Having a passion for family history and genealogical research, I wanted to provide others with the opportunity to create their own genealogy book. (Fun fact, both websites are available at the library to use for free.) In addition to asking family members for information, I also used Ancestry and Family Search to further research our family and found more photos and documents to include from those websites. I also included any photos and documents I had and contacted family members for information and items they had. When creating my genealogy book template, I began with myself and then my parents, dividing it into two sections with one section being my mother’s family and the other being my father’s family.
Understandably, genealogy is always a work in progress, and I have already gone through several proof copies because I find new information to add. Not only is this a great way to keep all my information organized, I’ll eventually be able to provide a printed copy to my family. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to take all the information, documents, and photos I was collecting and design my own genealogy book. When I first started researching my family history, the library had just begun providing printing services through the Trail Blazer Press.
