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How to preserve your parent’s Holocaust survivor stories

May 15, 2023 Jill Sarkozi

Giving yourself time limits for each of the three steps below, including making lists, helps you both access memories and make an otherwise overwhelming task approachable.

Children of Holocaust survivors can preserve their parents’ life stories using this three-step process created by a longtime story facilitator.

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In writing & editing, tips & advice, memory keeping Tags second generation holocaust stories, family history of Holocaust survivors, how to preserve the stories of my parents who survived the Holocaust, preserving my family's Holocaust history
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3 ways to elevate your family cookbook

April 15, 2023 Dawn M. Roode
family cookbook opened to page with buttermilk sherbet recipe

Want to make a family cookbook that preserves your recipes AND looks professionally done? Follow these easy tips from professional food stylists and editors.

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In family history, memory keeping, tips & advice Tags how to preserve my food heritage, example of family cookbook, how to make a family cookbook that looks professional, ways to make a family cookbook better, book ideas
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How to turn family artifacts into a book

February 15, 2023 Clémence Scouten

The author’s hand-embroidered tablecloth and napkins, made by her grandmother in the 1950s. Even if family artifacts don’t have a story of their own, they can still be useful and allow us to revisit the memories we associate with them, as Clémence Scouten does each time she hosts a dinner party.

Don’t let your family heirlooms and mementos sit in boxes collecting dust—use these expert tips to curate them and preserve their stories in a book.

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In family history, memory keeping, tips & advice Tags how to catalog family heirlooms, organizing a family archive for use in a book, using family heirlooms in a memoir, book ideas
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6 ways to use letters in your memoir projects

January 15, 2023 Anna Brady Marcus
array of handwritten letters and old photos

How to take the boxes of old letters you’ve been saving and use them to write and illustrate your memoir.

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In writing & editing, tips & advice Tags how to use letters in my memoir, letters help tell family history stories, handwritten letters as part of my personal history, book ideas
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Is it writer’s block, or just procrastination?

November 15, 2022 Samantha Shubert
senior woman sitting on floor with open laptop while petting cute dog

There just might be a reason behind your “writers block”—maybe it’s part of your creative process.

Having trouble completing your memoir or family history? It’s worth figuring out why. An inability to write might actually be part of your creative process.

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In tips & advice, writing & editing Tags getting past writers block, i am stuck with my memoir writing, causes of writers block, how to get over writers block for my memoir
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Writing your memoir: DIY vs. hiring an expert

October 15, 2022 Clémence Scouten
suited gentleman's hands with handwritten memoir

Photograph by Todoran Bogdan

What's involved in writing and publishing your memoirs yourself? Let's break down the pros and cons involved in self-publishing and find out.

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In tips & advice, writing & editing Tags how to write my memoir myself, when to get help with my memoir
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Have you inherited a messy box of family photos?

September 15, 2022 Dawn M. Roode
messy pile of old black and white photographs

When a parent dies and leaves behind a mess of family photos, where does one even begin to sort through it all? Find a (thoughtful, healing) plan here.

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In family history, memory keeping, photo legacy, tips & advice Tags leaving an organized family archive, how to sort through inherited photos and memories, what to do with my parents stuff after they die
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