Download or read book The Everything Family Tree Book written by Kimberly Powell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated for today's search tactics and blockades, The Everything Family Tree Book has even more insight for the stumped! Whether you're searching in a grandparent's attic or through the most cryptic archiving systems, this book has brand-new chapters on what readers have been asking for: Genetics, DNA, and medical information Surname origins and naming Appendix on major genealogical repositories, libraries, and archives Systems for filing and organizing The latest computer software Land, probate, and estate records Chock-full of tips the competitors don't have, this is the one-stop resource for successful sleuthing!
Download or read book Preserving Your Family Photographs written by Maureen Alice Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to preserve your precious family photographs so that friends and loved ones can enjoy them for years to come. Taylor outlines straightforward steps that add value to your home collection, using methods that conservators and photo curators use every day.
Download or read book Organizing Preserving Your Heirloom Documents written by Katherine Scott Sturdevant and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how to safely collect, preserve, and even publish some of their most treasured written heirlooms.
Download or read book Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History written by Katherine Scott Sturdevant and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Recording Your Family History written by William P. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to conduct an audio or video interview with an elderly relative or friend, offers advice on recording equipment, and suggests questions
Download or read book Digitizing Your Family History written by Rhonda Mcclure and published by Family Tree Books. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your interest may be in the past, but permanently preserving your family's history relies on today's technology. If you have limited knowledge of computer equipment or feel uncomfortable using it, Digitizing Your Family History will teach you easy methods for choosing and using scanners, copiers, digital cameras, and software to keep and share your work with others.
Download or read book Creating Family Archives written by Margot Note and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Not just a gift. It's history in the making. Family history is important. Photos, videos, aged documents, and cherished papers--these are the memories that you want to save. And they need a better home than a cardboard box. Creating Family Archives is a book written by an archivist for you, your family, and friends, taking you step-by-step through the process of arranging and preserving your own family archives. It's the first book of its kind offered to the public by the Society of American Archivists. Gathering up the boxes of photos and years of video is a big job. But this fascinating and instructional book will make it easier and, in the end, much better"--
Download or read book Preserving Family Recipes written by Valerie J. Frey and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heirloom dishes and family food traditions are rich sources of nostalgia and provide vivid ways to learn about our families’ past, yet they can be problematic. Many family recipes and food traditions are never documented in written or photographic form, existing only as unwritten know-how and lore that vanishes when a cook dies. Even when recipes are written down, they often fail to give the tricks and tips that would allow another cook to accurately replicate the dish. Unfortunately, recipes are also often damaged as we plunk Grandma’s handwritten cards on the countertop next to a steaming pot or a spattering mixer, shortening their lives. This book is a guide for gathering, adjusting, supplementing, and safely preserving family recipes and for interviewing relatives, collecting oral histories, and conducting kitchen visits to document family food traditions from the everyday to special occasions. It blends commonsense tips with sound archival principles, helping you achieve effective results while avoiding unnecessary pitfalls. Chapters are also dedicated to unfamiliar regional or ethnic cooking challenges, as well as to working with recipes that are “orphans,” surrogates, or terribly outdated. Whether you simply want to save a few accurate recipes, help yesterday’s foodways evolve so they are relevant for today’s table, or create an extensive family cookbook, this guidebook will help you to savor your memories.
Download or read book The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide written by Joy Neighbors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all research can be done from home--sometimes you have to head into the field. Cemeteries are crucial for any genealogist's search, and this book will show you how to search for and analyze your ancestors' graves. Discover tools for locating tombstones, tips for traipsing through cemeteries, an at-a-glance guide to frequently used gravestone icons, and practical strategies for on-the-ground research. And once you've returned home, learn how to incorporate gravestone information into your research, as well as how to upload grave locations to BillionGraves and record your findings in memorial pages on Find A Grave. • Detailed step-by-step guides to finding ancestors' cemeteries using websites like Find A Grave, plus how to record and preserve death and burial information • Tips and strategies for navigating cemeteries and finding individual tombstones in the field, plus an at-a-glance guide to tombstone symbols and iconography • Resources and techniques for discovering other death records and incorporating information from cemeteries into genealogical research
Download or read book How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History written by Annette Gendler and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a box of mementos you'd love to turn into a book? Discover where to start and how to choose a format to bring your ancestry to life. Have you inherited the responsibility of preserving your family history? Do you wish you could transform your old photos and artifacts into entertaining tales? Want to record all those great remember-when's but worry your writing will bore your relatives to tears? Author and writing instructor Annette Gendler has helped countless eager writers over her many years of teaching at StoryStudio Chicago. Now she'll show you how you can turn your treasured family saga into a captivating narrative you'll be proud to share. How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History is a concise guide for converting your heirlooms and oral anecdotes into engaging prose. Following Annette Gendler's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to decide which memories are best suited to chronicle your loved ones' unique journeys through life, and what makes them an absorbing read. Supported with personal examples and writing prompts at the end of each chapter, you'll quickly be giving voice to your ancestors' adventures. You'll discover: - How to prioritize all those photos, letters, diaries, and official documents- Sample passages and an extensive reading list to inspire your creativity - Ways to craft stories that won't put your readers to sleep - Tips for dealing with negativity, missing materials, or too much information - Methods for conducting research to ensure accuracy, and much, much more! How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History is a must-have resource for anyone interested in preserving their lineage. If you like actionable advice, no-frills-added instructions, and guidance from a memoir specialist, then you'll love Annette Gendler's easy approach.
Download or read book 31 Days to Better Genealogy written by Amy Johnson Crow and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crow believes that family history is an exploration not only of the past, but also of ourselves. She shares her favorite tips, tricks, and resources for discovering your family history-- and having fun while you do it!
Download or read book My Family History Journal A Workbook For Preserving My Family Legacy written by Zgeneal Memories and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preserve The Legacy Of Your Family To Pass On To Your Future Generations! Record and organize your family history in a simple way! This journal helps you keep track of special family memories, including traditions, heirloom stories and histories. It includes 5 generation family tree charts for you to log down your genealogy research. There are space to put your passed down recipes as well. This workbook makes the process of leaving your family history to your future generations very simple. Simply follow the prompts and chapters in the book to keep your family history organized. This workbook journal features: Family Tree Charts - Up to 5 Generations. Family Information & Stories - Begin recording information and interesting stories about your parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Family Photographs - Preserve your family photographs / prints in this section. Learn all the precious stories behind those photographs so that you can pass them on to your future generations. Memories & Traditions - List down your family traditions and memories and write where they come from and how your family shares them. Family Recipes - Food can bring back strong memories of special bonds with family. Record down all the family recipes to prevent them from being lost. Family Heirlooms - Record down all the family heirlooms known and the location of the heirlooms. Understand what goes behind them and note them all down to pass them onwards. Family Newsworthy / Noteworthy Moments - Record down all the family newsworthy moments to share your happiness with your future generations. Family Origin Places - Write down the memories of your family's journey from the origins to the places that they eventually settled. Important dates - Never forget an important date of your family member again, being it a birthday, an anniversary or other special days. Get Your My Family History Journal - A Workbook For Preserving My Family Legacy now!
Download or read book A Recipe for Writing Family History written by Devon Noel Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Recipe for Writing Family History takes the fuss out of writing stories of your ancestors - the ones you've met and those you have not. This writing recipe will flood your mind with family stories and give you the confidence to put their lives in a readable form. You will move past writer's block and fill pages with facts and details you never thought possible. A Recipe for Writing Family History is the best way to start writing today. Your ancestors will be "Gone, But Not Forgotten."
Download or read book How to Record Your Family History written by Ronald D. Ross and published by Beacon Light Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2014 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about how to preserve the history of people alive today. It is not designed to help you create a genealogical chart-there are other excellent resources for that. This book is for the person who wants to gather family stories as told by family members who are still living. This book will help you capture on audio or video the actual voices, faces and places of your living relatives. It will help you keep alive the timber of their voice, the smile of their face, the tilt of their head, their gestures, their mode of dress and other things relating to their real life stories, all as told by those who know them best. There is an urgency that accompanies this book: The stories of your relatives who are alive today will be around only as long as they are alive. Before you invest one dollar or one hour in genealogical research, first gather the stories of your living, but aging, relatives. Don't worry about genealogical information now, because the amount of genealogical data will grow exponentially over the ensuing decades. The more that information is digitized, the easier it will be to assemble it. In short, genealogical research can wait. Creating live recordings of the precious memories of living people cannot.
Download or read book Your Family History written by Allan J. Lichtman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1978 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated by Roberta Whiddon Childs.
Download or read book The Unofficial Family Archivist written by Melissa Mannon and published by Archivesinfo Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within every home is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, many irreplaceable documents that help tell individual stories, and the stories of our communities, are deteriorating among our personal belongings." With that warning in mind, this book focuses on the care of personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia found in the typical home. Written for individuals who hope to protect family history, this book provides everything an unofficial archivist needs to ensure materials that connect us with our past are available for future generations. Its goal is to help you create and maintain a valuable family and community resource of recorded information about your world from the unique point of view of you and your loved ones. The Unofficial Family Archivist is organized into eight sections that discuss preservation; creating and identifying materials that represent you; how to properly organize, preserve, and describe these items; how to prepare them to pass on to future generations. This book provides information to guide you so you may enjoy your materials, easily access them, feel comfortable that they will last for a long time and be treasured by your descendants
Download or read book Reimagine Family History written by Devon Noel Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "What To" guide for genealogy that changes the way you think about family history. Reimagine Family History covers where to discover the stories of your family history. Learn how to evaluate your reasons why you're climbing your family tree. Set goals and tasks to accomplish your purpose. In the end, you'll climb further, faster and have more fun when you know the right place to start with family history.
