Pat Put it onto a cassette for now and label it. Sometimes our minds forget things or in the event you postpone it again, the tape will still be around. My dad was the oral historian for the family and he had some good stories about family members. Unfortunately I lent my notebooks of stories to a cousin who kept everything. They didn't mean anything to him but where my shared treasures from my dad. How I wish I would have gotten them on tape, then I could hear it in his way of saying it. Sometimes when he remembered something he'd get tickled and start laughing so hard in the middle of the yarn that we had to wait till he could compose himself to continue. Patti > Asking for suggestions from this list of knowledgeable people. > > I have most (but not all) of the family in order, but I know my children and grandchildren will find it a) boring, b) confusing, c) intimidating d) regretably tossed in the trash and wished for in about 40 years. > > I would like to write it out as a story. But whenever I start, it seems daunting...and the transitions lead me from one to the next to the next. Not necessarily all of which should be included, or they take me in the wrong direction. Starting at the beginning and moving forward becomes quite confusing in very short order. Or they become long narratives which I find boring, and I KNOW the stories. > > Can someone(s) please offer suggestions, or books which might help with the structure and make this the fascinating story I've discovered. I will be most grateful for any and all help...and boy, do I need some suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Pat > > > Pat > FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records