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Inside the Ancestry Book

See every page your family tree can become

Your Ancestry tree fills the book with charts, family sheets, timelines and records. Here are all 12 page types, shown with a fictional family.

An Ancestors chart for Hanna Elise Halvorsen with five generations, portraits, names and dates.
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Names, dates and portraits on this page are fictional.

12 page types

12 page types, four parts of the bookFour parts of the book

Your tree decides which pages appear and how many. Every layout can be edited before you order.

Opening pages

  1. 01Title
  2. 02Dedication
  3. 03Contents

Family tree charts

  1. 04Ancestors
  2. 05Combination
  3. 06Descendants

Family chapters

  1. 07Divider
  2. 08Family group
  3. 09Timeline
  4. 10Record

Back of the book

  1. 11Index
  2. 12Blank page

Opening pages · 01–03

The first pages set the tone

Before the first chart, your book opens like a family keepsake.

  • The title page of an Ancestry Book for the Halvorsen and Ashworth families.

    Title page

    The book’s title and the family it tells about.

  • A dedication page with a round portrait and a short tribute.

    Dedication

    A portrait and a few words for the person the book honors.

  • The contents page listing chapters and people with page numbers.

    Contents

    Every chapter and person, with page numbers.

Family tree charts · 04–06

Your tree, drawn three ways

The book type you choose in setup decides which chart your book is built around.

An Ancestors chart for Hanna Elise Halvorsen with five generations, portraits, names and dates.

More generations, more names on the page

Ancestors chart shown

  • An Ancestors chart with four generations.4 generations
  • An Ancestors chart for Hanna Elise Halvorsen with five generations, portraits, names and dates.5 generations
  • An Ancestors chart with six generations.6 generations
  • An Ancestors chart with seven generations.7 generations

Family chapters · 07–10

A page for every couple

Each family in your tree gets its own family group sheet.

A family group sheet for Thomas Ashworth and Evelyn Pruitt with their marriage and every child.
  1. Both partnersPortraits, birth, death and burial.
  2. Their marriageDate and place.
  3. Every childIn birth order, with birth and death dates.
  4. The next generationEach child’s spouse and marriage.

Individual timeline

One life, from first record to last

Every dated event from the tree sits on one line. World events run underneath, so you can see what was happening around them.

An individual timeline for Thomas Ashworth with his life events on one line and world events below.
  • Birth, marriages, residences and death
  • A short life story next to the portrait
  • World events for context
  • A chapter divider with the name of the person the chapter follows and a round photo.

    Chapter divider · 07

    Opens every chapter

    The name of the person the chapter follows, with a photo you choose.

  • A record page with a census scan and its details written out beside it.

    Record · 10

    Records next to the facts

    A census, certificate or ship manifest scan, with the details it holds written out beside it.

Back of the book · 11–12

Find anyone, add anything

The last pages help your family find a name, and leave room for what the tree does not hold.

A blank page in the book’s style with an empty title.An index of names listing every person A to Z with page numbers.

  • Index of names

    Every person in the book, A to Z, with the pages they appear on.

  • Blank page

    An empty page in the book’s style for your own photos and stories.

Pages
20 included, add up to 350
Sizes
11x8.5 in or 13x10 in
Photos
From Ancestry records or your device
Layouts
Every page can be edited

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