One of my favorite activities consists of researching and writing about my family stories, along with developing scrapbooks that depict these tales.  In fact, I’ve been developing this into a business that brands me as a family writer.
You’ll find many ways to save your family memories in scrapbooks:

Simply a collection of pictures with names or captions
Adding journal notes and explanations to the pictures
Writing stories and using the photos and pictures to illustrate
Write a fiction story, or biography, illustrated with scrapbooking techniques, as I’ve been doing with the story of my Uncle William “Buffalo Bill” Mathewson of New York State …read more

You may be aware that today is St. Patrick’s Day. Although there is nothing particular about this day that links in with journal writing, I did think a reminder about including family stories in your journal might be appropriate.
We all have stories about where we came from or how long we’ve been where we are. There are stories the family tell at every get together. Think of all the stories that disappear every time an older relative dies. Think of the funny stories, the sad ones, the embarrassing ones and the plain silly ones that mean nothing to anyone …read more

While reading this news story I felt inspired to write several of my own family stories in my journal today. Your journal is a great place for storing and working on your family tales. The news article is about storyteller Donald Davis who has been telling stories to others for more than 24 years.
I liked this advice offered by Davis:
“… too many people attempt to write down their childhood memories, only to become frustrated because they feel they can’t write. He suggests making a list of places and people, not happenings, to form the starting point of rebuilding memories.”
He …read more