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Articles categorised Writing

Are your relatives not interested in learning about your shared ancestors? Discover four reasons to write your family history anyway.

Writing

4 Powerful Reasons to Write Your Family History Even If No One Else Cares

Let's talk ridiculous deadlines, mistakes/lessons learned and why you need to try my never fail process for writing a family history book.

Writing

Lessons learned from writing a family history book in 10 days

Unlock your creativity (and your ancestors stories) and use family history writing prompts to help craft the first draft of your story.

Writing

Are Family History Writing Prompts The Easy Way To Tell Stories?

Struggling to write your ancestral stories? Kick self-doubt and low confidence to the kerb with these strategies to improve as a family history writer.

Writing

5 Strategies You Need to Be A Confident Family History Writer

Struggling to craft your ancestral stories? Ditch the solo efforts, make it a group project and try writing your family history with others.

Writing

4 Benefits and Pitfalls of Writing Your Family History with Others

Do you have enough information to write your ancestors story or should you wait until you've made more discoveries? Follow the link to find out more.

Writing

When Is The Best Time To Write Your Ancestors Epic Life Story?

Are you struggling to write your family history? Try these three techniques to help non-writers start writing their ancestors’ stories.

Writing

The Non-Writers Writing Guide to Write Your Family History

Three things to start doing to make writing your family history easier. Click the link to find out more.

Storytelling Tips

3 things to start doing to make writing your family history easier

3 ways you'll benefit from writing your unique family history as you research

Beginners

3 ways you’ll benefit from writing your unique family history as you research

Fuzzy Ink Stationery Storytelling Tips | 3 tricks you need to get your next writing project started #familyhistory #storytelling #writing

Storytelling

3 tricks you need to get your next writing project started

Start a conversation with your descendants by using these easy strategies to collect and capture your memories. #familyhistory #yourstory #descendants #storytelling

Storytelling

6 easy ways to collect memories for storytelling

Find out what's working for your fellow family history enthusiasts with the Spotlight On series. #familyhistory #genealogytips #storytelling #descendants

Storytelling

How to reduce confusion for your descendants: spotlight on Alana R.

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    Hi, I'm Prudence

    Graphic designer, Tim Tam connoisseur and family history enthusiast.

    From the moment that Dad first mentioned his grandparents had eloped, I’ve wanted to know more. More about my ancestors, local history, and our family stories, So, since 1990 I’ve been digging into dusty records and fading memories to turn timelines and trees into shareable family histories.

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