How many of you could use some further training to enhance your personal history skills? I know I can! Whether you’re starting out or well established, here’s a select list of sites that can help. I’ve combed the Internet to bring you some of the best…Read more.
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Encore! 30 Sites That Will Boost Your Personal History Performance.
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May 14, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Writing Blog
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Your Journal: a Treasure Chest of Memories
The Heart and Craft of Life Writing15 May 2012 | 9:39 amAmber Starfire is a valued colleague who shares my passion for life writing and photography. Her recently published book, Week by Week is a treasure trove of tips and prompts to supercharge your journaling. (Read my review here.) In this guest post Amber gives tips on how to get even more value from past entries as you work on lifestories and memoir. Journal writing is good for so many things: sorting out problems, recording life events, healing, self-reflection, and personal growth. Often, we process events and emotions in writing and then stack them on a shelf or in a box and forget about… -
Take a FREE online family history class!
Ancestry.com Blog15 May 2012 | 11:46 amJoin Ancestry.com for two FREE online classes this week beginning tonight at 8 p.m. ET as Crista Cowan walks you through her go-to tips for success in Ready, Set, Go – Family History How-To Everyone Should Know. Then join us again on Thursday, May 17 at 8pm ET as Juliana Szucs Smith presents Get More Clues from a Census Record. Both classes are absolutely free but registration before each event is required (bonus: when you register, you’ll get an email reminder about the presentation as well as an email informing you when the class is available for viewing online after the… -
A Photo a Day Keeps the Dullness Away!
personal-history « WordPress.com Tag Feed26 Apr 2012 | 6:21 amGive your casual pose…. take a shot of anything ordinary…then post them to your social network. So you think there’s nothing special about this? Wrong. Images have ways to cheer us up. Putting these images next to eternity (as photos) is also the simplest and the most vivid way of storing those memories. That’s the point we buy cameras even if photography isn’t our hobby. What’s more, you notice that forced cheerfulness you make when someone takes a picture of you? That liveliness you pose so you get to have a pleasant shot? Notice that it doesn’t…
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Encore! 30 Sites That Will Boost Your Personal History Performance.
16 May 2012 | 9:57 amHow many of you could use some further training to enhance your personal history skills? I know I can! Whether you’re starting out or well established, here’s a select list of sites that can help. I’ve combed the Internet to bring you some of the best…Read more. -
Monday’s Link Roundup.
14 May 2012 | 9:11 amIf you’re looking for some good summer reading, this Monday’s Link Roundup has several suggestions. Be sure to check out ‘When Women Were Birds’ by Terry Tempest Williams and 10 of the Best Memoirs About Mothers. If you’re a Mad Men fan, and who isn’t, you’ll want to read Mad Men and Wonder Years: history, nostalgia, and life in The Sixties. Carl Sagan on Books. “The love of books and the advocacy of reading are running themes around here, as is the love of Carl Sagan. Naturally, this excerpt from the 11th episode of his legendary 1980s Cosmos… -
Encore! Do You Make These 5 Common Audio Mistakes?
9 May 2012 | 10:01 amImagine yourself in this situation. You’ve just completed videotaping an hour-long interview. It was nicely lit and framed. And the interview itself was fantastic! Excitedly you rush back to your editing suite, put up your interview to screen, and then the shock. The picture looks great but the audio is terrible.There’s nothing you can do to fix it. The interview is ruined! I know that getting flawless sound all the time is nearly impossible. But you can improve the odds if you avoid making these 5 common audio mistakes…Read more. -
The Best of Monday’s Link Roundup.
7 May 2012 | 8:54 amOver the past year Monday’s Link Roundup has brought you 336 links to articles of particular interest to personal historians, genealogists, storytellers, and memoir writers. In case you missed some of these articles, here are 7 of the best. The art of bookplates – in pictures. “A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of miniature art. The British Museum’s new book showcases some of the many plates in their extensive… -
Encore! The Best Advice Ever for a Personal Historian.
2 May 2012 | 8:58 amIf I were able to go back to when I began as a personal historian, what’s the best advice I could give myself? Here’s what I’d say…Read more.
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May 14, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Writing Blog
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May 12, Remembering Your Mom Through Her Memories of Your Dad
12 May 2012 | 5:50 pmTomorrow is Mother's Day. There are so many people in our lives who can be special and important, but our moms - well, it is hard to describe, but for a lot of people it is the most nurturing relationship we can have. I came across a nice video tribute of a mother that had a different twist. -
May 10, The Heartbeat of Your Story
9 May 2012 | 7:23 pmI've written previously about getting to the heart of your story. It's important to know why you are telling your story. What's your motivation? Are you passing on information for your family? Do you have special values or an inspiring message to share? Is there a particular purpose for getting your story into writing? Figure out what the heartbeat of your story is. A great way to help you get started is to gather free information from personal history providers. -
May 4, Asking the Right Interview Questions
4 May 2012 | 5:10 pmPersonal history is indeed a process. As the information is uncovered that makes up your story you will be constantly reflecting on it. Who am I? Where am I from? What matters most? These are just a few of the probing and introspective questions every life story, memoir or personal journey must ask. The answers behind these questions are wonderful gems to be mined and to reveal to you (and others) the story of you. Beyond the W,W,W,W,H & W are the questions that have you pondering the experience on a deeper level. A good interviewer will know how to ask without pushing and, more importantly,… -
May 2, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Blog Archives, April, 2012
2 May 2012 | 6:57 amAn archive of previous My Life Story blog entries from April, 2012 regarding personal history, life story writing and more.
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The Heart and Craft of Life Writing
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Your Journal: a Treasure Chest of Memories
15 May 2012 | 9:39 amAmber Starfire is a valued colleague who shares my passion for life writing and photography. Her recently published book, Week by Week is a treasure trove of tips and prompts to supercharge your journaling. (Read my review here.) In this guest post Amber gives tips on how to get even more value from past entries as you work on lifestories and memoir. Journal writing is good for so many things: sorting out problems, recording life events, healing, self-reflection, and personal growth. Often, we process events and emotions in writing and then stack them on a shelf or in a box and forget about… -
Mother Memoir
10 May 2012 | 6:51 pmLynn Henriksen, aka The Story Woman, is a woman with a mission. As she explains in a blog post on Telltale Souls.com, since her mother’s death over a decade ago, she has been collecting “Mother Memoir” stories. She publishes collections of these stories, and teaches people how to write them. Although I have not yet read it, her newly released how-to book, TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir, is said to be a comprehensive guide to remembering and capturing the essence of your mother’s story – and probably your own in the process. Memoirs about mothers abound. Since nobody came… -
Snippets
2 May 2012 | 5:00 amThis guest post is reprinted by permission from Fresh Views, a monthly newsletter published by Sharon Eakes, an internationally acclaimed personal and executive coach and a treasured personal friend. Her focus this month on “snippets” is reminiscent of terms like watershed moments, turning points, or shimmering images used as story prompts and memoir organizers. You’ll be hearing more about snippets in an upcoming post or two based on epiphanies I experienced during a recent trip to Peru. Snippet: a small piece of something, a bit, a scrap, or fragment THOUGHTS I… -
Writers Recycle
26 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amWriters are recyclers par excellence. Especially for memoir and lifestory writers, the substance of words pouring onto the page consists of recycled memories, insights and understanding. Many of us also recycle various materials. When I’m floundering with a concept, I raid my paper recycling pile for an oversized envelope. Something about writing on garbage frees me to write garbage, and my mental clog usually flushes right through. I keep a pile of discarded documents near the printer and print drafts on the backs. I recycle or refill empty toner and ink cartridges. Recycling is The… -
Tech Tips for Clean Manuscripts
19 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amI’m a soft touch when a friend or relative asks for help getting a manuscript ready for uploading to a Print-On-Demand service like CreateSpace. More than half a dozen times these requests have ended me saying, “Just send me the file and I’ll fix it, but before you start another one, you have to promise to learn a few basic skills.” Then I spend hours cleaning up formatting garbage before applying the simple tweaks that convert it to a lean, clean, beautiful piece of work. For those who grew up in the typewriter age, it’s natural to position text with spaces, both horizontally…
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Ancestry.com Blog
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Take a FREE online family history class!
15 May 2012 | 11:46 amJoin Ancestry.com for two FREE online classes this week beginning tonight at 8 p.m. ET as Crista Cowan walks you through her go-to tips for success in Ready, Set, Go – Family History How-To Everyone Should Know. Then join us again on Thursday, May 17 at 8pm ET as Juliana Szucs Smith presents Get More Clues from a Census Record. Both classes are absolutely free but registration before each event is required (bonus: when you register, you’ll get an email reminder about the presentation as well as an email informing you when the class is available for viewing online after the… -
The Ripple Effect on Who Do You Think You Are?
12 May 2012 | 9:20 amWhen Jason Sudeikis set off to uncover the fate of his grandfather, whose story was a mystery to him, he probably didn’t expect to find three generations of fatherless sons, but that’s exactly what he discovered on Who Do You Think You Are? Included was an immigrant ancestor, Sudeikis’s great-great-great-grandfather, whose story unfolded with the help of passenger lists as family members came to America to start a new life. But tragically, his life was cut short by a mine explosion – an event that reverberated through the family tree for generations. Who Do You Think You Are? is… -
This Friday on Who Do You Think You Are?
10 May 2012 | 6:20 pmA greater appreciation of the past can help us forge a stronger connection with the present. And never has that been more true than in Jason Sudeikis’s story. When he searches for more information about his grandfather, Sudeikis learns how great an effect fate had on his family. And that his own father was the one who broke a chain of three generations of Sudeikis men who had abandoned their families. It’s powerful family history with a happy ending on tonight’s Who Do You Think You Are? 8/7c on NBC. -
Have You Attended A Genealogy Conference Lately?
10 May 2012 | 5:12 pmWe are nearing the end of the second day of a four day genealogy conference. That’s four days of classes from some of the best and the brightest educators in the genealogy community. Four days in an exhibit hall with dozens of genealogy companies, organizations and societies all talking about their latest and greatest content, products, and services. Four days meeting our members, talking to you, listening to your research challenges, and helping you break through your brick walls. Four days with hundreds and hundreds of people who “get it.” In the last two days I… -
The Hunt for Michelle Obama’s Roots
7 May 2012 | 2:00 pmWhen I started planning my book about Michelle Obama’s family tree, I envisioned myself traipsing to far-flung cities on the hunt for historical records. During two years of reporting and writing my book, American Tapestry, I did, in fact, crisscross the country, traveling to North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois and other states. In archives, libraries and local courthouses, I discovered the clues that would help me identify, for the first time, Mrs. Obama’s white ancestors, and help me flesh out the life stories of her black and mixed-race forebears. I poured over…
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A Photo a Day Keeps the Dullness Away!
26 Apr 2012 | 6:21 amGive your casual pose…. take a shot of anything ordinary…then post them to your social network. So you think there’s nothing special about this? Wrong. Images have ways to cheer us up. Putting these images next to eternity (as photos) is also the simplest and the most vivid way of storing those memories. That’s the point we buy cameras even if photography isn’t our hobby. What’s more, you notice that forced cheerfulness you make when someone takes a picture of you? That liveliness you pose so you get to have a pleasant shot? Notice that it doesn’t… -
Appellate Brief on the 120th Hour
26 Apr 2012 | 4:01 amJust gonna post this for the heck of it…I have never had a paper that took more time than this Appellate Brief has…School Speech Cases. I enjoyed the cases just not the new style of writing. I will probably get this back bleeding with a 25 out of 40 on it even though Ive spent over 100 hours on it…they say Legal Methods is a right of passage in Law School. I couldn’t agree more. I just ran it through the proofreader and “no writing errors were found.” Ha…we’ll see about that now won’t we? adios!!! :0 QUESTION PRESENTED Under what… -
In the Nineties
26 Apr 2012 | 3:26 amSubmitted by Mark Prest to the blog I had a studio there Mark Prest Glass from 1991 -1995, many a happy time hanging over the balcony gossiping with Mandy and Ross from Odlin and Webb, who were fashion designers. Poping into Robert Johnstones studio who made contemporary Jewellery out of gold leaf and resin or on the scrounge downstairs in Donna and Lisa’s then studio. How things and life have changed since then. One thing I don’t miss though is how cold the place is in winter! -
The Idaho Spud
26 Apr 2012 | 2:57 amThere is a nice website called Hometown Favorites, which markets grocery items from around the country: items that are generally only available locally. In Rhode Island, for example, we’re talking about Eclipse Coffee Syrup, and Kenyon’s Clam Cake Mix, and New England Frozen Lemonade (sorry, kids, I don’t like Del’s). And sometimes I long for the candy bars of my Pacific Northwest childhood, and Hometown Favorites has them. They have Mountain Bars. They have Rocky Road bars (my favorites: chocolate-covered marshmallow bars,… -
Encore! How to Write Your Life Story in Twenty Statements.
25 Apr 2012 | 9:46 amStill putting off writing your life story? Well here’s something you might want to try. Write down a list of twenty statements about yourself that would give someone in the future an idea of who you are… Read more.
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Not really exciting genealogy days - 6 to 8 May 2012
9 May 2012 | 12:49 amHmmm, where have I been? Away? No. Just busy doing non-genealogy things and getting ready for our vacation - we leave on Wednesday for Oslo. It is so easy to not journal!1) Sunday, 6 May:* Read, finished up the Best Of post, then we went to church. Then it was off to La Jolla to see my 89-year old neighbor, Kurt, perhaps for the last time. He is in a rehab/nursing care center. We headed back to Chula Vista, stopped for lunch, and got home in time to watch the Padres game. We lost, I forget the score.* Before dinner, Linda… -
My exciting genealogy days - 4 and 5 May 2012
6 May 2012 | 12:15 amFour more get-ups until we fly off to Oslo. Linda wants the suitcases on Sunday, and I'm busy getting my computer files on the laptop updated. 1) Friday, 4 May:* Read email and blogs, and wrote Follow-Up Friday - Reader Comments and Helpful Tips.* Went off at 10:30 a.m. to the clinic for my blood pressure test, and stopped by the pharmacy on the way home.* Back at work at 11:30 a.m., researched and wrote New Hint Notifications on Ancestry Member Trees.* Wrote three Surname Saturday posts, then worked in the database for awhile. Answered some… -
My ex citing genealogy day - 3 May 2012
4 May 2012 | 12:06 amSix more days to get ready for our vacation cruise...Linda hasn't even started packing yet! It was a stay-at-home day for me, and I got quite a bit done. To wit:* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - 1851 English Census Record for James Richman Family and then AncestryDNA Autosomal Test is $99 for Ancestry Subscribers. Wrote two more TCT posts for the vacation days.* Edited my FORUM article and sent it to the editor. Task completed! Finally.* Edited the Searching Ancestry.com presentation for the cruise - need to… -
My exciting genealogy day - 2 May 2012
2 May 2012 | 11:58 pmThis was not much of a genealogy research day...but a Genea-Man has to do what he's gotta do.* Read email and blogs, and wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 203: The Pink Oldsmobile, then watched the video and wrote AncestryDNA Video On YouTube.* Left at 10:15 a.m. for a meeting at the library, which only one other person showed up for. So I went to McDonalds for lunch, and back to the library for the CVGS Board meeting. It was followed by the meeting.* Home by 2:45 p.m. to read, and noted that Committing Genealogy Fun - Part 2 posted as… -
Three genealogy days - 29 April to 1 May 2012
2 May 2012 | 1:15 amI got busy in the evenings here so I didn't journal for two days. Bad boy! I'll try to catch up.1) Sunday, 29 April 2012:* Read email in a hurry, noted that Best of the Genea-Blogs - 22 to 28 April 2012 posted.* We left at 7:45 a.m. for Disneyland, and were in the park at 9:45 a.m. Tami and family got there about 11, and we celebrated Audrey's birthday at lunch with a big cupcake and big red cookie. We went on small world, Tarzan's Treehouse, Jungle Cruise, Buzz Lightyear, the Carousel, and Pinocchio. We left at 4 p.m. to go home.*…
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Film Describes Family's Flight From Khmer Rouge Cambodia - Voice of America
16 May 2012 | 12:21 pmFilm Describes Family's Flight From Khmer Rouge CambodiaVoice of AmericaKevin Johnson, director of the Freedom and Hope Film Festival, said the film acts as an oral history. “It is important to have oral history documented from a variety of people,” he said. “If we allow the story to be told as a collective history, -
T in the Life: Andre Perez - Windy City Times
16 May 2012 | 9:30 amWindy City TimesT in the Life: Andre PerezWindy City Times"I've spent several years now founding the Transgender Oral History Project, organizing trans and gender variant support social groups, and facilitating educational workshops about issues impacting the trans community. I see those project as creating -
Suspicious Red Spots: A Serious Oral Finding - Medscape
16 May 2012 | 9:16 amSuspicious Red Spots: A Serious Oral FindingMedscapeDuring the course of his evaluation and treatment, multiple red spots on his lips, tongue, and oral mucosa were observed. The spots bled spontaneously and with minimal contact. The patient had a history of frequent nosebleeds; he experienced multiple -
Medal of Honor recipient … - NeighborNewspapers.com
16 May 2012 | 7:48 amNeighborNewspapers.comMedal of Honor recipient …NeighborNewspapers.comJohns Creek has invited citizens who served in the military to create a service club and an oral history project in an increased effort to connect with and honor veterans. “Through your voices, that will challenge [younger citizens] to move to the next Veterans' Club Kicks Off in Johns CreekPatch.comall 3 news articles » -
Seeking the oral history of Otter Point - Sooke News Mirror
16 May 2012 | 7:02 amSeeking the oral history of Otter PointSooke News Mirror“We're looking to expand the history of Otter Point,” said Campbell. “There was a section on heritage but it was mostly about houses and we realized there is so much more.” Campbell said there is still a lot of oral history of the area that could be and more »
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NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
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StoryCorps 271: Rollin' with the Best
11 May 2012 | 7:58 pmThis episode of the podcast features three stories.First, Theresa McLaughlin speaks about raising her son, Dennis, who was born with spina bifida, leaving him unable to use his legs.Second, Kate Musick taught Harleé Patrick as a third grader at T.C. Walker Elementary school in Gloucester, Virginia. Harleé is now a teenager, and the two came to StoryCorps to talk about how she made it through third grade.And then, 19-year-old Jose Catalan, who is studying to become a math teacher, sat down with his former high school teacher Carlos Vizcarra to talk about how they became friends.To… -
StoryCorps 270: Vaqueros in the Sky
4 May 2012 | 7:05 pmIn this episode of the podcast, Ricardo Isais Zavala remembers his grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, in an interview with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate. -
StoryCorps 269: Chance to be Kind
27 Apr 2012 | 6:51 pmIn this episode of the podcast, Marco Ferreira talks to his wife, Wendy Tucker, about surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2008.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate. -
StoryCorps 268: I Now Pronounce You Best Friends
20 Apr 2012 | 6:35 pmIn this episode of the podcast, Lisa Combest and her ex-husband, James Hanson-Brown, talk about how their marriage ended.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate. -
StoryCorps 267: 20 Years Later: Remembering the LA Riots
13 Apr 2012 | 7:03 pmIn this episode of the podcast, Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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Brooklyn Historical Society Blog
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Brooklyn History Photo of the Week: Music Pavilion, ca.1880
16 May 2012 | 11:11 amMusic Pavilion, ca.1880, v1972.1.545; Photography Collection, ARC.201; Brooklyn Historical Society. This stereoscopic photograph shows a crowd watching a performance at an outdoor stage in Brighton Beach. The various resorts on Coney Island were home to many musical performances and other amusements. Anton Seidl conducted at this venue fourteen times per week. Unfortunately, this building was “seriously menaced” by a storm in 1896 and Seidl never conducted there again. But the next time you go to a concert in Prospect Park or on the Williamsburg waterfront, remember that you are part of a…
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New Memories Worth More Than Gold
10 May 2012 | 10:45 amWriting a life story is not just about writing about the things from the long past. It can be the storie you are creating today. Here are five tips to creating memories to last a life time. . . . → Read More: New Memories Worth More Than Gold -
No Excuses,Start Your Life Story Now
30 Apr 2012 | 1:26 pmRemembering: Life Story Triggers and Memory Essays” is pleasantly readable and plainly practical. The pleasures are frequent. Essays introduce a topic to explore, first through remembering and then through writing. . . . → Read More: No Excuses,Start Your Life Story Now -
Other Peoples Stories Can Bring Back Your Own Memories
25 Apr 2012 | 1:30 pmMemory essays can help bring back some of your own memories. Your experiences may be totally different but something magical happens, a door is opened and you can write about it for hours. . . . → Read More: Other Peoples Stories Can Bring Back Your Own Memories -
Who Owns Oral History?
24 Apr 2012 | 3:11 pmOral histories are one platform of personal history. There has been chatter for a long time of who owns the material-the person doing the interview or the interviewee. Creative Commons has come up with some answers. . . . → Read More: Who Owns Oral History? -
Baby Boomers’ Life Stories Need to Be Written Now
21 Apr 2012 | 2:18 pmChange seems to be the only constant in the lives for Baby Boomers.We have lived in interesting times and need to leave a legacy with our own rich stories. . . . → Read More: Baby Boomers’ Life Stories Need to Be Written Now
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Video Biography Central
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The Merry Month of May And a Mother's Memories of War
12 May 2012 | 2:26 pmThe month of May is mostly a happy month – we are well on our way to summer and we mark Mothers' Day.May is also a sad month – Memorial Day falls on the last Monday of May and it was on May 8 - all those years ago - that Europe and her Allies finally killed the Nazi dream of empire that was to last a thousand years. It lasted perhaps five - but took the lives of maybe 50 million people or more.Many more lives were merely “affected” by the events of the Second World War: Uprooted, cast aside, forever changed. Lives like "Marvelous Michelle" and her parents.France was one of the… -
Titanic: The Darkest of Anniversaries
14 Apr 2012 | 11:46 amTomorrow it will be 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic and the death of 1512 passengers in the dark, freezing waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. This grisly anniversary brings to mind a footnote in that great disaster - the story of Frances Taylor and her family. I got to know Frances' connection to the events of 1912 when we were asked to tell her story in a video biography. I learned that for this Orange County family the Titanic is a positive story, demonstrating the power of fate to reshape lives and herald new beginnings. Way back in 1912, Frances Taylor was a shy,… -
Shoot the Angry Birds: The 10 Best Family History iPad Apps
17 Mar 2012 | 5:43 pmDid you see on the news today the long lines of people waiting to buy the latest iPad? For a device whose first release was declared "dead on arrival" - too big to be a cell phone and too small to be a computer (and no room in the middle) - we have embraced this new gizmo like no other.In addition to its speed in executing commands, and its friskiness in racing around the web, the big attraction of the iPad is the millions of applications available on every manner of subject. Even family history. True.So, you're the family historian. You have only one question: What are the top ten,… -
Life (and Death) on Facebook
25 Feb 2012 | 6:45 pmWhen my husband's youngest brother died - nearly 20 years ago now - it was pretty tragic. His name was Gavin and he was 29 and he had 3 brothers. My own little boys had only just been born, and they would never really know their uncle: a kind, contemplative soul.We kept all the letters he wrote to us over the years (and had many of our own returned); we had a good lot of photos most of which my husband the photographer had taken; and we even souvenired some of his clothes - including a colorful shirt my husband still takes out of the closet from time to time.Gavin's LP record collection… -
How to Make the Best Tribute Videos
4 Feb 2012 | 2:45 pmWe are in the middle of the Hollywood awards season as I write this, and video tributes for lifetime achievements are being conceived, assembled and screened all across Tinseltown. We have never been busier ourselves here at “Your Story Here” putting together video tributes for retirements, birthdays and anniversaries. So, with the subject top of mind, I want to give you some ideas on how to make your tribute video Hollywood-worthy.Hollywood at HomePerhaps the most prestigious of all the Hollywood tribute awards – given for a lifetime of work in the entertainment field - is the Academy…
