Family History Starter Kit
A beautifully designed digital guide created to help you begin exploring and preserving your family history.
The Family History Starter Kit is a downloadable PDF designed for beginners, combining clear step-by-step guidance with practical tools, prompts, and templates to help you start building your family tree and understanding your ancestry.
This guide walks you through the essential first stages of family history research, including how to gather information from relatives, organise documents and photographs, navigate historical records, and begin shaping your family’s story in a structured way.
Inside you will find:
A step-by-step introduction to starting your family tree
Guidance on speaking with relatives and recording oral history
Beginner-friendly explanations of key historical records
Templates for organising family information and research notes
Family history prompts and storytelling exercises
Advice on preserving photographs and creating a family archive
Simple frameworks for building timelines and migration maps
Product Details
Digital PDF download
Instant access after purchase
18 pages of top tips and tricks
Suitable for complete beginners
Designed for both digital use and home printing
Created by The Heritage Map Co.
Returns & Research Guarantee
The Nature of Genealogical Research
At The Heritage Map Co. you are commissioning a dedicated 4-6 week residency of professional archival research. Please understand that genealogy is dependent on the existence and survival of historical records. Due to historical events such as courthouse fires, record gaps, or lost archives, certain branches of a lineage may be more difficult to trace than others.
No Refunds on Research Time
Because you are paying for the professional hours dedicated to your search, we do not offer refunds based on the "results" of the research. Even if a specific record cannot be found, you will receive a comprehensive report (The Lineage Archive) detailing the exhaustive search paths taken and the historical context of the era.
Bespoke & Custom Goods
All products are custom-built and tailored exclusively to your specific family history. As these items are unique to you and cannot be resold, we do not accept returns or exchanges. While we do not offer refunds, we are committed to excellence. If there is a physical defect in a printed item (such as damage during shipping), please contact us within 48 hours of receipt, and we will move quickly to rectify the error or replace the damaged item.