Scrapbooking Tips Information and Techniques

By Stephanie Boyle



Heritage scrapbooking may be some of the most important scrapbooking you can do and may also be the most difficult. In Heritage Scrapbooking you will have to research information and where it is not about yourself you will want to make sure you have the most accurate information you can find.



There are a few tips as to where information can be found that I figured I'd share. I know many of us out there would like to start a heritage scrapbook to show where we came from, but we do not know where to start, here goes.



#1. Ask family members or friends, this is the easiest most effective way if possible. They can share their memories or share memories of stories they had heard over the years.



#2. Look in family Bibles, sometimes dates of weddings, births and deaths may be noted.



#3. Read old family letters, diaries and other documents. What better way to learn about the people we are scrapbooking about than reading their diaries and other documents that may have pertinent information.



#4. Visit cemeteries of where family members were buried. See if there are any special quotes on gravestones, or something noted that may be of importance.



#5. Search newspapers for references of family members. Online searches can prove to be very effective as well to find any reference of your family member, just be sure it is the correct person.



#6. Find school yearbooks to find pictures of them in high school. That way you can also find out if they were the members of any sports teams, student government, the newspaper, or any other clubs at school.



#7. Go through old family documents, you may be able to find some very interesting stuff in and old box of papers.



#8. Contact and join a genealogical or historical society in the area in which you are interested. These societies have tons of information that becoming a member will give you access to.



#9. If you are a U.S. resident, use the census information. Pick up a genealogy book in order to find out how to access it and what types of information it may give you access to.



#10. Search county courthouse records for information on weddings, divorces, property records, wills and deeds.



These are great places to start to look for information. Parents and grandparents houses are often full of information that has been gathered over the years. Old photos that can be scanned and reprinted, just keep an eye out for anything you may want to use.