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Genealogy & Family Stories: Build Your Family Tree & Capture Your Stories


  • Madeline Island School of the Arts 978 Middle Road PO Box 536 LaPointe WI 54850 United States (map)

Build your family tree and capture your family stories, creating a vibrant and growing legacy for generations to come. Genealogist expert Amie Bowser Tennant and writing instructor Brenda Hudson will guide you every step of the way, ensuring that you learn how to accurately research your family and have fun writing stories that enrich your family tree. You’ll leave with a robust family tree, a collection of family stories, and the know-how to continue!

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In this workshop, you will:

  • Populate and expand your family tree*

  • Learn expert tips to accurately conduct family research using multiple sources including digital and lesser-known alternative sources 

  • Practice search techniques with hands-on expert genealogy help

  • Find missing information and overcome family research roadblocks

  • Understand DNA testing and ethics and what it could mean for your family tree

  • Learn how to write about your family in easy and fun ways, to add life to your family tree

  • Create a collection of family history stories with hands-on writing help

  • Leave with story templates to expand your current collection through additional family members and future generations 

*Note: At the end of this workshop, your family tree may extend beyond two generations or, potentially in cases of recent family immigration to United States, fewer than two generations depending on digital availability of county-of-origin’s records. If this is a concern, we are happy to answer your questions. Regardless, at this workshop you will learn expert tips on how to find records and take your family tree to the next level.

At the end of this workshop you will leave with:

  • Family tree* that incorporates photos, documents, and social history 

  • Skills to conduct further, accurate family history research

  • Ability to address future roadblocks

  • Collection of family history stories about you and your relatives

  • Story templates for you and future generations to continue building your family’s written legacy

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Earlier Event: April 21
Writing for Night Owls