Two hundred and fifty years ago, Edmund Burke, the great Irish philosopher, said, ‘People

will not look forward to posterity, who never look backwards to their ancestors.’ Whether

we like it or not, each and every one of us has a string of ancestors from whom we  descend

and The Family History Record Book is designed to assemble and record information about our

families in a sensible, interesting and logical way, which will also assist us in our researches, as

well as preparing our families for posterity.