Our Family Tree [Hardcover]

Julie Hausner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2000

Sure to become a treasured heirloom. With spaces to record family data, this unique volume includes such topics as marriages, statistics, deaths, generations and a family tree. Deluxe binding stamped in gold. 8 1/2" x 11".

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890091366
• ISBN-13: 978-0890091364
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Education & Reference > Genealogy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Place to Start, August 8, 2004

By 

Kate Fox (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our Family Tree (Hardcover)

This book is an excellent place to start organizing your genealogical research. The format provided by the book is helping me to see the areas in which I need more information. I plan to use the book as a guide when I begin interviewing other family members. The book does provide helpful information about gealogical research on the last few pages.

It is true that some sections could have been better. If you have information on generations prior to your Great, Great, Great Grandparents, there is not space provided for them on the tree diagrams. Too much space is given for legal guardians. There is not enough space for children and grandchildren of the starting couple. One of the other reviewers mentioned that the book assumes that the first entry in the book will be a couple. This is true, but you can chose to start the book from your parents' generation if you are not part of a couple.

Basically, this is a good starting reference book. Once I've used it to conduct my family interviews, I plan to load the information from it into one of the genealogy PC programs.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our Family Tree-A History of Our Family, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Family Tree (Hardcover)

Over the last ten years (my span of genealogy research), I have purchased this book every time I have seen it. It is very clearly laid out, and allows you to fill in family information as you get it, not only on your direct ancestors, but their siblings as well. Because of its size, it is also a great book to take on trips to visit relatives, to fill in with the basic information. It also has quite a bit of blank space - I have seen a few where the margins are filled with interesting family lore - it really personalizes the book. I have given quite a few to friends who have expressed an interest in collecting information on their families - it's a great starter item.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thorough for recording geneology in one place, has faults, November 25, 2002

By 

Rachel Watkins "Rachel Watkins" (Joshua, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Family Tree (Hardcover)

This is a fill-in-the-blank style book with room to include a husband's and wifes ancestors and children as well as other relevant information. However, in places it seems to include too much room for some things.....like a full page of lines for 'legal guardians' while only one line(quite small) for children of the husband or wife and thier siblings. Since that page is next to the 'legal guardians' page I was at least able to make use of it for the run off of listing children of those with more than two kids.

It is a convenient book to take along to family gatherings to record information and fill in the blanks. I think this is a good book to start recording family history and geneology, but I would prefer another book for a completed book. In the meantime, I don't mind a few scratch-outs of mistakes in this one.

The Illustrations are early american/civil war era style. Under the "Religious Acticities" section it shows a catholic baptism of a baby and a cathedral. So, if you're not christian it doesn't really apply.