Blogging in the Past Lane

Six easy lessons on preparing, writing and sharing family history blog posts

Blogging in the Past Lane means posting stories about your Ancestors into your blog. You don't need to be a genealogist or even a family historian, you may just want to preserve the stories of your family for your family. This short course will provide you with an easy to share process of writing your family stories using your computer. Included are Bonus Extras for the latest Blogging experiences.
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Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Blogging in the Past Lane

    2. How to use this course

    3. Bloggers in the Past Lane Community

    4. Bonus: Free copy of eBook 'Storyifying your Ancestors'

    5. Why Start a Family History Blog?

    1. How to Choose a Blog Platform

    2. How to Explore Family History Blogs

    3. Bonus: How to Find Helpful Geneabloggers

    4. How to Create your Family History Blog Site

    1. How to Plan your Family History Blog Schedule

    2. How to Write your Family History Blog Post Content

    3. Download your Family History Blog Checklist

    4. Bonus: How to find Blog Writing Prompts

    5. Bonus: Writing in Progress Blog Posts

    1. How to Publish Posts in your Blog : Blogger

    2. How to Publish Posts in your Blog : Wordpress

    3. Bonus: How to share your blog post to Social Media

    4. Bonus: How to Add your Audio Story to a Podcast

    1. Extra Resource: Know your Ancestor Data Sheet

    2. Your feedback please

    3. But Wait, There's More: Consider the Family Story Magic course!

    4. Bonus: Rakonto Explained and Explored

    5. Bonus: How to create a Blog Site in WeAre

    1. Proceed to the Advanced Lane

    2. Need help with your Research or Story Writing? Would you like to book an appointment with me?

    3. Do you want to Create more Family Stories for your Blog with the help of AI?

    4. Subscribe to my Blog Posts and Video Channel Playlists

    5. Specials for Valentine's Day

About this course

  • Free
  • 28 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

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Feedback from participants

5 star rating

I Love the title as it grabs one's attention immediately and promises a look into our past.

Anne Hancock

It was easy to follow all the steps along the way.

It was easy to follow all the steps along the way.

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5 star rating

Wonderful

Sharon Woodsum

Your information and hints are sequenced in a way to make them seem possible for me to accomplish. I LOVE your weekly reminders to continue which makes your course easy to click on so I don't have to hunt for the link. Thank you!!!

Your information and hints are sequenced in a way to make them seem possible for me to accomplish. I LOVE your weekly reminders to continue which makes your course easy to click on so I don't have to hunt for the link. Thank you!!!

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5 star rating

Better Blogging - here we come!

Helen Shields

Lots in this free course to make me think - which family history blogs do I enjoy and why? Is that what I want to achieve in my own blog? Who is my target audience? What turns an interesting story into a good blog? Lots of links to useful reso...

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Lots in this free course to make me think - which family history blogs do I enjoy and why? Is that what I want to achieve in my own blog? Who is my target audience? What turns an interesting story into a good blog? Lots of links to useful resources too. Plus first steps for those who have not yet started a blog. Thank you.

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5 star rating

Awesome

Dalya Crabtree

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5 star rating

Good practical course with helpful examples. Also the videoing one at the end was useful to put into action the stories..

Isabel Flynn

Helpful for basic learning of how to blog. Easy to follow

Helpful for basic learning of how to blog. Easy to follow

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5 star rating

Good practical course with helpful examples. Also the videoing one at the end was useful to put into action the stories..

Isabel Flynn

Helpful for basic learning of how to blog. Easy to follow

Helpful for basic learning of how to blog. Easy to follow

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What to do next?

Take your blogging to new levels.

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    Seven Keys to Unlock your Family History In each module of the course, you will gain access to lessons, video tutorials, downloadable templates, reflective activities, case studies, and a resource library of extra videos and stories. Here are your seven keys to unlocking ancestral storytelling: Key 1: Harvest your Ancestral Stories Key 2: Explore the World of WeAre […] Key 3: Develop your own WeAre Family Tree Key 4: Fine-tune your WeAre archive Key 5: Master the Interactive Archive builder Key 6: Design and create your Story collections Key 7: Share your Stories
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