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A Life Story "Triage" Exercise

February 13, 2015 Alison Taylor
A life story "triage" exercise - how to tell the best ten stories of your life.

A life story "triage" exercise - how to tell the best ten stories of your life.

Here is a short exercise from today's presentation, "Story Triage: How to Tell the Best Ten Stories of Your Life." If you are at the Rootstech conference, you can hear this presentation at 2:30 p.m. in Room 150. If you aren't able to join us, here is a little exercise you might want to try. It may jump-start some memories, and give you some ideas about important stories you need to tell.

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Book highlight: His-and-Hers Histories

February 2, 2015 Alison Taylor
He said, she said: "His-and-hers" personal history books.

He said, she said: "His-and-hers" personal history books.

This week we wanted to show you a pair of personal histories by a husband and wife, Mack and Judy Lawrence. We've done a number of memoirs for couples over the years; some in separate books like this...

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February 28, 2024
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We are so excited to be back at RootsTech live this year! Come by and see the Pictures and Stories booth (#1609) and see some of the many new books we’ve helped our clients create. Alison is giving two in-person classes: The Seven Deadly Sins of Building a Digital Archive, and Making a Genealogy Story Book. Hope to see you there!

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