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For All Time: A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History
For All Time A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History Author:Charley Kempthorne
. . . (For All Time) adds an exciting new dimension to writing modern family history that seeks to place our ancestors in a larger framework of family, neighborhood, and history. — - Library Journal
Family history writing can take many forms--a short essay or narrative introduction to a collection of family letters, long cap... more »tions comprising a family photo history, a biography of parents and a narrative of their life together, an autobiography, or even a family newsletter. This sensible and accessible book is for those who want to do a little writing as well as for those who want to do a lot.Kempthorne shows how easy it is to write family history and how much fun it can be. He illustrates in detail how to:
write narratives and dialogue
use physical details in a scene to make it come alive
create suspense
use many other techniques frequently employed by historians and novelists.
By the end of the book, readers will not only gain a thorough understanding of how to write family history, but will have completed a number of sketches to entertain and enrich their families.« less