You Can Write Your Family History
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
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Explains what it takes to create a compelling, highly readable, and entirely true story, whether you decide to write a biography, family history narrative, or memoir. Elements include selecting the best type of family history to write, deciding on a theme, conducting effective research to flush out a narrative, putting subjects into the context of social history, and getting the words down on paper.Tags
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I checked out a bunch of family history books from the city library. Many of them I found interesting, but stopped reading them about 1/3 of the way into them. This one held my interest so much that I bought 8 copies and handed them out at a 2012 family reunion.
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Author Information
38+ Works 2,995 Members
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack is a Certified Genealogist, the executive editor of Family Tree Books, a contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, and the author of You Can Write Your Family History
Common Knowledge
- Dedication
- For Becky, Whose light was extinguished far too soon.
"There is something that draws people to the past,
A delicate thread of spirit and soul
that binds us with our past.
This is the essence of our ancestors
th... (show all)at does not die when they do.
It is a persistent part of their life's force
that waits quietly for someone to listen."
- Rebecca "Becky" (Simons) Shy
(1957-2002) - First words
- You know you should do it.
- Quotations
- A book is the only immortality. - Rufus Choate
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Remember, it's never too soon to start thinking about your next book project.
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 808.06692 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Composition Rhetoric and anthologies By Type Of Writing Writing non-fiction (by topic) Writing about history/writing biographies
- LCC
- CS16 .C3665 — Auxiliary Sciences of History Genealogy Genealogy
- BISAC
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- 333
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.95)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 1
