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Family Tree & Heritage Scrapbooks
One of the very best ways to share what you have learned about your ancestry is to make a family tree scrapbook. This kind of information about your ancestors, grandparents, and greatgrandparents used to be written in the family Bible. Today, a more universal way to share family information and memories is by using a scrapbook.
I know I have spent hours looking up my "roots" and there is more and more information available online. I have photos of ancestors that need to be displayed and a scrapbook is probably the best place I could put copies of those to share with my family.
In deciding about a family heritage scrapbook, I am looking at different sized scrapbook albums. If I print out family sheets from one of my online genealogy websites that I am a member of (such as Ancestry.com) I think I will need to have at least an 8.5 x 11 scrapbook. A 3-ring binder might be the best choice, since pages can be added really easily. Ancestry is a really great website to do searches for family trees. It has a membership fee to access all the information, but there are some things you can find for free there too. My all time favorite genealogy website has to be Rootsweb, which is sponsored by Ancestry, but has many places to search for information, including surname mailing lists you can join.
Or a simple and quick way to make a book like this is to add photos and write captions with a nice pen. All the other great scrapbook embellishments could be added too. Also, poems or family letters would be a nice addition.
Here are some of the 3-ring albums (and D-ring binders) that are popular at the moment:
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"Leather Look" KMA Albums |
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12 x 12 Postbound Albums are great to use too. Pages can be added and removed in these albums, too. Here are a few that scrapbookers love:
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We R Memory Keepers Linen Albums |
Making Memories 12 x12 Leather Albums |
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Last, but not least, there are a few genealogy scrapbook kits or colletctions (Scrapbook Kits - Family Heritage/Genealogy) and somenice papers with a family tree theme (see more in the K and Company scrapbook papers:
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Karen Foster Paper - My Family Tree |
Spanish Momentos Collection - Familia |
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Ancestry Family Tree Scrapbook Paper |
Ancestry Family Group Scrapbook Paper |
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If you haven't looked into your family tree - or you have some information but would like to find out more. We highly recommend it - it's such a fun journey into the past. And, it makes a great subject for a fun and interesting scrapbook!
Read about Scrapbooking Ideas in the next article: How to Make a Mini Accordion Scrapbook - Video
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