Bringing Your Ancestors to Life
Title | Bringing Your Ancestors to Life PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Charpentier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 2010-11-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780983238225 |
Bringing Your Ancestors to Life, taken from notes used to successfully to teach hundreds of genealogists, focuses on how to define and organize your project, where to start, how to obtain background information and the best way to use proven writing techniques to create an interesting family history.This booklet also includes exercises after many sections to practice each skill presented. If you follow all the suggestions and do all the exercises, when you get to the end, you will have a detailed layout of the story you wish to write.
Bringing Your Ancestors to Life
Title | Bringing Your Ancestors to Life PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Holik |
Publisher | |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9781897220146 |
Create interesting family history stories! Go beyond the names and dates. Flesh out the bones in your genealogy to make your family history come alive.
Tracking Down Your Ancestors
Title | Tracking Down Your Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Alder |
Publisher | How To Books Ltd |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Genealogy |
ISBN | 9781857038286 |
Researching your family history can be an absorbing hobby, or a one-off project that your whole family will value and build on. This book is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the main free or low cost resources available to help you in your quest. CONTENTS: Getting started - online family searching - harnessing internet sources - tearless transcribing - organised support - vital public records - interpreting old records - getting to know your ancestors About the author Dr Harry Alder is a prolific writer and long-time researcher. Here he passes on his passion for genealogy, his first-hand experience, lots of practical tips and key websites to support your research.
Above Us, The Stars
Title | Above Us, The Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Gulliford Lowes |
Publisher | Matador |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2020-09-28 |
Genre | Flight radio operators |
ISBN | 9781838595555 |
This book tells the story of Flight Sergeant Jack Clyde, a 19-year-old wireless operator serving with 10 Squadron between 1943 and 1944, and his crew.
Authentic Ancestors
Title | Authentic Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Palermo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2015-04-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781503369795 |
In Workbook No. 2 of her series, Write Your Family History, author, and genealogy professional Lynn Palermo offers 100 pages of tips, tools and worksheets to help turn your ancestors into compelling characters. Authentic Ancestors digs deep to help you learn about your ancestors on a more intimate level. You'll gain knowledge and confidence to write about your ancestors using the writing tool of characterization. You'll learn to: Identify your protagonist, antagonist and the cast of characters for your family history story. Identify the goals, motivations and stakes that will drive your ancestor's story. Uncover the physical, psychological and sociological aspects of your ancestors. Develop and intimate and personal knowledge of your ancestors using the Authentic Ancestor Profile. Learn to craft multi-dimensional characters that come to life on the page."
Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History
Title | Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Scott Sturdevant |
Publisher | North Light Books |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN |
Katherine Scott Sturdevant shows you how to use social history -- the study of "ordinary people's everyday lives" -- to add depth, detail, and drama to your family's saga. Book jacket.
Honoring Our Ancestors
Title | Honoring Our Ancestors PDF eBook |
Author | Harriet Rohmer |
Publisher | Children's Book Press |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9780892391585 |
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.