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Family History Software: Incentivizing Your Family Members To Construct Legacies Through Writing – Part 2


Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Whenever I talk about family history software, I like to mention the fact that stories are one of the best familial and ancestral artifacts to be passed from one generation to the next. It is great when such programs can support such stories, whether it be family tree software or even in family tree diagram. [...]




A Great Way To Start A Family Record: Get Your Children Involved Without Them Knowing – Part 2


Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

An simple techniqe to encourage your little ones to participate in family history is to have them write for things they want. It doesn’t even require family tree software for them to do it. The easiest thing for young ones to write about is simply about what occurred to them that day or that week, [...]




Family History Software: Prodding Your Child To Build Legacies Through Stories – Part 9


Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

In this final segment of this series of blog posts on family tree software I am showcasing portions of an amateur novel crafted and written by my pre-teen son, who is an big reader. It would be great if family tree software could encourage such stories. Without further ado, here is part nine:
Colton had always [...]




Family History Software: Getting Your Family To Build Legacies Through Stories – Part 8


Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

To continue this series of blog posts on family tree software I am presenting segments of an amateur novel invented and written by my pre-teen son, who is an avid reader. I am trying to demonstrate the point that ancestry legacies do not have to wait for people to get old and pass on. No, [...]




Family History Software: Prodding Your Family To Construct Legacies Through Writing – Part 7


Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

In this series of blog posts on family history software I am and written by my pre-teen son, who is a voracious reader. I am trying to illustrate the point that ancestry legacies do not have to wait for people to get old and pass on. No, you can get your children writing stories [...]






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