Ancestral Sayings for Crafts and Scrapbooking

1. A birth certificate shows that you were born, a death certificate shows that you died, but a scrapbook shows that you lived.
2. All in the Family
3. A man is born with his relations; he picks out his friends for himself.
4. Ancestors Activist
5. Ancestors run in my family
6. Ancestors R US
7. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.
8. Ask me about my ancestors!
9. Beware! Genealogy Fever is Contagious!
10. Blessed is the man who hears the gentle voices call him grandfather.
11. Born to be an Ancestor!
12. Clan Chronicler
13. Days gone by.
14. Every family is a history in itself and even a poem to those who know how to search its pages.
15. Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.
16. Families are tied together with heart strings.
17. Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at the people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. 
18. Family History: A Neverending Story!
19. Family Skeleton
20. Finding my roots bit by bit
21. Folk Finder
22. Forebears & Heirs Genealogy’s Law = The one document you need to prove your ancestor’s line is lost due to fire, flood, or war!
23. Genealogy: A Celebration of Heritage
24. Genealogy: A Key to the Past.
25. Genealogists are ancestrally challenged!
26. Genealogists are into Relative Riches
27. Genealogists are pioneers into the past!
28. Genealogists are Time Travelers
29. Genealogists are Tree Tracers.
30. Genealogy is my cup of tea!
31. Genealogy Detective
32. Genealogy Fever: It's Inherited!
33. Genealogy: Life in the Past Lane!
34. Genealogists Haunt Cemeteries
35. Genealogy is a Past-time.
36. Genealogy -- Piecing together the Past
37. Genealogists Invest in Family Bonds!
38. Genealogists look for lost leaves.
39. Gone Ficheing!
40. Grandma's are antique little girls.
41. Hangin’ with the Family.
42. Have Roots, Will Travel
43. Heritage Hunter
44. =HEIR+MAIL=
45. He who has the most surnames in the end "WINS!"
46. How blessed I am, how fortunate I've been that you are my Daughter-in-law and also my friend!
47. I'm the crazy aunt everyone warned you about
48. In Loving Memory.
49. It’s all in the Genes!
50. Leaves of Time
51. Love and laughter makes a happy family.
52. Love the people God gave you because one day he’ll want them back.
53. My family tree is full of nuts.
54. My life in a nutshell.
55. My Roots.
56. One Big Happy Family.
57. Our family is like fudge sweet with a few nuts in it.
58. Our family is a patchwork of memories and love.
59. So Many Ancestors, So Little Time!
60. Success is relative. The more success, the more relatives!
61. The best antiques are grandparents.
62. There are many treasures in Grandma’s attic, but the old button box is my favorite.
63. This is our branch of the family tree.
64. This is what an awesome dad (brother, uncle, granddad) looks like!
65. Treasured Times
66. When A Child Is Born, So Is a Grandmother
67. When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
68. Years Gone By
69. You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your relatives.
70. You won’t make a place in the sun by sitting in the shade of the family tree.

See corresponding Descendant sayings here.

Compiled by Dolores J. Rush. Updated 4 May 2023.