Teeming with fascinating facts, history, photos, and activities, this guide will inspire children to dig out their family records to discover their own ancestors and family connections.

Using step-by-step activities, readers will learn how to trace their histories through existing family records and interviews with members of the family.

By the end of the book, children will have created their very own extended family tree, will have understood why we have surnames, and how Prince William is descended from Dracula.