Each month, we offer our top five writing tips and tricks.
The writing tips are offered to help you jump--start or enhance your family history writing and hone your writing skills.
Choose one, two, or all five to incorporate into your writing this month.
We will offer new tips every month, so keep coming back for new ideas!
June 2025 Writing Tips
- Limit the scope of your story. One family group, one family line, or one individual? It is not realistic to write a single story to cover an entire genealogy.
- Determine how to organize your research. Group by generation, move forward or backward in time, or by subject matter.
- Work from a timeline. This will help keep you on track and not become confused by similar names, dates, or locations
- Determine whether you plan on including photographs, maps, or pedigree charts in your story: Visual presentations can increase interest in your writing and clarify how people are related to each other.
- If you plan on publishing or posting your stories, always cite your sources! These can be at the bottom of the page or in an index at the end.