Genealogy Biography Writing
What is a genealogy biography? It is a family history that focuses on a specific ancestor and their immediate family, written from historical documents, such as newspapers, census records, street directories, burial records, marriage certificates, wills, and more. It includes the person’s family tree, biographical sketch, and historical information for the region where they lived.
Everyone deserves to have their story remembered! Today, when a loved one passes we have tributes and online memorials that help to keep the memories our loved ones alive. A Genealogy Biography is a way to do the same thing for the people that have gone before us, yet have left no recorded story. Luckily with the technology and networking that we have today it’s possible to research and cross-reference multiple sources so that we can tell the stories of those who laid the path for us.
Just a couple of generations ago many people were not as keenly aware of their heritage as we have become today. If you were lucky, your family may have recorded and passed down an extended family tree, for instance in a Bible. Even in that case, though, the record was held by one family member. Today everyone in the family can share and contribute to their collective tree using photos, records, and even DNA. So many more people can recite their ancestry by naming people from several generations back. Genealogy biographies tell the complete stories of the ancestors in our trees.