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Stories Worth Telling: The Saibara Story in Texas

November 6, 2020 by Ryan - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 2 Comments

What untold immigration stories are waiting to be discovered in your family history? We share the story of Japanese immigrant, Seito Saibara. The history of America is an interlacing web of immigration stories from all over the world, many still untold. Every pioneer, either celebrated in life or silent to the grave, has a story worth telling—you just need to know how to go about telling it! Such is the case with Japanese immigrant, Seito Saibara, a name largely unknown outside of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asian Genealogy, Immigration, Writing a Family History Tagged With: ancestors, biographies, family history, genealogy, immigration, Japanese, Japanese-American, Seito Saibara

11 Do’s & Don’ts of Writing Family Biographies

June 19, 2015 by Elly - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 15 Comments

 Our team has completed thousands of hours of writing client biographies. Review our tips for writing family biographies that will help make your ancestors come to life! Recently, we published a post on tips for writing a family biography that others would want to read. Perhaps that article inspired you to begin your own, or to dig up an unfinished manuscript and take a closer look. Maybe you’ve got the organization part figured out, but your writing itself needs some polishing. At Legacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing a Family History Tagged With: biographies, biography, family, genealogist, help, historian, history, stories, story, tips, tricks, write, writing

Bridging the Gap: Writing a Family Biography Others Will Want to Read

May 14, 2015 by Elly - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 7 Comments

Writing a compelling and interesting family history biography is one of the finest examples of experienced genealogists. Review our outline that will help share the stories of your ancestors.  Sometimes as genealogists we get so caught up in collecting all the details about our ancestors that we forget the other important side of family history – sharing it with family members! If you have a closet overflowing with old documents or a database full of facts, and you decide you'd like to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing a Family History Tagged With: biographies, family history, genealogy, writing tips

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