories through scrapbooking. Use those vintage photos, uncovered documents, and newly-found family stories to create scrapbooked family trees and pedigree charts, eight generation treatments, depictions of holidays and ...
Manufacturer: Sterling/ChapelleWritten By: Laura Best
Your ancestors worked, dreamed, cried, danced, laughed, raised families and experienced life in a variety of time periods throughout history. Some of the most valiant people are not mentioned in history books but are found in dusty journals and in the memories of grandparents. These are the stories to preserve and celebrate. The gift of legacy and belonging can heal and strengthen families. ...
Manufacturer: Echoroad IncWritten By: Laura Best
The Memories in Time series provides a wealth of decorative art to be used in creative family projects. This volume is full of a variety of vintage certificates, family trees, and card images that would be appropriate for grandparents, parents, couples and even infant gifts and mementos. The author has scoured flea markets, vintage design books, and other sources for old-fashioned, ...
Designed to inspire and encourage, this comprehensive guide offers a basic introduction to the primary methods and sources used in genealogy work. It shows how to organize and evaluate readily available information, such as documents and photographs, and explores fundamental research techniques such as keeping a research log, interviewing relatives, making charts, citing sources, and using ...