Top Ten Reasons to Launch
a Family History Project

1. It preserves your family history for future generations.
2. It's a catalyst for bringing families together, for reconnecting with "long lost" relatives.
3. It's an opportunity to protect and preserve original documents.
4. It provides a little taste of immortality; it's your legacy.
5. It provides an opportunity to clean out the attic or closet and get organized.
6. It's an ideal gift for any occasion and for the person "who has everything."
7. It's fun, interesting, and educational.
8. It's an expression of love.
9. It's perfect for presentations at special events to commemorate landmark birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and bar mitzvahs.
10. It provides a great way for children to know and understand their own family history and develop an appreciation of history.