6 Tips for Writing Your Family History Premium
Telling your ancestor's story helps ensure your research gets passed on. Put it all together with these tips for writing your family history!
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Start Spreading the News: Write a Family Newsletter Premium
Reconnect with your family and friends by sending an informative, engaging family newsletter – these tips will show you how.
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Creating a Genealogy Timeline to Organize Your Ancestor’s Life
Timelines reveal a lot about your ancestors' lives. Learn how to create genealogy timelines for your family history and using them in your research.
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6 Genealogy Questions to Ask Your Relatives Before It’s Too Late Premium
Life is shorter than we like to think, so our time to interview relatives is limited—especially with our elder family members. Be sure to ask your loved ones these important genealogy questions.
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How to Stir Your Own Memories for Genealogy Clues
Documenting your own memories can be a great tool for furthering your family history research. Author Sunny Morton shares three tips to help you recall your past.
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How Genealogists are Helping Coroners Track Down Family Premium
When someone dies alone, county coroners must track down next of kin to notify—and they’re increasingly asking genealogists for help. See how three determined researchers cracked a tough family-finding case.
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How to Trace African-American Ancestry Through Oral History Premium
Oral history plays an important part in African-American genealogy research. Learn how to use the stories passed down to uncover records and find your family history.
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Beginner Tips: Where to Look for Great Ancestor Stories
Just getting started in your quest to discover your family history? Check out our tips for finding great stories in your ancestry!
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10 Top Tech Tools for Sharing Family History Premium
You’ve started discovering your family history—now it’s time to share it. These 10 top tech tools will help you tell your family story in engaging ways.
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4 Ways to Put the “Story” in Your Family History Premium
You don't have to be a writer to tell a story well. Put the "story" in your family history with these four tips.
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10 Family History Conversation Starters for the Holidays (or Whenever) Premium
Ready to learn more about your ancestors? These appetizing conversation starters will get the juicy family history talk flowing at your next get-together.
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Family Tree 30-Day Family History Writing Challenge
Join us this November for our 30-Day Writing Challenge. We'll share a daily writing prompt on this page and on our Facebook page. Let's get writing!
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