03 October 2012  Heritage Scrapbooking: Why create a family
history scrapbook?  "Mom, I need to know what life was like when
grandma was younger."  "Doe we have any family members who
fought in the Civil War?"  "Why do I have red hair and no one
else in the family does?"  "Hey Devon, I know you're really into
genealogy, but a database isn't that exciting to me."  Family
group sheets, pedigree charts, wills, and land records are
exciting for genealogist. To the average person, not so much.
Whether prompted by a school reports or general curiosity,
people generally want to know about their ancestors. As
genealogists, we have an obligation to share our research with
our family so that the people we discover become real and their
memories are preserved.  But let's face it, we live in a highly
visual society that wants the simple facts and a few cool
stories as quickly as possible. A giant anthology of all the
Geiszlers that lived in Columbus, Ohio is not going to
interested many people other than, well me. The be