ANCESTOR’S NAME
Birthdate–MM/DD/YYYY
Insert a picture of your
Birthplace-City,State,Country
ancestor here. If you
do not have a picture
use any appropriate
image you would like.
Paragraph One
 Born of Mr & Mrs ?
 Birth Order of how many siblings
 Any events, incidents or stories of birth
Paragraph Two:
 Information of early childhood
 Where I lived, what kind of child I was, what
kind of student I was, whether I was healthy
or sickly
Paragraph Three:
 Any significant event from early childhood
Paragraph Nine:
 Information about Senior Years
 How many Grandchildren, widow or
widower, healthy or feeble, where I lived,
missions or other events
Paragraph Ten:
 Major event of life
 Tragedies that may have shaped my life,
great achievements that significantly
impacted my life, great difficulty, great
blessings (this would be where to record
the story of Pioneer Journey or the like)
Paragraph Eleven:
 Information of death
 Where I lived, where my funeral was, where
I’m buried, who preceded me in death, who
still remained
 Cause of death
 Any parting statements of character or
summary of the type of person and life they
lived, any final testimony if available
Paragraph Four:
 Information of teenage years
 Where I lived, what Life was like, things of
interest, dreams or aspirations
Note: There is no expected length for biographies. Some will
have a great deal of information and some will have very
little. Those with a lot will need help making synopsis’s of
information. Those with very little will need help assembling
it into a fashion that reads like a biography.
Paragraph Five:
 Any significant event from teenage years
I do not believe this will ever be shared unless the youth
chooses to do so. Help them feel good individually about
their ancestor so they feel a connection, regardless of the
amount of information they have.
Paragraph Six:
 Information about early adulthood
 Where I lived, college, work, mission
Paragraph Seven:
 Information about whom I married
 Where we lived, how we survived, what our
goals were, additional marriages
 Significant events or other stories of
marriage
Paragraph Eight:
 Information of parenthood
 How old, how many, any losses
This page is the layout needed to fit the lanyard correctly. So
please, use this as a guide and replace the instructions with
actual information. Do not use another program. It can be a
single column, two columns or more, but it will be folded
lengthwise down the middle. The story must not start higher
than it is here. While displayed in the lanyard, only the
picture and name information will be showing, starting the
story higher might interfere with that intent. Lastly, the
pocket on the lanyard is not large, so it will not fit many
pages. If the biography is longer than two columns, help
them shorten it to four columns and print it front and back.
In other words, keep it to a single sheet of paper. Encourage
those with a lot of info to write a full biography that they may
link to their family tree, but then help them shorten it to a
single page for the purpose of the trek.