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Suggestions for Prompting the Memory for Storytelling and Memoirs
Personal Narrative Collection suggestions is a fabulous list of prompts for inspiring recollections of your past. This is an excellent tool for those writing their memoirs or autobiographies, to help children tell stories of their life, and for anyone writing … Continue reading
Researching the Bureau of Land Management Land Office Records
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a site for researching US federal land records called the The Official Federal Land Records Site. On the Federal Land Records site, you can search for image access on more than 2 million … Continue reading
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Finding the Reward in Copying Other People’s Work Across Time
As mentioned recently, I’ve been working on transcribing the journal, written pages, and notes found in the many papers of the Knapp side of my family, and I’ve run into some problems finding credits for the work they have written, … Continue reading
Scrapbooking: Writing the Story Behind the Photographs
In the Scrapbooking section of LifeWriter’s Digest is “Save the Story Behind the Photos: Six Strategies”, a worthwhile read if you are into scrapbooking or photo albums, and especially if you are recording your family’s stories. Our family stories are … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal: Writing Your Memoir
In an interesting article in the June 26, 2006 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey Zaslow, son of Harry and Naomi Zaslow, writes about the tug of war with two parents who spent many years writing about their personal … Continue reading
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Ancestor Research: The History and Timeline of Food in the United States
Food Timeline – Traditional State Foods and Recipes is a fascinating web page on the history and timeline of regional and cultural foods, cookbooks, and recipes within the United States. Understanding a family’s culinary history is not much different from … Continue reading
Wisconsin History Timelines: Learning from the Past About My Ancestor’s Lives
I’m currently researching Wisconsin-based family members, trying to understand why they came to Wisconsin, what impacted their lives while living there, and what motivated them to move away, or stay, in Wisconsin. To help me understand my ancestors lives, lifestyles, … Continue reading
Tips and Advice on Researching Church Records
The Wisconsin Historical Society has an excellent article on researching church records as part of your genealogy research. The article offers excellent tips and search strategies to help you locate which church your family members were affiliated with, and then … Continue reading
TMG Tips: Using the Timeline to Help Census Research
Researching the US Census records on my ancestors is a time consuming and often frustrating process. Not all the information is correct in the census, and not all of the information has been transcribed and is easily found in databases. … Continue reading
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Microsoft Windows Live Local Mapping System for Genealogy Sites
A tip from GenTips-L Archives on “Use Microsoft’s New Free Mapping System for Family History” led me to Expert Genealogy’s example of using Windows Local Live mapping system. Microsoft has a new free mapping system at http://local.live.com. This is a … Continue reading
