Without context, this photo has no meaning. It takes a story to tell who these people are and the reason this photo was taken. Click above for more info on: Bringing Family History to Life--The Stories We Could Tell
For nearly 30 years, from my aborted attempt to attend college back in the 1970s until I finally started researching and writing in the New Millennium, I always intended to “get around to” doing some real work toward finding answers to questions I had and writing about my results. There were always other things to do and plenty of easy reasons to put it off until later. I needed a motivator, a pep talk, and a reason to put other things aside and finally “get around to it.”
The purpose of my new presentation, Bringing Family History to Life: The Stories We Could Tell is to help those that want to get started researching their own families’ stories and writing about them. I imagine they need a pep talk as well, a way of thinking about the project that will make the difference between the “intention,” and the “doing.” The message of the program is “You CAN do this–and, if YOU do not, WHO WILL?”
In the presentation, we discuss how a collection of family images, documents, and heirlooms remain incomplete without the contextual information that can only be provided with a written explanation. We see how organizing our historic objects can be accomplished through simple handwritten methods or through the use of computers, scanners, and digital cameras.
To overcome the fears of writing, we show how getting started with brief biographical sketches can be easy. We cover simple methods for organizing short pieces that can stand alone or later be combined into a larger project. Copyrights and fair use of research materials is also discussed.
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