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How to Bring Family History Alive in Bite-Sized Projects for Sharing Genealogy Discoveries

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Darien Library and Middlesex Genealogical Society welcome Marian B. Wood to discuss fresh ideas for documenting family history stories in engaging, practical, bite-sized projects that can be shared with relatives and posted on genealogy websites for the sake of future generations. 

Like a sprint rather than a marathon, each project takes a short time and gives you flexibility to be creative in spotlighting a specific aspect of family history to share with relatives now.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn why and how to narrow your focus to one ancestor, family, occasion, heirloom, photo, or place.
  • How-to examples of projects such as brief ancestor bios and booklets, heirloom background stories, ancestor coloring books, full-size and smaller photo books, and audio/video-based family history.

Schedule

1 p.m.  an informal social hour will begin 

Irish Immigrants question and answer from the March 13th “History of the Irish Famine Immigrants in Connecticut” program

2 p.m. Marian B. Wood's lecture will begin 

About the Presenter

Born in the Bronx but transplanted to New England, Marian B. Wood has been tracing her family tree since 1998. Marian is the author of Planning a Future for Your Family's Past. "Without our ancestors, we wouldn't be here- so it's important to honor their memory by preserving and sharing family history."