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One Christmas, my mom made a family cookbook for each of her kids — featuring old family photos and favorite family recipes.  It was a really cool gift idea.  In the image below, [...]

School scrapbooks are on display at most high school graduation parties.  Whether the student, a parent or grandparent made them, you’re likely to find a stack of lovingly-constructed [...]

Ever since I was a kid, I’d take a vacation journal on every trip.  I liked capturing the day’s activities and little details.  It was always fun to look back and remember exactly [...]

High school student chronicles her connection to extraordinary Native American women It’s so much fun to hear about other people’s family history books and be inspired by their work! I recently [...]

I’m starting a new family history project about my great-grandparents, Helen and Loyd Wine of Panora, Iowa.  Since they are both deceased, their life stories will be told by others, and by [...]