This voume shows scrapbookers and beginner genealologists how to uncover their ancestry and display it in a heritage album. Readers will learn to: find and identify family photographs; put their ancestors into historical perspective; interpret historical documents and more.

Genealogist Laura Best follows up her well-received "Genealogy for the First Time"(R) 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 family reunions through the years, and histories of family homesteads. Inscribe notes on ancestors' occupations and hobbies, anecdotes, celebrations, and sad moments: every memory worth passing on to children, grandchildren, and generations to come. The page designs all draw on color schemes and images common to various time periods, and there are also techniques for displaying the scrapbooked material in shadow boxes and frames.

Celebrate your family ties, both past and present, by completing uniquecrapbook pages. This book and its components will guide and inspire you toreate stunning projects featuring your family tree to commemorate youreritage.

Think you don't have stories to tell? Of course you do. Everyone does! In this book you will learn how to: Tell your family stories Enhance your stories by adding photos and details Leave a legacy, not a burden Identify mystery photos Investigate family legends Dig deeper & climb higher on your family tree Do as much or as little as you like! Each section includes activity choices: Low effort (Do this if nothing else.) Medium effort (Your family will thank you.) High effort (Ask for help if you need it.) A professional organizer and genealogist helps you tell the stories of your photos, family, and things. Get started by clicking the Buy Now button at the top of the page. "At last, a clear, easy to read, and engaging book that will help you uncover the stories hiding in your family photo collection. Hazel brings to life her own stories and takes the mystery out of genealogy research. This book is an excellent resource for anyone ready to tackle this project and meets the promise Hazel makes in her introduction: I've never met a person who didn't have a story worth telling. Everyone has a story, and this book will help you tell yours!" Cathi Nelson CEO / Founder The Photo Managers

Doesnt everyone have that one scary closet stuffed with years worth of family photos and memorabilia? And dont we all have the best intentions of doing something with all of it some day?

Trace your roots, share your history, and create a family tree.

This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science.Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies.Highlights of this new edition:*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research even further.