From Tree to Story: Turning Your Family Lineage into Family History

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From Tree to Story: Turning Your Family Lineage into Family History

Learn about the mindset of nonfiction narrative storytelling and the various format and media options.

What You Will Learn

Genealogists can’t help but tell stories. Sometimes it’s the story of the detective work they did to discover a particularly hard-to-find ancestor. Sometimes it’s about the ancestors themselves, and the glimpses into their lives that research revealed. But there are always stories. Telling a family story well means delving into new a new set of skills: the skills of the historian, the biographer, and the storyteller. In this session, Tattershall will draw on his experience as a journalist and author to talk about getting started and staying on track to transform your family tree into an engaging family history. We’ll talk about the elements of a good story, how to research with storytelling in mind, how to choose the right outlet and format, and the process of creating your final product.

Speaker

Doug Tattershall is a writer from Lexington, Kentucky, whose thirty-six years of writing experience includes news reporting, public relations, history, and biography. His more recent work as a genealogist includes professional work for clients as well as serving as genealogist for the Lafayette Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

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From Tree to Story: Turning Your Family Lineage into Family History

7 Apr, 20257:00pm EDT1 hour

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