General History Resources
Diaries and Letters
Migration Patterns & Trails
Timelines & Chronologies
Wars & the Military
Helpful Tools on the Internet
Annotated bibliography of
genealogy how-to books
Clothing
Entertainment
Family & Home Life
Food
Housing
Work/Occupations
Annotated bibliography of
social history books.
Writing Resources on the Web
GenGuide: Get
Ready to Write: compiling your family history
GenGuide: Review
Your Work: now is the time to edit
Annotated bibliography of
family history writing guides
A Touch of Social History: what
social history can do for your family history
The WPA: then and now
Local & County Histories:
every town has a story
Newspaper Research: how to find them,
how to use them
City Directories: who lived where
and when?
House Histories: researching
the genealogy of your house
Using Maps in Your Genealogy Journey
Obituaries: treasure troves of information
Genwriting Blog
Genealogy
for Children
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Genwriters is your online source to add life to your family history.
Genwriters points you to resources, both online and in print, that
will add variety and substance to your research. Whether you are
writing your family's history, contemplating whether you should
begin writing, or you just want to expand your research horizons,
there's something here at Genwriters to help you on your journey.
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| Visit the blog Genwriting
- Writing a Family History One Story at a Time for inspiration,
support, resources, and ideas to help you write your family history. |
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| Visit the newly updated Diaries
and Letters page to find out how to use these resources to enhance
your family history. |
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Social history is the study of the lives of ordinary people. Where
history focuses on the who, what, when, and where, social history
looks at why and how. It looks at why things happen and how events
affect people. Social history is the study of society and cultures.
Social history looks at how events affect people collectively.
Placing your ancestors within the context of their social and historic
surroundings will help you to get to know them better. It would
be a mistake to think of your great-grandfather against the backdrop
of 21st century New York. He didn't have television, telephones,
cars, or even indoor plumbing. His own world was unique and interesting.
Spend some time researching the location and era your ancestors
live in and you will be able to think of them in terms of what their
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Every family has them. Some are sad; some are funny. Some are poignant,
some you might rather forget. Stories. You probably heard them from
your mother. Stories about when she was young. Stories about her
life. You laugh with her when she shares a funny story, and watch
that tear in her eye when she remembers a sad one. These stories
made her the person she is today.
How wonderful to be able to share these stories with
your children, and for your children to share the stories with their
children. Your mother's grandchildren would be able to catch a real
glimpse of their grandmother from these wonderful stories passed
down through the generations.
Write your family's stories down ... pass them along.
Your family's history is your history. Don't let it be lost or forgotten. |
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| Genwriters author Phyllis Matthews Ziller received first place in
"Category 3, Original Research Story" in the 2009 International
Society of Family History Writers and Editors Excellence-in-Writing
Competition with her story "Finding Facts to Support a Family
Tradition." The award was announced at the NGS
Family History Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
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| Thank you to the Genealogy Guys for selecting Genwriters as the
website of the week on their 12 September 2007 podcast. Visit George
and Drew online at www.GenealogyGuys.com
to listen to their weekly podcasts. |
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| Genwriters is proud to have been featured in the April 2006 issue
of Family
Chronicle magazine in the Websites Worth Surfing column.
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