Category Archives: Writing Your Way to the Past

The Family History Writing Challenge ran through the month of February and sadly ended yesterday.  I pledged to write 300 words (or more) each day during February.  And although my goal of writing vignettes shifted a little, I did manage to write at least 300 […]

It’s time for the annual Excellence in Writing Competition sponsored by the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.  Both ISFHWE members and non-members are eligible to participate.  There are five categories for the competition, and you can enter in more than one category.  […]

During the month of February, The Armchair Genealogist encourages genealogists and family historians to participate in The Family History Writing Challenge.

When you go the traditional route in publishing a book, editing is one of the services performed by the publisher during the production phase of the book.  However, more often than not, when you publish a book yourself, editing is a service that you have […]

There’s always reminiscing at Christmas time, especially during family gatherings.  Why not start a more “formal” tradition and collect these stories to preserve your family’s history.

Putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) is a daunting task for some people.  But taking the time to turn your genealogy research into something more than facts in a database can be very rewarding and beneficial to your research endeavor.

Family Tree University is offering a free webinar entitled Start Writing Your Life Stories, “where Sunny Jane Morton, author of My Life & Times: A Guided Journal For Collecting Your Stories, shares tips and ideas for capturing the stories of a lifetime—whether they’re your own […]

It’s time to stop whining and start writing!  Head over to Sharon DeBartolo Carmack’s article Write You Family History:  Get Motivated to see the top five excuses we use to put off writing our family stories and advice on how to defeat those excuses.