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2010 12 Mar

Family History Software: Getting Your Child To Construct Legacies Through Stories – Part 7

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In this series of blog posts on family history software I am and written by my pre-teen son, who is a voracious reader. I am trying to illustrate the point that ancestry legacies do not have to wait for people to get old and pass on. No, you can get your children writing stories that will make for great memoirs later. It would be nice if family tree software could encourage such stories. Without further ado, here is part seven:

“Flying long distances makes me tired,” Freeze replied simply. Freeze ran forward and started to flap his wings. He leapt off the ground like a cat and turned around towards the direction of Gavin’s house. He started to pick up speed and Gavin heard the wind whistling through his ears. Gavin slumped forward with a sigh. He always forgot magic makes him tired. But today was a long day, the hunt this morning had taken almost four hours. Gavin turned his head and looked back. The Wizard’s tower was becoming smaller in the distance, a black dot now. Suddenly Freeze curved sharply and Gavin heard something whistle by. “Someone is shooting at us!” Freeze bellowed. Probably some fool trying to make a living off of dragon skin. Probably.


“Go lower, right above the trees!” Gavin yelled against the wind. Freeze flew lower when Gavin heard a clunk. Freeze ducked as another arrow went whistling by. That does not sound like a bow, it is probably a crossbow. Freeze was right above the tree tops now. Gavin heard rustling in the forest and then galloping. Gavin looked down and saw their attacker. He was wearing a black cloak that was covering his face. He was riding a black, huge horse. Gavin saw the glint of silver and he fell forward onto his stomach. He heard the familiar whistle of an arrow. That could have been his neck. This man was a skilled archer, the only reason they hadn’t been hit was Freeze’s quick reaction and speed. They couldn’t keep this up forever. It was time to go onto the offense side.

“Freeze dive into him! We can’t keep dodging these arrows,” he yelled. Freeze drifted for exactly one second, and then he dived. It was such a sharp dive with such force Gavin almost fell of him. Luckily Gavin had squeezed his knees right as Freeze dived. Freeze shot down with the speed of a peregrine falcon into their attacker. Gavin ducked down against the wind. Freeze turned up sharply as his claws dangled down towards the man. This man though was no regular man. He fell flat onto his horse with Freeze missing him by inches. He twisted and was now lying on his backshifted and was now laying down on his back.

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2010 20 Feb

A Great Way To Begin A Family Story: Get Your Children Involved Without Them Knowing – Part 1

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An easy way to get your children involved in family history is to have them write for things they want. It doesn’t even require family history software for them to do it. The easiest thing for young ones to write about is simply about what happened to them that day or that week, or what things they are looking forward to. Both of these things make for a great family record. What follows below will serve as an example for you because it is actually written by my tweenage son.

On Monday my cousins came over. On Monday it was a break from school because it was Martin Luther King Jr day and we all had school off. My cousins Peter and Joey were coming over. On Monday morning when I stirred from sleep I questioned my mother as to the hour they would be visiting. She said they would be over between 11:00 and 12:00 that morning. That morning we moved the Wii and Playstation downstairs with the TV. We were having some behavior problems that morning and so my dad gathered everyone around in the front room and he had sat down. He said in a calm voice, “We have been having some trouble this morning and I would like everyone to tell us something they will do today to make us all happier.” I said I would not bother my siblings because I have a problem with that. My sister May said she would help out our baby brother Ricky to not scream. My sister Samantha said she could help my mom clean the house. And my sister Haley said she would not make Ricky scream.


After the meeting I went upstairs and I grabbed my clothes. I because my hair was feeling oily. My mom had left to go run errands. Later when it was about 11:00, I had decided that I would hide in the bushes and scare my cousins when they came to the door. I realized they might take a while so I went back in and I asked Samantha if she wanted to come scare them with me. We went outside right as my mom pulled up. We helped her take groceries inside the house. Earlier that day I asked my mom what we were having for lunch and she said she will probably go pick up a pizza.

I told her I was kind of sick of pizza and I asked if she could get hot dogs. When she got back from the store I looked through the bags as usual to see what she got. My mom had got hot dogs and barbecue chips (Hooray!). I asked when they were coming and she said she had just talked to my Aunt and they had already left and were on the freeway.

This ends part one. You can find worthwhile family tree software and a good family tree diagram if you take the time to look.

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