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How (and Why) to Include Ancestral Places in Family Stories

Family historians write stories to forge connections with their roots, as well as to help readers imagine knowing their ancestors. But readers can only walk in the characters’ proverbial shoes when they envision the road they walked upon. The setting of your stories can function as a time-travel device. Vivid descriptions of the places your ancestors lived, worked, fought and visited enable…

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Source: Family Tree Magazine.com

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