JOIN US FOR A
WORKSHOP ON CREATING YOUR FAMILY STORY
AS PART OF
#KILTEDKULTURE'S SUPPORT OF #YEAROFSTORIES
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 15th from 9 am eastern
Showcasing Your
Family Photos in the Best Light
During her Presentation Angela will provide
photography tips, a guide to scanning & making minor repairs to images as
well as providing options on ways you might wish to display your images
Angela Daye is a
Brand and headshot photographer based in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. She is also a holistic therapist and coach
where she loves helping people work through their stories to help them
understand themselves better.
This curiosity
of ‘the story’ has developed into a keen interest in her own family tree and
over the past decade she has been on the hunt for family photos and new ways to
showcase the many photos she has uncovered.
Engaging
Children and Older Relatives
Engaging with
children and older relatives is fun and can also be challenging, but how do we
engage with them, and how do we keep their attention and enhance their learning
and memories? We will reveal how we have
created an active, fun filled learning experience for both children and older
relatives across the country.
Sean Szmalc’s
fascination with history began, when as a small boy, he saw ‘A Night to
Remember’, the classic British film about the Titanic. His interest is also in war history in
particular the two World War Wars and the story of JFK.
Since then he
has actively researched the stories in detail for over thirty years. Over the decades he has become personally
acquainted with Titanic survivors, war veterans and their families, people who
knew JFK including members of his secret service detail, learning more
incredible and fascinating stories and facts first hand.
Sean approaches
his work not only as a profession, but as his passion. He enjoys all aspects of his work and strives
to preserve history and educate with both his exhibitions and outreach
programmes. He works frequently with
schools, care homes, museums and galleries across the world, acting as a
historical advisor to both the media and television. Outside of his work, he enjoys time with
family and friends, and strives to help others who are less fortunate in life.
Story Creating Workshop
You've researched your family history and now
want to write a story but don't know
where to start.
Let me guide you through the story creating
process: how to get to know your characters, the questions to ask yourself when
you are writing a story and the process to get your ideas on paper or computer.
I will also explain the next steps, from
editing your manuscript to publishing a
book.
Come with me on a journey of discovery and
learn how to hold a dream in your hand.
Claire Miller,
Author, has been writing seriously since 2001. She is a published author of
four children’s books and The Story Creator. Her books are Pure Human City, a
teenage book, I Can Create Stories, an A4 interactive story creating book and I
Can Create Stories (Story Edition), an A5 interactive story creating book. The
Choice, a teenage novel, is her fourth book which was meant to be a 1000 word
story and grew a bit!
She is
passionate about helping children and adults gain confidence in themselves and
their abilities through story creating workshops. Please get in touch with her
if you’d like to know more about her workshops.
She loves
diving into her imagination and creating stories and now considers herself a
fulltime, accomplished, professional writer. When she’s not writing she loves
to play the piano and take photographs.
Genealogy Journaling
Researching
your Family Tree is a journey of self-discovery, therefore it is important to
not only record what you discover in relation to your family history but to
record the journey in doing so & how it made you feel. Another important thing to document are the
family stories that have been passed down through the generations, it is so
important that these are not lost & can be passed on further.
Clare Wilson is
a Professional Genealogist based in Central Scotland. Passionate about
Scotland, she loves that she can assist clients worldwide to discover more
about their own Scottish Ancestors. She runs various projects & groups
including Kilted Ancestors, New Monkland Back in Time, the Scottish Tourism
Collective & the Allied Air Force Research Group. Her other passion is
Allied Air Force Research & she has recently set up a new website dedicated
to this subject.
Pulling It All Together
We are the
Chosen. We are the ones our ancestors call up to preserve their stories and to
make them live again in the memories of our children, our grandchildren and the
generations yet to come. As family historians, we have an obligation to honour
our ancestors and to share their stories with others. In this presentation we
will look at various ways to do just that. We will learn how to honour the
lives of our ancestors by pulling together the stories of their lives.
Christine
Woodcock began her descent into family history by creating a family history
book to record the descendants of her maternal grandfather. Since then she has
created numerous family history books for her family and has assisted others in
doing the same. Whether honouring the life of one individual or telling the
story of one line through the generations, Christine recognizes that it is only
through our stories that we live on for future generations.
Access to the
recordings remains open for 30 days following the live event
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