Not Your Usual Genealogy Workbook
Family history is more than a collection of names and dates. It is the story of where your people lived, what they believed, how they worked, what they celebrated, the hardships they survived, the mysteries they left behind, and the everyday moments that made them who they were.
Not Your Usual Genealogy Workbook is a story-centered guide designed to help you uncover and preserve those details before they are forgotten. Instead of asking you to complete complicated charts or begin with years of research, the workbook leads you through 50 thoughtfully written questions—one question per page—with clear guidance, a realistic example, and 17 generous writing lines for recording the complete story.
The questions explore childhood, family traditions, food, work, courtship, marriage, faith, military service, migration, community life, photographs, heirlooms, family mysteries, changing values, difficult chapters, and the stories future generations deserve to know. Each question page also includes a place to identify the relative, record, photograph, website, or other source that provided the information.
Before the questions begin, practical genealogy guidance helps you interview relatives, distinguish a family story from a proven fact, work through conflicting memories, search useful records, identify old photographs, preserve family images, create dependable digital files, and approach research one clue at a time.
Use the workbook to record your own family history, interview a parent or grandparent, guide conversations at a family gathering, or create a meaningful keepsake to share during the holidays. You do not need to be an experienced genealogist. You only need curiosity, a willingness to ask questions, and a desire to preserve what might otherwise be lost.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
• 64 printable pages• 50 story-centered family-history questions• One thoughtfully paced question per page• 17 writing lines for every answer• Guidance and an example for every question• Dedicated source-information fields• Practical lessons on records, interviews, photographs, research, and digital preservation• US Letter format: 8.5 × 11 inches• One complete digital PDF
This is an instant digital PDF download. No physical book will be mailed. You may save the workbook to your computer or tablet and print the complete workbook—or select only the pages you want to use.
Not Your Usual Genealogy Workbook helps you preserve more than a family tree. It helps you record the people behind the names and give future generations a place to begin.
