Devon Noel Lee
1 min
Updated: Feb 25, 2021
When you have a genealogy story to tell, what’s the best format for that tale? Discover which family history book you should create.
In the following video, I walk you through the types of family histories you could create. Watch to see examples as well as explanations.
The general formats for family history books include:
Facts Only Family History Books
Story-Based Family Histories
Scrapbooks
Recipe Books
Military Histories
Letters
Children’s Stories
Picture books
Chapter books
Novels
Historical Fiction
3 Slovak Women by Lisa Alzo
Cahill Blood: A Military Family History by Mike Cahill
The Bravest Canadian by Sam McBride
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Careful Old Letters: A Jewish Family’s Story: Lodz-Warsaw-Paris by Alexandra Weinbaum
Red Geranium: A Kansas Family History In Letters 1880-1960 by James Allen Young
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls
Sarah’s Secret: A Western Tale of Betrayal and Forgiveness by Beverly Scott
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Once you determine which format you want to utilize for your family history project, you need to choose a book publisher.