Carolyn Berry

Children love listening to family stories; you can preserve those stories in this journal for your grandchildren and great grandchildren to read for years to come. The journal, which includes a genealogy fan chart, will introduce your grandchildren to their family's history. Written for youngsters ages 5-12, this downloadable PDF family history primer allows families to print pages for five generations, including aunts, uncles and cousins. Intended to be assembled into a three-ring binder, the journal will grow as the child's interest in their family history grows. It provides pages for traditional and non-traditional families.

The journal, which includes puzzles, 26 suggested questions to ask when interviewing living relatives, and online resources, encourages children to write about their deceased ancestors. By researching historical facts, children can create fictional stories by blending historical facts with known aspects of their ancestors' lives.