Personal History

Some of the easiest and most fun history to get involved in is studying and writing your own personal and family history.

Writing your personal history helps you understand and enjoy your own life. Understanding your family history helps you understand yourself better.

So here's your assignment: Start a personal history and begin to examine your family history.

The question is, of course HOW?

And there are thousands of resources available to get you started.

Do this activity from Between the Lions.

First, look here: Writing your Personal History.

Then, check out the tips on Ancestry.com.

Here is a lesson on keeping a personal and family history from a religious perspective.

Finally, check out Writing Your Personal History at About.com . This site has tons of resources.

Using these resources as a guide, begin your personal history. You can also keep a journal, write a blog, or even just jot down random memories, thoughts, jokes, and events as they come to you. All of these are ways of writing your personal history.

A few tips: put a full date (Day, Month, and year) on each thing you write. Use people's full names. Don't stress out or put too much pressure on yourself--anything you write will be of value, no matter how incomplete it is.

For more help, inspiration, tips, tricks, and reasons to keep a personal history, check out any of these articles.