Why Dads Prefer a Finished Archival Book Over an Email-Prompt Subscription
Many adult children buy their father a weekly email-prompt subscription for Father’s Day, only to discover six months later that he never wanted to spend his Sunday mornings typing fifty essays.
With Family History Press, our historians do the detective work—pulling his grandfather’s WWI or WWII service records, ship manifests, census households, and European birth acts—and write a crisp, factual narrative he can read in an armchair and share with his grandchildren.
Two Formats for Father’s Day
- Ancestor Portrait ($590). Focuses on one remarkable ancestor, an immigrant crossing, or a military service record in 28 to 40 hardcover pages (21-day target).
- Lineage Edition ($1,690). Traces his entire paternal (or paternal & maternal) lineage across centuries in 45 to 70 hardcover pages (30-day target), or starts on Father’s Day with a numbered Commissioning Certificate.
What Every Commission Includes
- Complimentary 48-hour feasibility study: Before you pay a dollar, we verify what the US and European archives contain for your family and send a written chapter plan and firm quote.
- Primary-source archival research: US Federal Censuses, passenger arrival manifests, military draft and service files, and European civil and parish registers.
- Custom literary narrative & hardcover binding: Choose either the Ancestor Portrait (from $590, 28 to 40 pages) or the Lineage Edition (from $1,690, 45 to 70 pages), delivered with tracked air shipping to the United States.
Frequently Asked Questions
01What if Father’s Day is less than three weeks away?
We prepare a personalized, numbered Commissioning Certificate within 48 hours of your free feasibility study so you can hand him the certificate on Father’s Day morning and review the archival discoveries together over the following weeks.