Writing

Write Your Family History: Get Motivated

The five most common excuses for not writing your family history—and how to conquer them.

5 Family History Writing Tips From Professional Historians Premium

It's time to take a walk in your ancestors' shoes — and you can, with these history writers' secrets for researching bygone days.

Historians for Hire Premium

Good help for your memoir isn't hard to find. Employ our guide to choosing and Using personal historians.

Looking to make your family history last? Whether you want to write your own “Roots” or “Angela's Ashes” or just hope to record your research in a form your relatives might actually read, here's how to plan, write and publish your own family history book.