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The timeline that is commonly used is the line with information above and below it, but you can use other ways to visually display your milestones or those of your family. For instance, you can create a family album.

Have other people you are close with, (this means family or it could be friends or people whom you consider part of your family) put information in a scrapbook. You create the categories you want to document, so that everyone is represented. You can record events as they happen, or write them down after the fact, from what you remember. It might be interesting to have different family members or friends write about the same event and see if they think of or remember things differently.

If you have friends or family members who are too young to write down information, they could draw pictures of what they think about an event.

After you finish the different categories, you might want to create a table of contents or an index so you can find things in your album.

You can decorate it with family memorabilia (ask your parents or an adult first) or with pictures from magazines. You can also embellish it with glitter glue, magic markers, colored pencils, cut out pieces of construction paper, pipe cleaners, etc.