Follow Friday – Writing Posts
Have you been writing your family history? Have you thought about the various ways to write it? Check out some of these writing posts and give it a try!
Get Writing, Know Your History
The Armchair Genealogist’s A 10 Step Plan For: Getting Sources & Citations Under Control
While you are on The Armchair Genealogist, download Lynn’s free ebook The Complete Guide to the Family History Interview
Writing Your Way to the Past’s Mashable Highlighted 2 Storytelling Apps This Week
Need a way to organize your writing? Check out Scrivener.
© 2013, Sort Your Story, Sonoma, CA
Are You Thinking About the Feelings?
I had a discussion recently with someone researching his family history. He was talking about a family member that died and the fact that the very next day, World War I was declared by the United States. He wondered what the family feltat that time. Their son had just died and now the world was turned upside down by war. This also meant their surviving son might be called up for duty and in fact, he was.
When you enter your facts, documents, and pictures into Sort Your Story, are you also telling the stories that go with those individuals? Are you considering the feelings behind certain events? These feelings are what help us to bring our ancestors to life.
Our ancestors are more than just names, dates, and places. They lived a full life and dealt with similar things as we do today. Consider how they felt and write that part of their story too.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
Happy 4th of July from Sort Your Story!
Today is the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States. How are you celebrating the day?
Did you have ancestors who fought for our independence during the Revolutionary War? Do you have other ancestors who served our country at any time since the Revolution? Are you honoring their memories today?
Sort Your Story has a military category where you can add military records, photographs, and stories about your military ancestors. Why not take a few minutes today and work on one of your military ancestor’s profiles. In just a few minutes you can add a lot of information about their life that will honor their commitment to our freedom.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
Motivation Monday – Remember Your Veterans on Memorial Day
Today is a day to remember and honor our veterans. Did you know Memorial Day began three years after the Civil War? You can read more about that on About.com’s Memorial Day – Origins and History.
Sort Your Story can help you remember and honor your veterans. Simply create a profile for a veteran in your family, or open one already created. Add a military folder if one has not been added. Drag and drop military records and photos and record the notes and sources attached to each.
Still have records to locate? Add another military folder and make some notes about the records you want to find. Create a research plan. Then when you locate the records and add them to the original military folder, you can delete that note from your research plan.
What stories do you know about your military ancestors? How are you honoring them today? Please share with us in the comments.
© 2012 Lorel Kapke, 19201 Sonoma Hwy. #341, Sonoma, CA 95476-5413
