Personal stories and histories are becoming more popular and significant for family, historical and community reference.

Do you need help to write yours?

I CAN HELP YOU:

Advance, elaborate and focus your ideas.

Structure your book.

Write your book and its chapters.

Carry out historical and genealogical research.

Read your old letters, correspondence and family notes for context and detail.

Edit and check your copy.

Provide creative suggestion.

Get your manuscript printed as a personal book or explore options for it to be considered for commercial publication.

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Would you like to know more about your ancestor(s) or family history through historical, archival, ancestry or genealogical inquiry?

I CAN:

Research them in historical records (such as ship manifests, local histories, war records, obituaries and more).

Research and create detailed family trees of ancestors, their birth dates, death dates, siblings and locations.

Research the times surrounding their everyday life and the local and global events that would have affected them.

Piece together a written a story about them using your family knowledge supported by researched information on the times and historical and ancestral records.

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Do you have an accumulation of photos (or other visual media) of you, your family, ancestors, travels and significant places?

I can help you categorise, timeline, and caption them to create an attractive visual story, presentation or printed book.

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Have you or an ancestor kept written Diaries for years or decades?

Would you like to bring them to life in a new digitised and/or print version?

I can assist with:

Typed writing.

More clearly articulated and researched entries.

Introduction of new features to your publication, such as: introduction chapter, preface, lists and indexes, photographs, summaries, reflections, family details, family trees, historical and other research.

A contemporary version that can be printed and disseminated to family members and/or submitted to State and National Archives.

I can help with research, information ordering, compilation, and presentation of complex and large personal records such as diaries, journals, photos, family records, family histories and more.

Do you have a unique personal project requiring family history or historical research, storytelling, writing or all of these?

Tell me how I can help you.