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As the new year arrives, we hope that your compilations of family records and new insights into your family histories have been productive and that you now have draft manuscripts that you can share with the group. If you have been working on a manuscript that you would like to have reviewed, please let me know.

Beverly Kajaria is writing a history of her grandparents, Jozef and Katarina, who immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s. This is Chapter 1 of the book to be entitled "Journey to Amerika." Chapter 1 is primarily about her grandparent's ancestors, documenting whatever information she has found about them and their families.

There will be approximately 10 chapters in the book intended for her family members.

We look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. You can send copies of your written review notes to Beverly at bkajaria@verizon.net.

We are looking for manuscripts to review at the 2025 meetings (Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5, and June 2). Your participation is important in holding the meetings and sharing your experience in preparing manuscripts for family, friends, community archives and libraries, and publication.

Join us at the online Zoom meeting to learn how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. You will also see how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.

If you wish to be added to the members' list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com

Copies of the 2016-2025 manuscripts, a copy of the current guidelines, and other files that may be of interest can be found in the Informational Guidelines in the DropBox folder at:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xb96n1vuzm2swd3/AAC2k2hrF956qHW_C3TCckn3a?dl=0