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!
July 2025 Writing Tips
- Set up a daily or weekly schedule to write. Think of it as an appointment with your ancestors to learn and write about their lives.
- Use city and other directories to fill the timeline gaps between census records.
- Expand your search parameters to include Google, Bing, Edge, etc. You never know what you can find online.
- Don't overlook government records, such as NARA, the National Park Service Civil War website, etc.
- Check for free images online to include in your stories.