Having written a few bite-sized bios for Fold3, Family Search, etc., I'm improving my family history snippets each time I post a new one.
First, I'm adding more informative titles. Above, my title for my father's bio just posted on Fold3 not only mentions his birth/death dates, but that he's a World War II vet and his career was as a travel agent. I want to convey a bit more of his life from the very start.
Second, I'm including brief sources in brackets. The idea is to demonstrate that I'm not simply making this stuff up, and that I'm aware others may want to be able to check out my research.
Third, I'm captioning each photo directly on it, including names, dates, places, and a "courtesy" line indicating that my family was the source.
Fourth, I added to the end of the bio a notation "written by one of his daughters" and the date "December, 2020." This signals that a family member wrote the bio, having known this veteran personally.
Thinking of you, Dad (Harold David Burk, 1909-1978) as I memorialize your life and military service on multiple sites.
What a lovely way to provide a brief overview of our ancestors. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI really like these bios Marian. Thinking I might have to borrow your idea for my own ancestors.
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