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Family history

Putting your family history in context

Putting your family history in context

Although researching and writing your family history gives you the opportunity to explore and write about the lives of people you have a personal connection to, there will also be many experiences they shared with their contemporaries. By putting your

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Create a timeline to tell your family history stories

Create a timeline

If you are keen to start writing the stories behind your family history research but are still at the lists of names, dates and places stage, then a good way to get organised is to create a timeline. Timelines are not only

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Write a family history that people will want to read

Write a family history that people will want to read

Why is it that some family historians get so immersed in their family history research they think that everybody else will be equally fascinated by dry and dull lists of dates, names, places and sources? So what’s the answer? Write

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Family history research – discover your heritage

family history research

Although the study of genealogy (family history research) has been around for a long time, it’s popularity has increased significantly over the past few decades. This is not only because of the availability of information on the internet (notably the

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Start writing your family history while you are researching

start writing your family history while you are researching

Most family historians are compulsive researchers which is what makes them the authority on their family’s past but when do you stop researching and start writing. Some would say there is never a good time to stop researching, so why

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Writing your family history – some tips on how to get started

writing your family history

Most of the family historians I meet have spent years gathering a vast amount of information about their family history but typically they have not considered what they are going to do with it. But what use is any of

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