Sunday, December 21, 2025

They Added Their Own Memories to Family History Booklet!

For Thanksgiving, I gave two relatives a bite-sized family history booklet (below) about a favorite in-law. 

On the last page, I left a lot of blank space and wrote: Please add your own memories here.

Happily, my relatives were inspired to share their own memories of her. In fact, each wrote a jam-packed page of emotional notes about this much-loved ancestor. 

Seeing how excited they were to share what they remembered, I decided to reprint.

Now this family history booklet is a bit longer, with several pages devoted to memories. I interspersed a few sepia photos to break up the blocks of text and inject a touch of color at the end.

Affordable ($22 for two spiral-bound booklets) and ready for my relatives to take home when they visit for the holidays.

What I learned: The booklet has become a treasure-trove of personal memories of someone special. These reminiscences will live on along with the genealogical background info, to be passed down in print to future generations.

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