Many of us get interested in genealogy because we are interested in how our family came to be. We want to be able to tell that family story to better understand where we come from and who we are. In this workshop, we will consider best practices for telling or writing your family story. How can you translate genealogical research into a narrative? How do you pick the most important details to share? How can you make your stories interesting and exciting for your chosen audience or readers?Bring your ideas, questions, and even stories-in-progress, and we’ll discuss how to start shaping them into a cohesive story arc.
When: Tuesday, April 28. 10:00am-11:30pm. This workshop will be 90-minutes long.
Instructor: Chrissy Widmayer
Cost: $10 member/$15 non-member
This workshop is made possible thanks to a partnership between the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Humanities’ Community Powered initiative, which works to build resilience in communities using the tools of history, culture, and storytelling.
PLEASE NOTE – This workshop will not be recorded.
ALL CLASSES BEGIN CENTRAL TIME
Link for the Zoom meeting will be emailed closer to the start of class.
Contact us at genealogy@nagcnl.org with any questions or for more details about the class.
Chrissy Widmayer is a scholar of community connections. She has a PhD in Folklore Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. Her dissertation research explored how communities create connections and relationships using foodways and storytelling. Her postdoctoral research builds on the work she’s done as the director of Wisconsin Humanities’ award-winning Community Powered initiative, which puts the tools of history, culture, and storytelling in the hands of communities through training and educational programming. Chrissy hopes to help Nordic American communities in the Upper Midwest build capacity to collect their own folklore and produce dynamic public programming around those traditions. Chrissy is also a co-founder of WiseFolk Productions and content creator for Folkwise.