I'm using the '52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History' series as an aid in beginning my own personal history this year. See the entire challenge on my Examiner.com article at http://exm.nr/mGcBtm I create an article about this series each Monday. Click subscribe (at the top) if you'd like to get my articles automatically delivered to your email inbox, or click the RSS icon to read my posts via feed reader. These weekly challenges are authored by Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog and hosted on the GeneaBloggers website. This week’s challenge (at http://exm.nr/mGcBtm) has to do with how documenting your challenges can still be a benefit in writing a personal history.
Here is the beginning of my memories about BOOKS.
The books I remember the most were the Little Golden books from my childhood. I had one called The Happy Family and there was one about a Prairie Dog (I wish I could remember the title) I also had a very small book about Santa Claus that I read over and over.
I loved to read until there was a reading contest in elementary school (somewhere in the 2nd to 4th grade range). We were seeing who read the most pages per night. One of my friends decided to lie about the number of pages read. I didn’t want to be dishonest, so there was no way I could keep up with the number of pages she lied about. I was so sad. After that, reading was not fun for me.
Today, I love to read inspirational and motivational books. I crave new ideas and information that assists me in living a happy, productive life.
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As founder of Family Tree Quest, people sometimes ask what tools I recommend for organizing and recording personal and family history. Here are my highest recommendations.
Heritage Collector Suite- Your complete Family History Management System (my highest recommendation)
This has everything you need to get your family history clutter into one, orderly place. Store and retrieve photos, documents, videos, etc. Create a PDF for a bound book. Many bonus items such as storybook and GPS modules.
Personal Historian Software- I love it’s timelines and personal history prompts.
This has everything you need to get your family history clutter into one, orderly place. Store and retrieve photos, documents, videos, etc. Create a PDF for a bound book. Many bonus items such as storybook and GPS modules.
Personal Historian Software- I love it’s timelines and personal history prompts.
Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner – Portable, easy flip-and-scan-technology. You can even scan pictures in the frame or while they remain in their photo albums! I sit on the sofa in comfort and scan to my hearts delight.
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