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Have you ever given thought to creating summaries of your journals, or the diaries, journals, and other information you might have inherited -- maybe even preparing just a table of contents? One member of our writing group has been keeping journals for many years, and has recently been going through them and creating summaries, to make it easier, down the road, for her family to access and read

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Creating a Timeline. What is a timeline and how do we create it? A timeline is simply a chronological listing of life events: birth, marriage, death . . . and everything in between. There is a saying that "Music is what happens between the notes." Life is like that, life happens between events. A good timeline will capture the music of life.Beginning with your birth (or that of your subject),

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In our writing group last month, we talked about the process of writing a family history, and step one of that process -- after making the decision to take action --  is to begin gathering, organizing, and preserving a working archive. A "working archive' is comprised of the material needed to write your story, and may include a variety of documents, photos, and other memorabilia. Whether you are

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Although this blog is dedicated to the many aspects of writing family history, it aims, also, to encourage individual talent in writing and self-expression. In other words, you don't have to be writing family history, per se, to participate and gain encouragement. So we will be mixing it up a little bit, based on interests expressed by our readers. When it comes right down to it, whatever you are

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For members of our local writing group, you can check here for follow-ups to our discussions and post your own comments and questions. The blog is a good way to keep the momentum going between group meetings. We hope the writing group discussion will inspire others to explore their own talents and interest in writing.

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You don't have to be over a certain age to be writing family history. Young people are doing it every day in the form of blogs. Blogs are modern day journals -- just remember to save your blogs offline. The idea of writing personal history is to save it for posterity. You can save your blog by simply cutting and pasting it into a word processing program. Some programs allow you to export or

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Writing one's family history can take many forms -- where to begin is up to you. Some may want to begin by keeping a personal journal or diary; some want to write their own personal history; and some want to write a family history or the history of one or more members of their family. There are many ways to express and share family history, and when you find your particular medium, the writing

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