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Looking for gift ideas for a genealogy enthusiast? Follow our guide for original ideas!
Looking for gift ideas for a genealogy enthusiast? Follow our 2025 guide to find an original, useful, and meaningful gift for the genealogist in your life.
The holiday season (as well as birthdays, Mother's/Father's Day, or retirement parties) is the perfect occasion to give a gift that honors family memories and years of passionate research. Whether you're looking for a beginner or an expert, here are over 20 genealogy gift ideas that will make a hit in 2025.
Beyond the classics – books, magazines, training, genealogy software, paper trees, or hiring a professional genealogist – here is a selection of original ideas to really make an impression with your loved ones.
You've found many family photos but don't know what to do with them? Group them, identify people and places as much as possible, and give them to the family genealogist: it will be a valuable research material and a highly symbolic gift.
Old letters, military notebooks, family record books, diplomas, work notebooks... entrusting these archives to the "living memory" of the family is an invaluable gift. The genealogist will know how to preserve, digitize, and integrate them into the family history.
Gather photos, letter excerpts, postcards, and anecdotes to create a photo or video montage telling the life of an ancestor or a family branch. Give it on a nice USB drive or in a box for a lasting and easily shareable memory.
A wooden carved family tree adds a natural and elegant touch to any interior. Some models allow you to add first names and dates, even a central family photo. You can find them at L'Atelier déko, on the marketplace Etsy, and at Kollia, with several formats and styles.
Tree of life necklace, bracelet with names, pendant with birthstones… Personalized jewelry is perfect for keeping your family “close to you” symbolically. They can be personalized at Ormina, Bijoux Steel, Myka, My Little Necklace, and other creators.
Design poster, minimalist poster, colored illustration with names and dates: genealogical graphic creations allow you to display the family tree like a work of art. You can find them at Pop-Com C'est de Famille, as well as on creators' platforms.
Create a unique tree with painting, calligraphy, collage, scrapbooking… Use a large sheet or canvas, incorporate photos, pieces of old maps, ribbons or stamps. This type of gift takes a bit of time, but the emotional impact is immense.
Memory with ancestors’ faces, 7 families game revisited with your family branches, “Who is it?” genealogy version… The possibilities are numerous to turn your research into a board game. These DIY creations are ideal for involving children and teenagers.
Mug with a message ("Can't, I have archives", "Genealogist on a mission", etc.) or mug decorated with a family tree: add some good tea or coffee, and you get a gift that is both fun and useful for long research nights.
For those who eat, sleep and breathe genealogy, a T-shirt (or sweatshirt) with a message is perfect: puns, funny phrase or simple genealogical logo.
Eco-friendly, practical and light, the tote bag is ideal for visits to archives, genealogy fairs or trips to the library. Choose a subtle model or one with a humorous slogan.
You can find them on Etsy, on Spreadshirt, on Zazzle and on the Geneatique store.
A dotted or lined notebook dedicated to organizing research: research plans, ancestor lists, to-do lists of archives to consult, tracking leads. You can customize it with a genealogy index, color codes, and tabs.
Perfect for genealogists who spend their winter evenings poring over registers or entering data. Comfort, warmth, and freedom of movement to type on the keyboard or hold a book.
For those who spend long hours in front of a screen, a pair without correction but with a blue light filter can be very useful to reduce eye strain.
You can also put together a small kit: document pouch, paper pencils, ruler, A5 notebook, dedicated USB drive, highlighter, etc. A simple but extremely practical gift for days at the archives.
Most of this equipment is easily found online at all prices.
In 2025, the best gift ideas for a genealogist blend family memories, personalized items, DIY creations, goodies, practical tools, and digital services. The key is to choose a gift that respects their research pace, values their work, and strengthens the bond between generations.
With all these ideas, no more excuses: it’s your turn to find the perfect genealogy gift that will light up your enthusiast’s eyes… and who knows, maybe inspire new family discoveries!
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