Writing Your Family History

DescriptionThis digital download includes prompts, worksheets, and resources for gathering your memories and notes into an organized, easily accessible form. You’ll also get in-depth guidance on how to write a compelling narrative and define the story you want to tell.Who Should Get this Download:You’ll love Writing Your Family History if:

• You want to write a memoir for yourself or the biography of an ancestor or other family member
• You want to write about your fascinating family history and preserve those memories
• You want a handy way to collect notes for writing a family memoir
• You want to organize your thoughts and memories
• You’re looking for prompts and ideas that will make your family history come to life

What’s InsideWriting Your Family History features:

• Worksheets for recording the details of your family history
• Prompts and conversation starters to spark ideas and memories
• Resources for finding and tracking information
• Inspiration and organization tips for compiling your writing notes
• In-depth guides to learning how to write convincing dialogue, people, and plot

Contents of Writing Your Family History:

• Do the Write Thing: Tips for getting started writing your family history
• Organize Your Family History Writing Project Worksheet
• Family History Writing Project Logistics Worksheet
• The Story of Your Life: Writing prompts worksheet for sharing your life story
• The Gift That Keeps on Giving: 10 life-story themes for writing a guided autobiography
• An Open Book: Do-it-yourself family history book projects for sharing your family’s legacy, including a MyCanvas tutorial
• Investigative Reporting: 6 simple steps for writing a research report about your ancestor
• Research Report Template Worksheet
• Hard to Tell: Tips for deciding whether to include ancestors’ dark sides in family stories
• Biographical Outline Worksheet
• Getting to Know You: 25 tips and questions for asking relatives about family history
• Going the Distance: A guide to remotely interviewing family members
• Family Correspondence Log Worksheet
• Lights, Camera, Ancestors!: 10 steps for tuning into your ancestors from the research team behind PBS’ “Finding Your Roots”
• Social Affairs: A guide to learning the whys and hows of your family history by researching the social, political, cultural and economic factors that affected your ancestors
• Do Your Share: 10 top tech tools for sharing your family story and writing life stories
• Roundup: Apps for Writing Life Stories
• HomeSweetHome.com: 6 steps for setting up a family history website
• Attention Grabbers: 8 ideas for creatively sharing your family history and captivating non-genealogist family members
• Picture-Perfect Photo Books: 5 elements to include in a family photo book

The articles in this digital download were originally printed in issues of Family Tree Magazine. Learn more about the magazine.