This is very appropriate because of the Holiday Season. You may want to share it with your family and friends (who know what it means to wear an apron) who you may be seeing this Thanksgiving or Christmas.
This stirred up a lot of memories for me, and I bet they will for you, too.
If so, why? What are the reasons? Here a just a few…
Why haven't you done it yet?
Here is a solution that I'm personally excited about:
Imagine…
If you want to finally write your life story - or even better - have it in print AND in audio, then this is the coolest Tool / Service you will see.
I just found out about it, use it, love it, and also use it for many other things.
For example, I use this tool to save lots of time with upcoming articles and lessons, letters and email, personal journal entries, notes to myself when I'm anywhere.
Then, I get everything I say sent back to me in text by email - and can get the audio files as well.
NOTE: You do not need the "Cheat Sheet" I show in this video any more - and they have changed the discount to $20 less, versus $30 less.
Here is the special discount link for the CopyTalk Mobile Scribe tool that I talk about in the video. You don't have to call my person or anything - just go straight to this link to use this wonderful tool/service:
Here they are, short and sweet. Three do-able tips to write your life story:
ONE: If you want to take the stress away from writing your life story, for heaven's sake, DON'T think of it as writing your "autobiography." When you think of an autobiography, you may picture thick volumes on library shelves. Scary! However,you can write by hand, type on computer, or record on a tape recorder, your "life story" in small chunks.
TWO: Doing it a little at a time is the key, and you do NOT have to do it in sequential order.
How Your Past Can Affect the Health of Your Future (and maybe help save family member’s life!)
Note: Most of this article is due to Judith L. Weinberger and Linda Clark’s willingness to share their experience with the Treasure Map’s on-line family.
Judith wrote: “This letter is to relate a recent experience that at first glance has NOTHING to do with genealogy, but at second glance has EVERYTHING to do with family history…“
Last year I had a heart attack (yes, thank you, I am doing very well now). No one expected I would ever have this type of medical problem. Every doctor I spoke with (and there were a lot) asked if heart problems ran in the family. I knew they did, but was unsure of the extent.
During my recovery at home, I pulled out all death certificates, obituaries, and family oral history in my files and created a chart.
"The Natural Approach to Oral History Interviews and the Two Critical Questions You Must ALWAYS Ask" by Robert Ragan (Part 2) Continued from Part 1
"Writing Prompts" and "Memory Prompts"
One Mother's Day, I gave my Mom a blank journal. She surprised me by saying that she had been thinking about starting a journal. I also gave her a book (that has questions and plenty of room to write) called "The Book of Myself - A Do-it-Yourself Autobiography in 201 Questions" by Carl and David Marshall.
Here are a few of the writing prompts from the book:
-This is what we usually did at Thanksgiving.
-I want you to know this about my grandmother(s).
-I want you to know this about my grandfather(s).
-One book that had a very strong impact on me was.
-I am proud of my sibling(s) for this reason.
Here is one of my favorites:
-My predictions for each of my grandchildren are these…
"The Natural Approach to Oral History Interviews and the Two Critical Questions You Must ALWAYS Ask" by Robert Ragan (Part 1)
Back in November 1997, I spent a very special day with my Dad on his pontoon boat. We've spent lots of hours with family riding up and down the St. Johns River in Northeast Florida on that boat (see "Papa’s Boat Day Get-a-Way" page).
That day with fresh batteries and a tape recorder, I sat down to record the story of his life–his oral history. It rained a little bit, we were bumping around the boat, and there were boats passing by making noise, but it didn't matter. It added to the charm of that tape.
Answering those questions and sharing all that information is taxing, so after an hour and a half we started to wind down. But before we stopped, I made SURE that I asked the two most important questions that you should ask when you sit down to do an oral history interview with anyone.
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