Our Family Tree: A History of Our Family

My grandmother gave me one of these exact same books when I was a kid, to keep me busy one day. I was too young to know how to fill it out properly, or even be able to, really. I'm glad I found this again and ordered a new one. Now that I'm a married adult, this has made both keeping record of mine and my husband's families a fun project, and has also opened the door to asking questions of my extended family I never thought to ask before, and I've learned a lot! The format lends itself specifically to a married couple filling it out - it pretty much begins with the information on said married couple, and then you follow the sections to fill it out based on the family of each spouse. So if you're single or only wishing to record one family lineage this may not be the best product for you, you'll have a bunch of pages you won't need to fill out. For me, it's perfect.

I am donating this book to include in a memory trunk for a raffle at my family reunion so I wanted it to be really nice. When opening the box I was so disappointed because I loved the book but the front was scratched. No worries though, I called Amazon and a replacement was sent immediately. Family history is very important to me so I've decided to give a copy as a wedding gift to my boys as they get married. I have included a picture of the cover that shows very close to the true color and a few pages inside. Don't hesitate to order this!

I love this family tree book. I chose this one because my mom had one exactly like this. So far, this is the most detailed fill-out Genealogy book I have found.This family tree book has a dark green exterior. It has 142 pages. It has room to go back 6 generations on each side of the family and in another section there is room to add siblings of yourself, parents, and grandparents.There is also a lot of space for extra information, such as citizenship records, weddings, where ancestors have lived, homes you have lived in, schools and graduations, military service records, family traditions, and more. At the end of the book, there is also six pages for you to place photographs on.I found that some family history books lean more towards a woman filling these books out (by having “Your Genealogy” and “Your Husband’s Genealogy”); however, this book does not do that. It is split into “Wife’s Genealogy” and “Husband’s Genealogy,” and I much prefer this.There is not a lot of room to fill out details about older generations. The fourth generation lines have room for date of birth, place of birth, occupation (for the grandfather) and special interests (for the grandmother). I used the special interests line to write the marriage date of those family members. For the fifth generations, there is no set space to write in birth and death dates. There is an extra line under each name, so I used this for the dates. By the sixth generation, each set of great great great grandparents only get a single line for his/her name.I would say this book focuses primarily on your generation and your parent’s generation. It is more of a record on recent family events than following your history all the way back.

Love it, this is exactly what i was looking for! my great grandmother wrote out a book for my aunt in the 60's and i was looking for one to start my own on, this is the exact same book she used only the cover looks a bit different. I am so excited to work on it, and with Amazon Prime I recieved it in one day! If someone is looking for a bit more details on it, it starts with a husband and wife history and you can write in as many great gradnparents as you like, and you can even list your granchildren and desendants. there is also room in the back for family photos. My children are going to really enjoy this book when they grow up and can see the history of where they came from. Thank you Poplar Books for still making this book! And Thank you Amazon for selling them ;)

This Family Tree book was a gift for a sibling. This is a great way to keep up with Family as we grow. Great book.

I am going through this book and writing things down now, and I haven't even gone through much and have already found several typos. On the husband ancestral chart and wife's ancestral chart for the mother's mother it says Father's Full name. (So it says father twice) and in another spot it says to list "Grandfather, her brothers and sisters, and their Children"More than half of the book is random things - you can list automobiles you've had, favorite memories, reunions, religion, homes owned, weddings, special friends, pets, favorite things, collections and heirlooms, favorite sports, favorite hobbies, vacations, traditions, events to remember, illnesses, vital statics.... so that seems to be most of the book, not necessarily for the family tree stuff, which is more of what I was wanting.So if you don't mind the typos and want a bunch of random information about your family, you'd definitely like this book. The quality of the book overall is great and I like the quality of the paper as well.

Got this as a mothers day gift for my mom. She has been tracking our family history way back for a long time. Her biggest complaint is not having a way to keep everything nice and organized because she has so much stuff.I got her this book she loves it and it will greatly help her keep some stuff organized for her side of the family and my dads side of the family. the down side is the book only gives enough room for 2 sides. Mom has more then what this book will hold. But its a great starting point for organizing things.

This is a good book to start your genealogy tree with. It keeps you on track with your research. Then, because my family was so big, I had to go digital. But I still refer back to this book for reference.Now I just had to purchase three more for the mother of my Great-Grand children as Christmas gifts, so they can start their trees.