by kathykeyser ADMIN | 14 Jan 2025 | Family Research, Writing
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...
by Betty Darnell | 8 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
Inspiring Interest in Your Favorite Topic It is amazing the information we discover about our ancestors. Facts and tidbits that we are so anxious to share with others in our family. We have all watched someone’s disinterested eyes glaze over as we share information....
by Tricia P Aanderud | 7 Mar 2023 | Kentucky Surnames
Genealogy can be an intimidating journey, especially when faced with the daunting emptiness of a blank pedigree chart. But what if you had a roadmap to guide you? Starting your journey into family history research might seem overwhelming at first. You have a name, a...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn This talk will describe how you can organize and share the results of your genealogy work by preparing and printing photobooks by making use of PowerPoint. Speaker Ken Roenker retired in 2008 after teaching engineering for thirty years at the...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Every family member connects with their family history in a different way. You may be the genealogist but perhaps your other family members are not. Your brother might be the storyteller who gathers his nieces and nephews to tell them funny stories...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Story is at the heart of all we do. Tell your family stories by using on-line publishing companies and those digital family pictures stored in your computer. Create amazing projects that your family will love and you will be proud to share. Publish...
by Susan J Court | 17 Mar 2022 | Genealogy Tips
Attributed to Della M. Cummings Wright, my favorite description of a genealogist is this: “We are the storytellers of the tribe.” The responsibility to convert our genealogical research into a format to share with others covers a wide range of options. Formats can be...
by Susan J Court | 17 Mar 2022 | Genealogy Tips
As an amateur genealogist, I have captured my genealogy research into nine family history books. The process of changing your research into a written family history is what I call “chronicling”. Chronicling has two categories: using on-line/software tools...
