By adding QR codes that link to media you’ve placed online to your book, you combine your family’s history with modern technology to gain a deeper connection with the past.

Audio and video clips let you preserve interviews, songs, storytelling, performances, award ceremonies, or even your five minutes of fame in the evening news. There’s nothing quite like hearing it in their own voice.

Legacy Books has worked with each of these different types of media and memorabilia, and can attest each can make beautiful, meaningful additions to your family history book. Here are 26 other types of content to consider including in your family history book.

But what can you include in your family history book? Of course, photos and text are important, but more can be added, and these items can give your family history book a depth that photos and text alone can’t provide. Whether it’s a history of your immediate family, or a book that documents generations of history, these books will be a priceless family treasure for decades. Family history books are a great way to capture your family’s past.