by Victorian Rose on 02 Nov 2010 07:45Good morning, Girls! Welcome to Week 7 of our Life Book Challenge!
This week we will be focusing on our subjects' SIBLINGS.
Please note: If your subject does not have siblings, feel free to do another page in your life book for the challenge. Just be sure to post the link here in this thread. You may wish to do cousins, friends or even another page about something we've already covered. It's your book, so it's up to you.
Brothers and Sisters are flowers from the same garden.
Who knows us better than our own flesh and blood? They've been there from the very beginning. They know everything about us, and they usually aren't afraid to tell it – especially the not so nice parts.
This week in our Life Books, we are paying homage to our subject's brothers and sisters. We are going to document for future generations, the details and relationship between our subject and his/her siblings. You may wish to include just the facts; i.e. names, dates, etc. or you may wish to include stories and memories your subject or other family members have told you about their siblings.
Depending on how many siblings your subject has, and how much information you have about them, you may wish to do one layout, or a two page spread that includes all of the brothers and sisters, OR you may need to do a separate page for each sibling. It's up to you how much room you'll need to get your stories told.
Monday night in the chat, we talked about how to find information about your subject's siblings. Here are a few of the sources that were suggested:
Census records: All members of the household are listed as well as their relationship to the head of the house;
Will of the parents: Often lists living children and their heirs;
Marriage License: Often a brother or sister acts as a witness;
Land Records: Especially if the father leaves land to his children;
Obituaries: Lists family members, both surviving and deceased.
Living Family Members: ask them who the siblings were
also check Grave registration of veterans, cemetery records, family bibles, county biographies, and baptismal records
Some samples for inspiration:
Helene has done a beautiful page that includes all of the siblings on a single layout. She did the journaling on a mat and included the photos in a very creative way. This is a great example of a siblings page.
This two page spread I have done for my Dad's Life Book is a Dragnet Page - (“Just the facts, ma'am”.)
It documents how his family grew from one child to six. (Click on images to see the larger version in the Gallery.)
You will notice that these pages don't have any journaling, other than the names and dates of the children.
However, these pages out of my Dad's cousin, Millie's Life Book have funny stories she told us about her sister and include several photos of her sisters and brothers.
Remember, this may be all the information your grandchildren have about your subject, so make sure to include as much information as you can. This may take several pages, so feel free to make as many as you deem necessary to get your stories told!
I have a Sisters Word Art Set and a Brothers Word Art Set to help adorn you layouts.
So, the directions are the same as always. Please put your layouts in the Week #7 Siblings Gallery. To be eligible for the drawing, use at least 50% Heritage Scrap products, and have your layout(s) in the gallery by 9 pm Monday – just before the chat.
Can't wait to see this week's gallery!!
Life Book (TM) content copyright 2010 Vicki Pasterik Victorian Rose Designs
This week we will be focusing on our subjects' SIBLINGS.
Please note: If your subject does not have siblings, feel free to do another page in your life book for the challenge. Just be sure to post the link here in this thread. You may wish to do cousins, friends or even another page about something we've already covered. It's your book, so it's up to you.
Brothers and Sisters are flowers from the same garden.
Who knows us better than our own flesh and blood? They've been there from the very beginning. They know everything about us, and they usually aren't afraid to tell it – especially the not so nice parts.
This week in our Life Books, we are paying homage to our subject's brothers and sisters. We are going to document for future generations, the details and relationship between our subject and his/her siblings. You may wish to include just the facts; i.e. names, dates, etc. or you may wish to include stories and memories your subject or other family members have told you about their siblings.
Depending on how many siblings your subject has, and how much information you have about them, you may wish to do one layout, or a two page spread that includes all of the brothers and sisters, OR you may need to do a separate page for each sibling. It's up to you how much room you'll need to get your stories told.
Monday night in the chat, we talked about how to find information about your subject's siblings. Here are a few of the sources that were suggested:
Census records: All members of the household are listed as well as their relationship to the head of the house;
Will of the parents: Often lists living children and their heirs;
Marriage License: Often a brother or sister acts as a witness;
Land Records: Especially if the father leaves land to his children;
Obituaries: Lists family members, both surviving and deceased.
Living Family Members: ask them who the siblings were
also check Grave registration of veterans, cemetery records, family bibles, county biographies, and baptismal records
Some samples for inspiration:
Helene has done a beautiful page that includes all of the siblings on a single layout. She did the journaling on a mat and included the photos in a very creative way. This is a great example of a siblings page.
This two page spread I have done for my Dad's Life Book is a Dragnet Page - (“Just the facts, ma'am”.)
It documents how his family grew from one child to six. (Click on images to see the larger version in the Gallery.)
You will notice that these pages don't have any journaling, other than the names and dates of the children.
However, these pages out of my Dad's cousin, Millie's Life Book have funny stories she told us about her sister and include several photos of her sisters and brothers.
Remember, this may be all the information your grandchildren have about your subject, so make sure to include as much information as you can. This may take several pages, so feel free to make as many as you deem necessary to get your stories told!
I have a Sisters Word Art Set and a Brothers Word Art Set to help adorn you layouts.
So, the directions are the same as always. Please put your layouts in the Week #7 Siblings Gallery. To be eligible for the drawing, use at least 50% Heritage Scrap products, and have your layout(s) in the gallery by 9 pm Monday – just before the chat.
Can't wait to see this week's gallery!!
Life Book (TM) content copyright 2010 Vicki Pasterik Victorian Rose Designs
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