Family Chronicles

At the end of the genealogical research, we will be able to create a family chronicle upon request.
With a completed family chronicle, the true intention and purpose of the ancestral research are fulfilled. The chronicle contains copies of all research documents or transcription (some documents may not be copied or photographed), including biographical facts and figures concerning the relevant historical framework. These facts and figures tell the family’s story, making it accessible and rejuvenating it to life.

“The history of a single family is so much more informative than the history of a nation”

Marion Gräfin Dönhoff

“A chronicle can only be written by someone for whom the present is important”

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheQuelle: Maximen und Reflexionen, Aus Kunst und Altertum 1826

A legacy for future generations

The drive to undergo genealogical research and the assembly of one’s family chronicle results from the aspiration to learn more about themselves and their origins. A chronicle fulfills the values of a respective family including personal anecdotes and exceptional stories. On the one hand, it offers a valuable remembrance of times gone by and past family members, but also provides the upcoming generations with a legacy of culture and advancement found rarely anywhere else.

In our blog, we published a foreword of a client’s attitude and reasoning for undergoing research into his family history. In this description, the client elegantly explains what engaged him to pursue research into his family’s past and, eventually, the completion of his family chronicle. The complete description and foreword can be found under A Family Chronicle and a Foreword of its Owner.

The Family Chronicle – more than a list of dates

A family chronicle not only retains factual evidence and dates but maintains a description of the contemporary circumstances and the peculiarities of the respective regional history of a family. Sometimes experienced editors and historians must elaborate on a profession that has died out or is yet unknown. Essentially, this is what makes a family chronicle so unique.

The Family Chronicles comprises several volumes, all bound in leather and a valuable treasure of family and personal identity. Many clients participate energetically in the compilation of their Family Chronicle by providing photos and other documents that make their story even more impressive.

After all, quality needs time. To ensure our clients receive a quality piece of genealogical significance, our experts at Pro Heraldica need around six months to finalize a Family Chronicle.

The meticulous processing of genealogical data and documents

After researching the facts and figures, researchers often have very little time to process and sort them. Detailed work in determining the circumstances of the relevant time is just as much part of this work as the sensitive editing of the research results. Sometimes missed boxes carry extraordinary family treasures. These treasures are mostly unsorted documents and sources that have not yet been uncovered for research. Unfortunately, these boxes do not always reveal everything the treasures they contain, and in the worst cases, they end up on a garbage dump as paper waste. In comparison, carefully processed documents prove to be little artistic gems, and perhaps on the occasion of a major festivity or anniversary, the family can look back on its history with pride and fascination. The family chronicle indeed provides a remarkable legacy.

Look back on your family history with pride

Additionally, the carefully processed documents of the family chronicle are also a handcrafted gem of artwork. At large family celebrations or commemorations, you will be able to look back at your family’s history with pride and strengthen a truly developed connection with your unlimited legacy.

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Family Chronicles

A legacy for future generations

Look back on your family history with pride

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