The theme of the next meeting of the Irish Family History Forum, scheduled for Saturday morning, Nov. 21, is “Quick Ancestor Sketches: Turning Research into Readable Family History.” It will take place at the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520.
Writing and sharing your family history helps connect living and future generations to all the ancestors you’ve sought out and documented. However, writing is a genealogy task few attempt. Special guest Devon Noel Lee, author of “A Recipe for Writing Family History,” will discuss a simple way to turn your genealogical findings into engaging short stories of your ancestors. She will explore how to organize your research, develop reusable templates, and add enough context to bring an ancestor’s life into focus. Devon Noel Lee and her husband run the YouTube channel Family History Fanatics.
The event, which begins at 10 a.m. with the main presentation at 11 a.m., can be viewed on Zoom by IFHF members. For details about this and other IFHF events go ifhf.org.
