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

«THE HISTORY OF YOU» — an interactive guide for independent family history research. A desk reference book on studying your genealogy. This is the first publication on 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, connecting 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 your ancestors online, obtain data from archives and funds, and create and organize your family tree.

It contains recommendations from more than 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 We will teach you methods for working with historical documents and archives and help you navigate the genealogical research process.

Family history is an acquaintance with oneself. Behind the names and dates of our ancestors, echoes of their past, which many of us know nothing about, lie entire fates with significant and minor events, which form the puzzle of our own lives. This book will be your assistant in researching your genealogy. Together with you, we will map the route from an old document in grandmother's nightstand to findings from the 17th century. We are sure that this bold step into the past will provide bright impressions for your entire family, unite loved ones, and lay the foundation for research in which «The History of You» will surely find its continuation.

We wish you an exciting journey!