Family Treasures: Crafting Genealogy Photo Memory Books

Preserve your family's unique story with a genealogy photo memory book! This program guides participants in creatively compiling family photos, genealogy records, and cherished memories alongside recipes, milestone dates, and more. Learn how to transform your family history into a timeless keepsake to share with loved ones for generations to come.

Participants will…

1. learn techniques to organize and compile family history materials, including photos, genealogy records, and personal stories.
2. explore creative design methods for assembling visually appealing and meaningful memory books.
3. discover strategies for incorporating key family dates, such as births, anniversaries, and special events, into their projects.
4. gain skills to include family recipes and other cultural heritage elements in their memory books.
5. understand the value of preserving family history for future generations and learn how to share completed memory books with loved ones.

Speaker Bio: Eric Vaughn started his genealogical journey over 24 years ago wanting to know more about his mother's parents and what brought them to Fulton, NY
from Eastern Europe. This one project has turned into a passion that he continues to contribute to every day. Eric works full-time as a career coach with graduate students and postdocs at the University of Rochester and is an active member of the Rochester Genealogical Society and is currently Past-President and Co-Chair of the Marketing Committee.

Eric enjoys helping others with their genealogy research, conducts talks and workshops on several genealogical topics including utilizing newspapers with your family history/genealogical research, photo identification, planning your genealogical research trip, and many others. Eric co-founded the introduction to genealogical research classes that RGS introduced the fall of 2022 to RGS members and non-members.