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Blog articles to Help You Tell the Stories of the Past
Family Love Letters: Yours to Keep?
After reading an AARP article in which Marni Jameson recommended burning your parents love letters, Amy Johnson Crow published a well-worth-reading article on why love letters are irreplaceable family heirlooms. The two come from different standpoints. Marni Jameson...
Definition of Family & Paula W. Madison
Paula Williams Madison puts the definition of family in a new light. During RootsTech, I had the opportunity to meet and interview Paula Williams Madison, author of Finding Samuel Lowe: Harlem, Jamaica, China. Of course, there’s a lot more to Paula than authoring a...
How to Form Connections through Stories of the Past
Writing coaches can help us with everything from developing a story arc to using better grammar. But, as storytellers, that’s not always what we crave. Great writing is, well, great. But family storytellers don’t just want to write better; we want to form connections...
How to Avoid Misrepresenting the Past
How do we avoid or minimize the risk of misrepresenting the past as we tell our own and family stories? What exactly is our burden of due diligence when it comes to determining the accuracy of our narratives? This isn’t my normal soap box about truth versus accuracy....
AJ Jacobs on Writing, Storytelling & Family
One of the big thrills of being a RootsTech Ambassador was getting to spend a few minutes with my cousin (in the Global Family Reunion way) AJ Jacobs. Author or best-selling books such as A Year of Living Biblically and My Life as an Experiment, AJ also came up with...
Leaving Footprints Behind
“Take only pictures; leave only footprints.” It’s a National Park mantra and humbling thought. Perhaps I can walk through a forest or up a mountain and leave only footprints. Any residue of my visit will be brushed away by the wind. The flora and fauna are indifferent...
RootsTech 2016: Exhaustion & Rejuvenation
Inevitably—or at least nearly so—bloggers post summaries of their RootsTech experiences. Speaking and serving as a RootsTech 2016 Ambassador has been a whirlwind. I learned a lot and met a ton of wonderful people. It’d be nice to tie it up with a nice...
Family stories: Fire on a Stick
"Family stories are fire on a stick." That s a quote from Michael Leavitt. Michael O. Leavitt, three-time governor of Utah and former US cabinet member under President George Bush, was a keynote speaker at RootsTech 2016. He.entertained the RootsTech audience with...
Stories of the Heart: The Future of Family History
We all knew that I think that stories of the heart are the future of family history, but I have some good company. Steve Rockwood, CEO of FamilySearch International emphasized that in his opening keynote for Rootstech. Serious genealogists made up the majority of the...
#Rootstech Innovator Showdown Semifinals
Update: Innovator Showdown Winners: 1st place of $20K in cash and $25K worth of in-kind prizes went to Heather Holmes of Tap Genes. One of the hard questions Heather fielded from the sharks was how she planned to deal with HIPPA requirements. She...
Writing Your Family Story in Your Memoir
I was excited and honored to join Linda Joy Myers of the National Association of Memoir Writers to discuss how to writing your family story in your memoir on January 22, 2016. The initial airing was membership only, but Linda Joy has offered me an audio transcript for...
Innovator Showdown Semifinalists: 12 New Apps for Family History & Storytelling
This time next week I’ll be in Salt Lake City, walking around with a giddy feeling in my stomach. Having looked forward to and prepared for RootsTech for it for months, I’ll be trying to absorb all the family history, storytelling, and technical insight I can. A...
What’s the Plot of your Family Story?
Christopher Booker postulates that all stories encompass only seven plots. It’s interesting reading and makes me wonder if the same is true of family stories. If you had to choose, how would you describe the plot of your family story? (Hint: You don’t have to choose...
How Individual is your Story?
How individual is your story? Sounds like one of those “Eh?” questions. Your story is absolutely unique. No one else has felt it like you have. No one else can tell it like you can. It’s yours. But perhaps not only yours. Perhaps not truly individual. Most of us are...
Family History and Storytelling Collide at RootsTech 2016
It’s not hyperbole. Family history and storytelling will come together at RootsTech this February. RootsTech, the world’s largest genealogy conference, attracts thousands of professional and hobby family historians annually. Family History and Storytelling Though...
Year End Letter: 7 Ideas on How to Write It
Holidays make a great time to share stories and a year end letter is a great way to connect with loved ones. In addition, holiday letters can connect us and express our bonds. There’s something about that calendar page turning over, the new digit on the end of the...
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