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Last Minute Tips for RootsTech 2025
Whether you’re going in-person or attending virtually, here are my last-minute tips for RootsTech 2025, which is happening March 6-8, 2025 The last time I wrote “last-minute tips for RootsTech” was back in 2020. Wow, things have changed! Yet, in many ways, RootsTech...
6 Mind Mapping Apps for Writers and Family History Storytellers
Mind mapping apps for writers can transform how you organize your research and ideas, but finding the right one for family history projects and stories proved challenging. Back in 2020, this led me to conduct an in-depth comparison of the top mind mapping software...
How to Write Personal Stories: Perspectives from Memoir and Family History
As they pen and share personal stories, perspectives from memoir and family history writers can vary, particularly in their approach to sensitive family topics. Do you ever wonder where your story ends and your family's story begins? When you sit down to write about...
4 Writing Prompts about Transformations and Changes
This fall, explore the theme of transformation to help you get your personal and family memories on paper. Use the following prompts about transformations to reflect on the times you’ve had personal changes or observed them in the world around you. Also use these...
Choosing a Font for Your Stories
Choosing a font for your personal and family stories can be complicated. About a decade ago, I wrote an article entitled “What Font are You?” Looking back, I realize I only touched on how to choose the best font for personal and family stories. Of course, the old...
8 Writing Prompts for Memorial Day Memories
Here in the USA, most of us observe Memorial Day, but our traditions and Memorial Day memories differ greatly. What does Memorial Day mean to you? What recollections stand out to you? Take advantage of these ideas for reflecting on the holiday. Put pen to paper and...
RootsTech 2024 Focuses on AI for Research and Storytelling
It’s clear that a focus—if not the focus—of RootsTech 2024 is using AI for research and storytelling. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is inescapable, whether or not we’re ready. As FamilySearch CEO, Steve Rockwood, said in his opening remarks, industry leaders planned to...
RootsTech 2024 Virtual Conference: Great Content for Writers and Storytellers
Thinking about attending the RootsTech 2024 virtual conference? Here’s what you need to know. (If you’re not, keep reading. It offers some valuable education for family storytellers. And it’s FREE.) As I pack my bags for a week in beautiful Salt Lake City to attend...
4 Ways Mind Maps Help With Storytelling and Writing
Did you know that mind maps can help you with storytelling? Mind Maps are Visual Thinking Tools In case you aren’t familiar with them, mind maps are visual thinking tools which represent ideas graphically. They are really a brainstorm on steroids. Usually, they start...
The Importance of Saying Their Names
When we think of loved ones—those still walking amongst us and those whose time on earth exists only memory—recalling and saying their names matters. The utterance of individuals’ names has spiritual and ancestral significance in many cultures. The Importance of...
Family Recipe: Hermit Bars
My husband's favorite Christmas treat was Hermit Bars that his mother made every year. We liken this New England treat to a gingerbread-ish bar with what my mother-in-law describes as a "milk glaze". (I like a lemon glaze better. It pairs perfectly with the strong...
Win a FREE RootsTech 2024 Pass
A free RootsTech 2024 Pass may be perfect for you, if you want to learn more about family history research, incorporate family memories into your stories, meet a lot of fun people, enjoy awesome keynotes, and see the gorgeous Wasatch mountains. RootsTech 2024: The...
Easter Memories and Why You Should Write about Them
My Easter memories probably differ from yours—unless you are my sister. That’s because our memories reflect the time and places we grew up in, our family and religious traditions, and a slew of other factors. Sharing our childhood memories is a great way to help loved...
Uniting at RootsTech 2023
How did you see the 2023 theme Uniting at RootsTech 2023? Your answer probably depends on the way you experienced the conference—in-person or virtually.Uniting through Reunion For those of us who go to Salt Lake City from all over the globe to attend RootsTech...
8 Things to Know about RootsTech2023
Whether you’re participating online or traveling to Salt Lake City, here are 8 things to know about RootsTech2023, which will help optimize your experience. #RootsTech2023 or #NotAtRootsTech There are two official hashtags for the conference because it's a hybrid...
Updated: Technology you already have: Use OCR to Transcribe Family Documents
Now that Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology is more widely available, you can use OCR to transcribe family documents, letters, and journals. Updated 3/21/2024 IBM.com explains: Optical character recognition (OCR) is sometimes referred to as text...
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