Anyone help with a family book tree?

Question

I'm going to try to make a family book tree like the ones where u get a picture of your family member and paste in in an book and make it like a connection tree(for example my parents had 3 kids so i make my parents have a line connect to them and make 3 lines connect to me and my siblings.do u know how big the book should be and what kinds of stuff should i put in there other than pictures.Thanx

Answer 1

Sounds like you want to make a family heritage scrapbook.  I would go to the craft store and get the heritage scrapbook papers and embellishments and a scrapbook.  With all the templates available in scrapbooking, you make a real nice family tree.  Try googling "heritage scrapbooking" and see what you come up with.

Answer 2

That's a fun project!

My family trees are done with the click of a button (within Family Tree Maker software), they are one of the reports the software has.

My family trees always contain:

1. first, middle, and last name of each person

2. date of birth

3. location of birth (at least city and state, but you can put the address or the name of the hospital and the county, too)

4. date and location of marriage

Sometimes I include:

a. date and location of baptism

b. date and location of death

c. date and location of burial

d. other interesting facts, such as date of immigration or date of WWII registration.

There are a few samples at this site:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree

I hope this helps!