| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
334 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-334). |
| Summary |
A step-by-step guide that explains how to research, organize, and write an autobiography or a family history and how to preserve documents and photographs. |
| Contents |
Section One: Writing your autobiography -- 1. Why should you write your autobiography? -- 2. Collecting the bones -- 3. The skeleton of your life -- 4. Adding the details -- 5. Hit a nerve -- 6. The vital organs, or the heart of the matter -- 7. The polishing touches -- Section Two: Writing your family history -- 8. Focusing the lens -- 9. Gathering the clan -- 10. Setting the scene -- 11. Everyone link arms -- 12. Posing the portrait -- 13. Picture perfect -- Section Three: Writing your diary -- 14. Portraits in miniature -- Section Four: Searching, organizing, and preserving the material -- 15. Begin at home to find records -- 16. Civil and public records -- 17. Church records -- 18. Genealogy forms organize research -- 19. Uses of tape recorders -- 20. The finished product -- 21. Conserving documents and memorabilia -- 22. Preserving current family happenings -- 23. Recording children's beginnings. |
| Subject |
Autobiography -- Authorship.
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Genealogy -- Authorship.
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Report writing.
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Autobiography -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00822600
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Genealogy -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00939656
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Report writing. (OCoLC)fst01094836
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| Added Author |
Flack, Dora D., author.
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| ISBN |
0385128177 |
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9780385128179 |
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