37 Fascinating Genealogy Gifts That Might Add A Few Branches To Your Family Tree

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Every man's got a story in him, but with The Book of Myself, a man can tell 201 stories. That's almost an anthology. The DIY autobiography has a series of prompts a guy can follow to craft a fascinating story about himself.

His past is as important as his present and could help him unlock secrets, fascinating facts, and some insight into himself. With an AncestryDNA test, all it takes is a cheek swab for him to learn a little more about his family tree and where its roots go.

She's done more than raise children, she's helped to create a legacy. With 23andMe's DNA test, she can get in touch with other parts of the family legacy and see where it all began. The test will deliver 80+ personalized reports to her that measure her ancestry to the .1" across 2000 geographic regions.

Contrary to popular belief, coffee isn't a writer's best friend, backups are. A WD 2TB portable external hard drive is a great way to preserve the work they have stored on their computer and in the cloud so it doesn't wind up in the Graveyard of Lost Words.

While mom is busy nesting, grandma can get down to business getting her most treasured recipes recorded and ready to pass along in the My Family Recipes Cookbook. This bright book is filled with pages specially formatted for writing down recipes and ingredients along with space for a picture.

A serious diagnosis like cancer might make a person a little more introspective than usual. With Story of My Life, they can make that introspection productive and entertaining, with prompts and free-write spaces that help them unleash their life story on paper. When they recover, the book could be a bestseller!

Put your treasured family history in a book that looks like it has its own stories to tell with this creative record binder. It's more than a binder, though, with pedigree sheets, research checklists, and group record pages.

Navigating Ancestry.com can be a challenge to the uninitiated but this book is here to help. It's a walkthrough of all the nuances of the site and will turn genealogists into power users in no time.

As a genealogist, you spend more time in cemeteries and on cemetery websites than even the most goth of goth kids. Learn how to navigate them with respect and ease with help from this field guide.

Having an atlas of where one's family tree's roots lie can be incredibly valuable for gaining insight into the family's history. The Family Tree Historical Atlas series is specifically designed to help genealogists learn about even the smallest regions of a country. There are dozens of volumes to choose from, and they're great as reference material.

As you're digging through your family's history there will be times you discover dead-ends. This book, however, is the machete you need to cut through the dreck and keep making discoveries. It's got tips and tricks to help you overcome common problems like lost records, relatives with similar names, and more!

Even the Brady Bunch families out there can enjoy a little bit of genealogy. The sheets in this set are designed just for blended families and can cover 6 whole generations of all the branches of the tree. They're acid-free sheets, too, so they won't degrade over time.

Family Tree magazine will be a welcome monthly mailing for a genealogist. Every issue is packed with tips and tricks for doing research, new methodologies in the field of genealogy, under-the-radar places to look for info, and other fascinating facts that genealogists will devour.

Investigate your family history with a full understanding of the task at hand with Practical Genealogy. The book will walk you through the obstacles you might encounter, how to overcome them, what to look for, what to ignore, and how to access resources in an efficient way.

Dogs are a part of the family, so why shouldn't they have a map of their family tree, too? Wisdom Panel is the leading dog DNA testing service and can narrow your dog's breed down to portions as small as 1%. Who knows, you may uncover some of your dog's long-lost relatives.

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Since Genealogy is all about DNA, why not hug it? This plush strand of DNA is Watson and Crick's dream come true. It's about 9" tall, very cuddly and soft, and will give a genealogist dreams about family heritage when they sleep.