How TapGenes Helps Tell and Change Family Health Stories
TapGenes, an application that helps families compile health information, won the 2016 RootsTech Innovator Summit. Last month, I caught up with CEO Heather Holmes to see what difference a year makes. Our Interview (In case you’re wondering, I am not affiliated with...
Why You Should Tell Family Health Stories
When we’re writing our family’s history, we tend to skip over the family health stories. With the exceptions of gory accidents or war injuries, health—or lack of it—gets a subtle billing. It often only rates a simple note of what the attending physician scrawled on a...
What LeVar Burton Taught Us About Storytelling Made Us Cry
A keynote speaker at RootsTech’s first-ever African Heritage Day, LeVar Burton taught us about storytelling and reaching hearts and minds. By the end, he also had us all reaching for tissues. This isn’t another report on my fabulous time at the RootsTech...
Understanding Your Roots aka My 7x Great-Grandfather Beat a Horse
Research isn’t what genealogy is all about. It’s about understanding your roots. Knowing where you came from is part of your story. What makes you uniquely you. Understanding your roots, however you feel about your ancestors’ decisions, matters to understanding...
Exciting New Apps for Family Storytellers
RootsTech is a great place to discover apps for family storytellers. In fact, Rootstech is to storytellers as Virginia is to lovers. A homeplace. A source of inspiration. A show case of innovation. Innnovator Summit’s Apps for Storytellers Although FamilySearch’s...
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Put the episodes of the past to paper.
We all have stories to share with our children and grandchildren. Whether it’s a proud moment, memories of grandparents, or a lesson you’ve learned, Memories of Me: A Complete Guide to Telling and Sharing the Stories of Your Life helps you put the episodes of your past onto paper and share them with loved ones.
