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Tips for creating your own life story, family history or legacy project
Check our latest in a series of articles about tips and suggestions to help you start, continue or finish a personal history project.
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Writing a family history: Tips for getting started
Are you one of those people who has piles of documents, mounds of genealogy research, and boxes of photographs? Do you want to pull all that data together…
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Passing family treasures to the next generation: Bridging the divide
Over the past several years, there have been many articles written about how grown children aren’t interested in keeping the older generation’s stuff—the family heirlooms, the furniture that…
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Timing is everything: When is the best time to start preserving a loved one’s life history?
If there is someone in your life who you feel should have his or her story preserved, my recommendation is to start the process as soon as possible.…
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“Play ball!”: Baseball as part of family history
It’s opening day for Major League Baseball today. In my house, that’s synonymous with a major holiday, an occasion to celebrate. It also reminds me that, for many,…
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My passion for personal history started with my grandmother
Why do I love personal history? My experience with preserving my grandmother’s story led my to want to help others tell their own stories and preserve their family’s…
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