Sample pages

See how a Hearthline book reads.

These pages were made by the same software that builds our books. The family is invented: every name, date and record on them is made up, so that no real family's history is shown here.

Specimen title page: Stone Walls and Pine Country, a Hearthline book for an invented family. — The title page.

Specimen page: the family in one paragraph, then the opening of the first line. — The whole story in one paragraph, then the first line begins.

Specimen page showing a father's name carried as unconfirmed, a box marking where the records stop, and a family tradition labelled as tradition. — An unconfirmed father, where the paper stops, and a family tradition told as tradition.

Specimen page: an emigration link called supported but not proven, a family legend checked, and the start of the Case File. — A link called "supported, not proven", a legend checked, and the Case File.

Specimen page: Walking the Lines, the note on what we know with counts by grade, and the timeline. — Walking the Lines, the count of facts by grade, and the timeline.

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What the specimen leaves out. A real book is longer and carries photographs, record images, a pedigree chart, maps, an index of names and the voices of your relatives. The specimen shows the writing and the honesty apparatus, which is what makes a Hearthline book different.