Reasons for write biography family
Reasons for write biography family
Link: 20 Reasons Why You Should Write Your Family History...
20 Reasons Why You Should Write Your Family History
It can be therapeutic.
“Studies show that writing about oneself and personal experiences can improve mood disorders, help reduce symptoms among cancer patients, improve a person’s health after a heart attack, reduce doctor visits and even boost memory….
Writing -- and then rewriting -- your personal story can lead to behavioral changes and improve happiness.”New York Times, "Writing Your Way To Happiness," Tara Parker-Pope, January 19, 2015
Don’t take for granted that the lives of your ancestors are lost.
Evidence of the people they have been exists somewhere and is discoverable.
“Virtually all my finds have been made from old manuscripts in public repositories and have been of the family moving, not in the company of celebrities…, but among people as little known to fame as themselves.”How to Write a Family History: The Lives and Times of Our Ancestors, Terrick FitzHugh, 1988