Writing Suggestions for February 2025
The WAGS Life Story Writing Group will meet on ZOOM on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th from 1-3 pm (PT) and on WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26th at the Whittier Uptown Senior Center. Please join us for friendly sharing and discussion.
Writers Group members will receive a reminder with the ZOOM link prior to the online meeting in February.
The February theme is: OUR IMPERFECT ANCESTORS
Write a paragraph or two about any of the following:
- Have you discovered an ancestor who owned slaves?
Did he emancipate any slaves before the Civil War?
What happened to your ancestor’s family after the war?
Did you research what happened to the enslaved individuals after the war?
Have you discovered an ancestor who committed bigamy or polygamy?
How did you discover the multiple marriages?
Did the wives know about each other or did your ancestor have a “secret” family?
Were there any legal consequences to your ancestor for his multiple marriages?
- Have you discovered an ancestor who deserted from military service?
Was he court-martialed, or was he subject to other disciplinary action?
How did the desertion affect his post-military life?
- Have you discovered an ancestor who was a felon?
What crime were they convicted of?
Did they spend time in jail?How did the incarceration affect your ancestor and their family?
- Have you discovered an ancestor who deserted his family?
Did you discover what happened to him after he left?
Did he start another family or is his fate unknown?
What happened to the first wife and her children?
- Have you discovered an ancestor who was a horse thief?
As always, if these prompts are not of interest to you, feel free to write about any topic that interests you. Whether you’ve written anything or not, feel free to join us for friendly sharing and discussion at any of our Writers Group meetings!