A family history book — a family heirloom for centuries
The story of a family across generations: where they came from, what they built, what they passed on. With archival photographs, documents, maps and biographies of ancestors — in a book that children and grandchildren will open.
Why a book
What lives only in memory — is forgotten within a generation
Oral history lives only as long as the person who carries it. A book is the most durable medium: it outlives its author and its era. A family history book gathers the research into a single volume and turns the tree and archival finds into a story about real people: where they lived, what they did, how they made decisions in hard times.
What is inside
Family treeThe lineage laid out generation by generation — the backbone of the whole story.
Biographies of ancestorsLife stories based on archival sources: who these people were, where they lived and what they did.
Documents and photographsArchival documents found during the research and photographs from family albums.
MapsHistorical maps and the geography of the lineage: where your ancestors lived and how the family moved from generation to generation.
Original literary textThe family story written in literary prose and edited as a real book, not a report.
Luxurious designBespoke design of every spread: refined typography, pedigree charts, documents, maps and photographs in a single style. The edition is produced to our own publishing standard.
How we work
A large team works on every book: archival researchers, analysts, historians, journalists, writers, editors, art historians and designers. We assemble a dedicated team for each project.
Historical and archival researchParish registers, census revisions, confession lists, family and conscription lists, cadastral and land-survey books, and notarial deeds — in archives across Russia, Europe and beyond.
Writing and editingJournalists interview the family, writers turn the material into a coherent narrative, and editors bring the text to publishing standard.
Design and publicationAn art director, designers, illustrators, layout artists and picture editors prepare the edition in the form and print run you need — from a single copy.
We work in strict confidence. The book rests on genealogical research: it can be commissioned together with the book, or we can use research you already have.
Formats
Family encyclopediaThe flagship format: the saga of a lineage produced to our own publishing standard. The largest projects span 16–17 generations and 530–550 years of archival research.
A family history bookThe story of a family across several generations with documents, photographs and biographies of ancestors.
A short biographyOne or several relatives, based on archival sources. A good format for judging the quality and depth of the work.
A family history book is a way to tell your grandchildren and great-grandchildren what you will never be able to tell them in person.