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Family Story Writing Contest - 2008deadline - postmarked by 8 Jan 2008 |
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Many family reunions and visits to areas where ancestors lived spark memories of family events. We hope you have considered writing a family story to preserve these memories that can vanish like dust in the wind. Creating a story can be rewarding yet demanding and time consuming. Helpful hints offered here, especially for the first time writer, can also be of help to the experienced writer. 1. Begin the writing project with an introduction to place your family in historical context. What is the time period? What else was happening in the world? How did the family come to be at the location where you first introduce them? 2. Present details of the event in the body of the story. You may want to enhance the story by adding anecdotes found in personal diaries or letters or related to you by a relative. 3. Write a conclusion. The Oklahoma Genealogical Society’s Family Story Writing Contest provides the opportunity for researchers to share special family stories with fellow genealogists. The stories may be historically or ethnically important, humorous, or just plain interesting.
Eligibility:
OGS Family Story Writing Contest - 2008 Click
here for printable entry form to submit in the Family Story Writing
Contest For additional information, contact Sharon
Burns
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Oklahoma Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12986, Oklahoma City, OK 73157 |