| One of the most fun and amusing hobbies to | | | | simple purchased scrapbook. Add to that some |
| come out full force in a long time is Scrapbooking. | | | | older photos that you collect and gather from |
| Combining genealogy and scrapbooking can | | | | family members. Remember to use more than |
| reward you with some super projects, some | | | | one branch of your family so that the end result |
| great family fun and some really amusing end | | | | of your family scrapbooking has more than just |
| results. | | | | the single family in it and will appeal to a wide |
| Scrapbooking a family tree project for someone | | | | range of your family group. A few ideas on |
| is always sure to be a crowd pleaser, particularly | | | | where to get older, possibly very old photos of |
| if you do a family scrapbooking project to give to | | | | ancestors or family members might be a great |
| an older relative, a favorite aunt or uncle. Even | | | | aunt, a grandmother or great grandmother who |
| for your own parents, you will find them | | | | has what we all like to term those "packrat" |
| completely thrilled with the photos and | | | | tendencies that seem to get us involved in |
| memorabilia that come with a family scrapbooking | | | | genealogy to begin with. |
| project for your own family genealogy. | | | | Quite often older relatives will have more than |
| Family tree building can be a lot more fun when | | | | just photos, but may have wedding licenses, or |
| you take the time to make it a book for the | | | | birth certificates or old family bibles that house |
| entire family to enjoy. Family scrapbooking your | | | | information that you won't want to build your |
| own family tree, using bright papers and intriguing | | | | family scrapbooking project without including. |
| designs makes the project that much more fun | | | | Some ideas for pages are perhaps a page for |
| to accomplish than it was in the beginning. | | | | your parents, photos of them as children, |
| Genealogy is interesting, but if you add to it the | | | | documents such as school report cards or |
| craft application of family scrapbooking, you're | | | | baptism certificate and so on. |
| going to come up with a winner every time. | | | | Likewise with your grandmother or grandfather. |
| Scrapbooking has the added fun of letting you | | | | Any older photos that they may have, along with |
| find and scan old photos, old documents, even | | | | their wedding certificate and perhaps information |
| perhaps pictures from the ancient family bible that | | | | about their first child, along with any images you |
| you don't really want to be out and in full use so | | | | may be able to find. |
| that they can be kept safe. They can be | | | | Family scrapbooking makes the genealogy project |
| scanned, printed and used, offering unique visual | | | | far more personal and more real to you. You will |
| interest and authenticity to your family | | | | view portions of the life of your ancestors that |
| scrapbooking project, and real historical value to | | | | you never imagined. Their lives, so long in the |
| your end result, without jeopardizing the actual | | | | past, will become far more real to you when they |
| documents that you have gathered and protected | | | | are laid out for you in such a visual way. Family |
| over the course of your genealogy foray. | | | | tree scrapbooking is one way to make the past, |
| Scrapbooking your family tree can begin with a | | | | YOUR past, come to life. |