Scrapbook Generation: The Complete Guide To Scrapbooking Your Family History
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Determine your starting point by asking How many generations?
The first step in creating your family history scrapbook is to decide how many generations you want to include. Are you focusing on the relatively new, or are you going to a time-machine of memories?
As you go through your materials, chances are you'll find old black and white photos that don't have names and dates written on them. You might also discover that even though you know lots of stories about Uncle Fred, you don't have any photos of him. Thus, if you're going to scrapbook multiple generations, be prepared that you may not have all the information on some of your relatives - and that's okay. Include whatever information you're able to find.
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DOCUMENT THE PAST BY GATHERING PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Attach the post-it-note at the bottom of the photo.
In preparation for scrapbooking your family's history, use a downloadable family tree scrapbook templates or one that you have designed by hand, to list the relatives on your mother's side of the family (i.e. siblings, parents, aunts, uncles). For each relative, write down as much of the following information that you're able to gather on a separate sheet of paper. You might need to contact relatives to find out some fun stories or new information.
♥ Full name (first, middle, last)
♥ Was the person named after anyone in particular?
♥ Any nicknames?
♥ Date and place of birth
♥ Relation to your mother
♥ Diseases and health concerns
♥ Education (i.e. completed 8th grade, graduated from college)
♥ Marriage (to whom, when, where)
♥ Employment
♥ Special honors or awards
♥ If deceased, person's age when he/she passed away. Burial information.
♥ Special memories about the person
Once you're through gathering information about the relatives on your mother's side of the family, do the same with your father's side of the family.
Compile family history scrapbook layouts and Let the fun begin!
Include a circular cropped photo of each family member/relative along with his/her name. Depending on how many people you're including, this might be a spread (side-by-side) layout, or it may need to be done in two layouts.
Once your layout is completed, create a page layout for each member/relative. Include a photo when possible and the information that you gathered about the person. You might want to consider typing the information and using a pretty font.
Embellish each page with vintage scrapbook items, such as old buttons, an old coin, stickers of antique toys, a partial love letter, an ID tag... anything that fits in with the information about that person. At a craft store or online, you'll be able to find background paper with a family history theme.
START DOCUMENTING NOW FOR YOUR FUTURE FAMILY TREE SCRAPBOOK
Information about you and your spouse:
♥ Full name
♥ Were you named after anyone special?
♥ Nicknames
♥ Date and place of birth
♥ Childhood illnesses
♥ Schooling
♥ Hobbies
♥ Employment
♥ Adult illnesses
♥ Marriage
Information about each child:
♥ Full name
♥ Named after anyone special?
♥ Nicknames
♥ Date and place of birth
♥ "Firsts" (i.e. first word, first baby step, first haircut)
♥ Graduations
♥ Hobbies/sports
Online you'll find a lot of great, free family history scrapbook layouts that will make it easy and fun to create your album. Scrapbooking your family history will most likely be a work in progress; enjoy the adventure!
