Benefits of Life Story Writing

There is No Better Time than NOW Life Story Writing is a form of memoir writing. There are too many benefits to fit into one blog post. As reported in Psychology Today, research shows that even brief autobiographical storytelling exercises can have substantial impacts on psychological and physical health even months after the storytelling. The two […]

Previous Classes and Speaking Events

Past presentations titles delivered at several historical and genealogy societies in California, Massachusetts, and Maine:

     Using Blogs to Share Family History Writing

     Introduction to Family History and Genealogy

     Introduction to Life Story Writing

     The Importance of Location Research, a conference presentation for the Maine Genealogy Society

Previous classes taught:

     Life Story Writing using the Guided Autobiography approach: College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California, Fall 2017

     Basic and Advanced Genealogy at two locations: Merrymeeting Adult Education in Brunswick, Maine and Auburn Senior Center in Auburn, Massachusetts

Previous events held in 2019:

Blogging for Sharing Family History Stories in San Mateo, CA:  Jan 26, 2019

One day writing workshop, Writing Family Stories, at Canada College in Redwood City, CA:  Mar 14, 2019

Online Webinar at PGSA (Polish Genealogical Society of America), Why Blogging Works for Sharing Family History: Nov 17, 2019

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Welcome to Sharing Legacies

Sharing Legacies was created in 2014 to offer consultancy and supportive services for folks who wanted to learn, write and/or share their family’s stories. As proprietor of Sharing Legacies, my primary mission is to offer education in the form of classes, presentations and one-on-one assistance on writing family histories or researching one’s ancestors. My secondary […]