How To Get Started On a Family History Book
If you’ve started researching your family’s history with the idea of turning your findings into a book, it may have dawned on you that this will be a large undertaking. Don’t be intimidated! Remember what first sparked your interest. Maybe it was that newspaper article about the birth of your great-grandmother, your aunt’s diary, your uncle’s old school yearbo...
November 28, 2023 READ MORE
Using Photographs to Add Meaning to Your Family History Book
So, you’ve written your narrative. Your story is on paper, and all you have to do now is add the finishing touches. But something is missing. You have the opportunity to really show readers your life. What better way to accent your family history book than with pictures? Adding photos and other memorabilia to your book lends more insight into what exactly has made yo...
May 12, 2023 READ MORE
Working With Family Members on Your Family History Book
When it comes to writing a family history book, there are few projects that can be as rewarding, and as complicated, as collaborating with your family members. Writing a family history book is completely different to, let’s say, writing business books, corporate histories, or perhaps a nonfiction book. Not everyone knows how to write a family history book, but there a...
May 2, 2023 READ MORE
11 Gifts You Haven’t Thought of Yet, for the Husband or Wife Who Has Everything
Let me guess… your wife is one of those people who, when asked what they want for the holidays, responds with something along the lines of “I don’t need anything.” Or maybe your husband has all of the gadgets and gizmos that he needs, and can’t seem to come up with a single item to put on his wish list. It’s not that your spouse is intentionally trying to b...
December 2, 2022 READ MORE
Unbelievably Strange Historical Facts
As writers, we are inherently curious beings. And given that our portfolio includes various family history and genealogy projects, it’s only natural that we’d find history to be especially fascinating and compelling. In one of our recent ventures down the rabbit hole of interesting historical facts, we came across this article from Ranker.com, with historical storie...
October 11, 2022 READ MORE