Picard family album The Picard family album was a leather - bound album owned by Captain Jean - Luc Picard . The album had the Picard family coat of arms on its front cover , and contained photograph s of his ancestor s , along with records of famous events , and information from his own personal history . ( ; ) In the mid - 24th century , Jean - Luc Picard took over adding things to the album , adding such things as certificates regarding Picard winning the Starfleet Academy marathon and the Silver Spade , and a picture of Picard with Wesley Crusher . ( ) In 2371 , after receiving news that his brother Robert and nephew René had died in a fire at the Picard home in La Barre , Picard looked through the album in his quarters aboard the with Deanna Troi . The album was later placed in his ready room , where it was recovered after the crash landing of the " Enterprise " s saucer section on Veridian III . ( ) Picard kept the album with him following his assignment to the . In 2379 , after realizing that Shinzon strongly resembled him at a younger age , Picard looked through the album again , finding an image of himself at the Academy that looked exactly like Shinzon . ( ) Background information . While only one two - page spread was seen in each of the two movies it appeared in , many more pages were created . These pages were highlighted in the Star Trek Generations ( Special Edition ) DVD special feature " Picard ' s Family Album " . Of the three copies of the Picard family album , the master was kept in the " " exhibition , part of the " " attraction , where Curator Penny Juday flipped the pages whenever she could , so visitors could see something a little different every time . Many of the production staff put in pictures of themselves and their ancestors , such as ( pictured left ) a photograph of Production Designer Herman Zimmerman and his father . Also included in the album were several " in - joke s " from " Star Trek " history , such as a photo ( second on the left ) of Director Leonard Nimoy with a young Spock , David Marcus , and Saavik from . The inside of the front cover of the album had two pictures of the joiners of the Picard and La Barre family line , Madame de La Barre and Françoise de Picard . On the front of the first page was an ancient family tree , " L ' arbore de Famille des Familles " , " Picard et La Barre Ville de Saumur " , featuring various family coats of arms as they married into the family , going several generations back . Other portraits in the beginning pages of the book included Picard VIII Comte de Holl and Picard XXII Comte de Holl . There were also several family photos from a wedding in the late 19th century in the Picard family . And in later French history , there were French army war medals taped in the album , as well as portraits of French general s with the name Picard . One of the portraits featured was actually that of World War I French army marshal . 20th century photographs that were put in the album include families and French sailing ships , as well as images from World War II veterans . A newspaper article read " Sur les ondes - Picard pour une « alliance confiante » UDF - RPR . " ( " Picard for a ' trusted alliance ' UDF - RPR " ) , implying that a Picard was a political figure in the 1980s or 1990s . Another section contained information from the 22nd and early 23rd centuries . This section featured a newspaper article noting the Romulan s being pushed back in the Battle of Cheron , and another commemorating the first Federation Day , from the founding of the United Federation of Planets . Also included were several awards won by Picards , such as the Terran Winemakers Association Certificate of Excellence won by Maurice Picard in 2305 . Among the things Picard apparently added after taking over the album were a photo of Doctor Beverly Crusher ( with a heart - shaped border ) , his Grankite Order of Tactics award for the creation of the Picard Maneuver , and information regarding the New Atlantis Project . He also had documents from his time at Starfleet Academy , such as an invitation to his graduation in 2327 in Yuri Gagarin Hall . Curiously , a picture of the bell ringer from the post - atomic horror courtroom scenario created by Q in was also somehow included . Other items , not yet seen and mentioned in the , were the Starfleet orders giving him command of the . Though the prop of the Picard family album was a very real , factually created , production asset , Memory Alpha only considers the pages actually seen on - screen as canon for its in - universe purposes .