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Why take this course now?

Become a confident Geneablogger!

Is this you?

You have begun your family tree and have researched your ancestral roots back through the centuries!

You have discovered some poignant histories of your ancestors from your research!

You have dabbled in creating stories for your ancestors and written them in your blog posts!

You now want to share those stories as a legacy for your family and future descendants!

Course Overview

Practical tools for blogging ancestral stories

Do you need help with setting up, creating, and publishing your ancestral stories in blog posts? Do you need coaching assistance when setting up your WordPress site for family history stories? This course will step you through the process of setting up, managing, and working in a WordPress blog site. Each week there is a live group call in Zoom giving you tips and tricks in each of the modules. Optional one-on-one coaching calls are also provided in this course, to provide individual advice and work with you sessions in Zoom.
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Course curriculum

and learning outcomes

    1. Welcome to the Course: Jan Feb 2023

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Meet your Mentor

    3. Course Schedule

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. How to navigate in this course

      FREE PREVIEW

    5. Sequential Learning Opportunities

    1. Determine your Why?

    2. Define your Who?

    3. Structure the What

    4. Gather your Sources

    5. Dig for Details

    6. Verify your Research

    7. Write to a Theme

    1. Ancestral Story Research Plan for 2022?

    2. Ancestral Storytelling Tips

    3. Sample Ancestral Story Plans: Google doc

    4. Sample Ancestral Story Plans: Google sheet

    5. Ancestral Story Starter Kit

    6. Ancestral Story Planning: Trello

    7. Invitation to Masterclass #1

    8. Recording of MasterClass #1 May 7 2022

    9. Recording of MasterClass #1 10 Sept 2022

    1. How to Use Evernote to Preserve your Research

    2. Using Tags & Filters for Searching in Evernote

    3. Adding Transcripts from FindMyPast to Evernote Notebooks

    4. Adding search data with Evernote Web Clipper

    5. Evernote Series Tutorials: 1. Setup & Customise Evernote

    6. Evernote Series Tutorials: 2. Evernote Navigation

    7. Evernote Series Tutorials: 3. Evernote Notebooks

    8. Evernote Series Tutorials: 4. Evernote Notes

    9. Evernote Series Tutorials: 5. Evernote Web Clipper

    10. Evernote Series Tutorials: 6. Photos & Tasks in Evernote

    11. Evernote Series Tutorials: 7 Filters & Tags in Evernote

    12. Evernote Series Tutorials: 8. Evernote Stacks

    13. Evernote Series Tutorials: 9. Sharing Evernote

    14. Evernote Series Tutorials: 10. Evernote Widgets

    1. Writing Skills for Genealogists

    2. Where will you write your ancestral stories?

    3. Resources for Inspiration!

    4. Genealogical Mystery Interactivity

    5. Plot your Ancestral Story

    6. Prepare your Stories whilst Researching

    7. Prepare Stories as Ancestral Heritage Trails

    8. Invitation to Masterclass #2

    9. Recording of MasterClass #2 May 14 2022

    10. Recording of MasterClass 25 February 2023

    1. Introduction to DabbleWriter

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Interview with DabbleWriter's: Jacob Wright

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Overview of Projects

    4. Setup for a new Manuscript (Novel)

    5. Create new Chapters

    6. Design with DabbleWriter

    7. Set Goals and Word Count

    8. Organising Notes

    9. Exporting Stories

    10. BONUS: How to Write Stunning Characters

About this course

  • $127.00
  • 96 lessons
  • 10.5 hours of video content

Downloadable Workbook

Ancestral Storytelling Starter Kit

The workbook includes: Tips on WordPress Blog posts, and writing planning space! Tips to Plan and manage your ancestral story collections using Trello! Tips on writing, editing, and publishing your stories! Tips to illustrate your stories with graphics created in Canva! Tips to schedule and share your stories on social media from WordPress and Buffer! Tips for transforming your blog posts into illustrated Visual Stories.
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Activities

Learn by doing

  • Create

    Create a WordPress site and master the Theme, Menus, Pages, and Posts,

  • Communicate

    Discuss goals, and progress, and get advice in weekly forums and live sessions.

  • Collaborate

    Join a social media community of learners to share ideas and get feedback.

  • Create Ancestral Stories

    Create engaging ancestral stories to preserve your clan's history. Create a collection of Manuscripts in DabbleWriter.

  • Illustrate

    Create engaging illustrations for your stories using Canva.

  • Publish

    Publish your stories as blogs posts and share on social media.

Learning Outcomes

What you will get from this course.

  • 1. Set up and manage a WordPress Site

  • 2. Setup and manage a DabbleWriter site

  • 3. Customise and navigate in WordPress and DabbleWriter sites

  • 4. Setup and manage a Trello Board

  • 5. Create stories as blogs

  • 6. Edit and publish Posts

  • 7. Create images in Canva to illustrate stories

  • 8. Schedule and promote Posts

  • 9. Automate promotions with Buffer

  • 10. Setup a matching social media site

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