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Set yourself up for success with your next—or first—family history book project by answering four pre-planning questions before you begin — The Creative Family Historian

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Top 4 decisions to make before starting your family history book project

Not sure what to look at or ask when purchasing a family history template? Check out Episode 35 of the Art of Family History to unlock the secrets to pre-purchase product description reviews to ensure you’re buying family history templates that you’ll love to use.

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5 Simple Questions to Ask Before Buying Family History Templates

Struggling to format your Family History Summary because columns make you nervous? Try these tricks to add new content and reposition existing elements.

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3 Easy Ways to Add Long Stories to Your Family History Summary

Tame your family history in with these three ways to wrangle styles in Microsoft Word.

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How to Understand Styles in Microsoft Word to Format Your Family History

Looking for an easier (and faster) way to format your ancestor snapshots? Follow the link to check out this cheeky timeline trick.

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Brilliant Timeline Trick to make Formatting Your Ancestor Snapshots Simple

Stuck for creative inspiration to bring your family history to life? Check out the 6 primary formats to use and find an idea right for you.

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6 Inspiring Formats to Bring Your Family History to Life

The Creative Family Historian suggests the Top 4 Quality Choices to Print Your Family History Book

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Top 4 Quality Choices to Print Your Family History Book

The Creative Family Historian – Share Your Ancestral Stories FASTER as a Family History Book Series

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Share Your Ancestral Stories FASTER as a Family History Book Series

The Creative Family Historian – Five reasons why you're struggling to create a family history book

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5 Reasons Why You’re Struggling to Create a Family History Book

Let's dive into Microsoft Publisher and see whether it can produce quality print-ready artwork files to make your family history books.

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Can you create family history books with Microsoft Publisher?

A review and comparison of 5 free cloud-based graphic design apps to use for creating family history books to share your ancestor's stories.

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5 Free Cloud-Based Apps for Creating Family History Books

It's tricky to find enough images for your heritage keepsakes, so why not make some? Here are six family history graphics ideas to try.

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6 family history graphics to create for your heritage keepsakes

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  • About Prudence

    Hi, I'm Prudence

    Graphic designer, Tim Tam connoisseur and family history enthusiast.

    From the moment that Dad first mentioned his grandparents had eloped, I’ve wanted to know more. More about my ancestors, local history, and our family stories, So, since 1990 I’ve been digging into dusty records and fading memories to turn timelines and trees into shareable family histories.

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