The biggest obstacle to writing family history can be getting started. Try one of these prompts to jump-start past the...
Writing Family History Articles
Easy Project to Write Your Family History: Publish a Q&A
This 3-step project will help you capture a relative's life story in plenty of time for the holidays! Reconstructing...
FED UP with Family Secrets!? Adoption and Genealogy
Do family secrets make your genealogy research more difficult? More intriguing? Here's how one listener feels about...
Tell Your Ancestor’s Story: Use Social History for Genealogy
Do you wish you knew more about your ancestor's everyday life experience? Use social history for genealogy: to fill in...
Interview with Laura Ingalls Wilder Editor Pamela Smith Hill: Genealogy Gems Book Club
Are you a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, lover of western U.S. history or writer of family history? You'll love our...
Laura Ingalls Wilder Stories: A Patchwork of Little House Gems
Since featuring Pioneer Girl in the Genealogy Gems Book Club, so many Little House gems have surfaced that we wanted...
Write Your Family History: A Printed Book or Digital Archive?
It's time (maybe past time!) to write your family history. Should you write a book or throw everything into a digital...
7 Reasons to Start a Family History Blog
More and more people are blogging about their family history. Here's why! When it comes right down to it, many of us...
How to Reconstruct Your Early Childhood Memories and Stories
Most of us don't recall our early years well. How can we tell our life's story if we don't remember the first chapter?...