Write It Down: Tips for Recording Family History

Family history is about a whole lot more than filling in the name, date and place blanks on a pedigree chart. Join Crista as she shares some easy ways you can record those family stories and memories for generations to come.

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[Kathleen Roberts]

Thanks so much, a colleague and I do a program to motivate people to gather and save their family stories and your suggestions are great!

[BUWTBlog]

Guess I'm not gonna get an answer. Crista said in the video (20:25) that we can upload prerecorded audio/video to our online trees. This is not a feature I'm looking for I'm actually hoping it's not possible. Ancestry's servers are already overloaded. How much worse would it be if someone could upload songs or clips from documentaries of royalty they dream of being related to? Or just random crap like the photos I post on Fridays?

[dianag1234]

Great info that I never thought about! So much easier to see where you've been and where you need to go. Thanks!

[BUWTBlog]

When did Ancestry add the ability to add pre-recorded audio/video to online trees? Is it only available on certain browsers? The only options for audio/video I have (Mac, Firefox) are to RECORD audio/video not upload.

[Galina Monastyrska]

Доброго дня шановне панство!

Можливо це прикрасний варіант і допомога для пошуку далеких рідних. Мої теж емігрували до Канади, інших було репатрійовано до Польщі з України. Я теж зареєструвалась на AncestryCom, та біда лиш в тому, що вся ця допомога англійською мовою, якою я не володію.і на жаль не можу скористатись. Продумайте як допомогти таким як я.

З повагою Галина Кульчицька.

[Lacey Frazier]

I have my grandmother's transcription from the Family Bible (which my mother has now) with the listing of all of her grandchildren with full names and dates of birth.

[Tedra64]

Great presentation. One thing that I've added to my personal timeline that you didn't mention was any time I changed jobs. I've also been adding websites for schools I attended if they have one.