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How to turn family artifacts into a book

February 15, 2023 Clémence Scouten

The author’s hand-embroidered tablecloth and napkins, made by her grandmother in the 1950s. Even if family artifacts don’t have a story of their own, they can still be useful and allow us to revisit the memories we associate with them, as Clémence Scouten does each time she hosts a dinner party.

Don’t let your family heirlooms and mementos sit in boxes collecting dust—use these expert tips to curate them and preserve their stories in a book.

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In family history, memory keeping, tips & advice Tags how to catalog family heirlooms, organizing a family archive for use in a book, using family heirlooms in a memoir, book ideas
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