Posted by Lynn Palermo on January 28, 2010 at 7:08am
Part 1- Preparing to Write a Family BiographyThis week I have been crazy busy writing family biographies. Three years ago, I began researching and writing the Kowalsky Family History Book. (I may have mentioned it once or twice before) From this process, I have learned a great deal about writing a family biography.A biography is a life story written by someone other than the subject. A family biography is a bit different. It features more people, all related in some way. It will tell about event
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Posted by Lynn Palermo on January 4, 2010 at 3:17pm
Many family historians spend their entire lives collecting documents, pictures and stories of their ancestors. Their project usually starts out as a keen interest in whom they are and where they come from. The journey becomes not only about acquiring the proof of their ancestors existence but it also becomes a journey of personal self-discovery. For this, the proof that exists in the documents, photos and stories that they acquire become very valuable to them. Here lies the problem. This creates
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Posted by Michelina Hall on September 30, 2009 at 8:00am
We all love genealogy,this is why we are here. I too have done extensive research to find my ancestors and go as back in time as possible.I love genealogy so much that I decided to make it fun for my now still little children so that they would love it too.Then I realized that when you make genealogy something more visual than just a pedigree chart, you get interest from any kind of person.If you would like an idea of what I mean by "Creative Genealogy", you can give a look at this blog post:CreRead more…
