You Are A Classic - Biographies

29/03/2025

Look into the past for answers to the present.

22/02/2025

This excerpt from J.L. Carr's "A Month in the Country" also applies when writing your memoir:

"One uses whatever happens to be lying around in memory ... writing about the past, a story is colored by what presently is happening to its writer."

10/02/2025

“No one will ever know
that we lived,
that we touched the streets with our feet
that we danced joyfully,
No one will ever know
that we gazed at the sea
from the train windows,
that we breathed
the air that settles
on the café chairs,
No one will ever know
that we stood
on the terrace of life
until the others arrived.”

–Nino Pedretti, "Nobody Will Know"

16/01/2025

In case you missed it, the National Archives need volunteer "translators" for old documents written in cursive.

The stories of over 80,000 men and women who lived through the American Revolution are waiting to be told. Will you help us tell them? Help transcribe military pension files from the Revolutionary War! In celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the National Archives and the Na...

28/12/2024

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14/12/2024

Your descendants will ask you, "What was it like when that happened?" We're in the midst of it now; lots to say. But in the future, with just a few sentences?

03/10/2024

And, a reminder to write names on the back of those old photographs. 😉

18/09/2024

23/08/2024

Creative

05/08/2024

Ask your parents about their parents. You'll gain insight into why you were raised a certain way, and patterns (positive or negative) you are continuing. Family history can promote self-healing.

08/07/2024

If you remember this, you are a classic.

11/06/2024

Everyone is interesting. Yes, even you.

14/05/2024

Singer-songwriter? Consider composing a piece with lyrics of your family history. It could accompany a slide show of ancestral photographs.

02/05/2024

Obituaries are simply mini-biographies.

05/04/2024

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11/03/2024

How can I help you?

Preserving Personal Histories