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=== Personal Essays === | === Personal Essays === | ||
Write topic-related essays on subjects like politics, religion, the environment, favorite author, scriptures, music, etc. Use experiences in your life to illustrate your conclusions about them. If you are thinking of creating a full-length personal history, you might consider including these personal essays. If, for example, you are writing about the death of a loved one, you could include an essay explaining your views about death. [[# | Write topic-related essays on subjects like politics, religion, the environment, favorite author, scriptures, music, etc. Use experiences in your life to illustrate your conclusions about them. If you are thinking of creating a full-length personal history, you might consider including these personal essays. If, for example, you are writing about the death of a loved one, you could include an essay explaining your views about death. [[#Subjects_For_a_Topical_Personal_History|Click here]] for a list of possible topics to write about. | ||
=== Theme === | === Theme === | ||
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=== Questions and Answers === | === Questions and Answers === | ||
Instead of writing a regular autobiography, pick the questions from [[ | Instead of writing a regular autobiography, pick the questions from [[Creating A Personal History|Creating a Personal History]] in this wiki. Write down the ones you want to address; putting your answer under them. | ||
=== Subjects For a Topical Personal History === | === Subjects For a Topical Personal History === | ||
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*Your financial struggles and achievement. | *Your financial struggles and achievement. | ||
*Situation in which you may have felt defeated or failed. | *Situation in which you may have felt defeated or failed. | ||
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== Non-Written Personal Histories == | |||
=== Write or Record Your History? === | |||
===Write or Record Your History?=== | Consider writing your personal history rather than recording it. Not that recording is any less valuable, but the act of writing has many benefits. [[Personal History -- Write or Record It?|Consider these items]] before deciding on whether to write or record your personal history. | ||
Consider writing your personal history rather than recording it. Not that recording is any less valuable, but the act of writing has many benefits. | |||
=== Oral or Video Histories === | === Oral or Video Histories === | ||
Record your personal history either on a voice recorder or camcorder. | Record your personal history either on a voice recorder or camcorder. [[Oral Personal History|Click here]] for instruction on how to create oral histories. | ||
=== Other People’s Recollections === | === Other People’s Recollections === | ||
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=== Time Line === | === Time Line === | ||
Make a list of the main events in your life. You can use the questions on [[Creating A Personal History|Creating A Personal History]] to suggest events to put on your time line. | Make a list of the main events in your life. You can use the questions on [[Creating A Personal History|Creating A Personal History]] to suggest events to put on your time line. Put the events with the date on the left side of the page and with a short explanation on the right side. It may not be literature, but it is a history. | ||
=== Collection of Photographs === | === Collection of Photographs === | ||
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Again, writing your life story is a very personal matter. Don’t feel guilty if you do not want to write a full-fledged autobiography. These personal histories can be difficult to write and take a long time. In fact, this may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. But keep in mind who you are doing this for. Here is the reason why Montaigne, the really first person to write a personal history, wrote his essays: | Again, writing your life story is a very personal matter. Don’t feel guilty if you do not want to write a full-fledged autobiography. These personal histories can be difficult to write and take a long time. In fact, this may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. But keep in mind who you are doing this for. Here is the reason why Montaigne, the really first person to write a personal history, wrote his essays: | ||
“ | “ ''. . .to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions and humours, and by that meanes reserve more whole, and more lively foster the knowledge and acquaintance they have had of me.” '' | ||
Don’t disappoint your descendents. | Don’t disappoint your descendents. | ||
[[Category:Personal_History]] | [[Category:Personal_History]] [[Category:"New to Genealogy"]] | ||