by Gordon McBean and friends
Christmas is coming and we may be thinking of sharing our family history with other members of the family. After all we have worked on it all year and have some new information to share. We have all seen their eyes gloss over when we start talking about graves and census forms. A place to start is to write up a short article on your “First Manitobans” and submit it to the MGS “Generations” Editor. I have submitted several this year.
Now that I have started writing short stories I am looking at what else I can do with this information to make it appealing to other members of my family. I have been assembling a number of ideas and will be trying them out. In this series of upcoming webinars and recorded videos I will introduce you to a number of media projects you can finish in time for Christmas.
The schedule and lineup of presenters is still being finalized. The workshop series is free to members and $25.00 to non members.
Presenters biographies
Gordon McBean
Oriole Valdhuis
Daryl Dumanski
| Webinar Dates | Topics |
| November 24, 2020 Webinar – 7:00 – 9:00 pm |
Telling the story. No matter what you want to create you have to start with coming up with a story idea or theme that holds it together and makes it interesting. |
| December 01, 2020 Webinar – 7:00 – 9:00 pm |
Print based projects. Whether an article for Generations or to share, a family newsletter, a visual story or a photo wall, sharing you information is more appealing to others if you put it in an interesting package. |
| December 08, 2020 Webinar – 7:00 – 9:00 pm |
Creating a video tribute to share with family members. There are so many easy ways to create and share your content as a video to be played on a variety of players. |
| Videos to view on our YouTube channel | We will discuss and examine a number of tools for creating video projects |
| sample family newsletters | We will discuss and examine a number of ways you can create a family newsletter |
| Sample genealogy projects | We will discuss and examine a number of projects and where you can get inspiration and directions |
| Sample family photo displays for sharing | We will discuss and examine a number of ways you can create photo displays to share or display your family images gathered during your research |