Compiling a Personal History, Part 1

On a recent trip to visit my parents, I happened upon a personal history written by my grandmother. She had compiled it as a scrapbook, complete with photos, what she knew of her parents and grandparents, and memories of her life. She is still living, so it is not complete, but reading through it opened my eyes to how little we really know people -- even those closest to us. I grew up living 30 minutes away from my grandparents and visited at least twice a month. Since my parents have moved from my childhood home, I really feel like visiting my grandma is "going home" for me. I spent countless weekends playing and working on my grandparents' farm, but as I read through what my grandmother had written about herself, I learned so much that I never knew.

As I contemplated the concept of a personal history and harassed my parents about writing their own, I decided that it would be much easier to begin with a template. So I decided to design one. Part 1 of the Personal History Printable Template includes a page for recording the subject's name, birth information, parents' information, and a few lined pages for writing out memories of the subject's parents. I plan to design and provide more templates in the future, including sections on various life stages, major events, work, etc.

Click the button below to download the PDF for Pack 1.

{Linked on Someday Crafts, Daisy Cottage Designs, We Like to Learn as We Go, Trendy Treehouse, Content in the Meantime, Lil' Luna, Sugar and Dots, Sew Much Ado, My Girlish Whims, Mom On Timeout, Life With the Crust Cut Off, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, The Thriftiness Miss, Crafty Scrappy Happy, Liz Marie Blog, Life We Live 4, One Artsy Mama, Happy and Blessed Home, VMG206}