The History of You. Restore Your Ancestry from the 17th Century

«THE HISTORY OF YOU» — an interactive guide for independent family history research. A reference book on genealogy. This is the first edition for researching family history. A person's family tree contains 126 direct ancestors in 6 generations! Now you... will be able to learn not only their names but also their fates, and connect your past with the present and future.

It makes genealogy accessible to everyone. Simple steps will help you create a plan for your own research: analyze personal documents and photographs, find information about ancestors on the internet, obtain data from archives and collections, compile and format your family tree.

Contains recommendations from over 40 expert practitioners. The «Project Life» team, our friends and colleagues — historians, genealogists, archivists, designers, journalists, heraldists — spent many months working together on this book. We will teach you methods for working with historical documents and archives and help you navigate the process of genealogical research.

The history of a family is an introduction to oneself. Behind the names and dates of our ancestors, echoes of their past, about which many of us know nothing, there are entire destinies with significant and minor events that have formed the puzzle of our own lives. This book will become your assistant in researching your ancestry. Together with you, we will chart a course from the old document in your grandmother's drawer to discoveries from the 17th century. We are confident that a bold step into the past will bring vivid impressions to your entire family, unite loved ones, and lay the foundation for a research endeavor, where «The History of You» will undoubtedly find its continuation.

We wish you an exciting journey!