Writing Family History: From Facts to Narrative

Everyone has a family story worth telling - what’s yours? Whether you want to capture cherished memories, uncover hidden histories, or pass down traditions, this interactive workshop facilitated by Dr Betty O’Neill will help you get started. Through engaging exercises, practical tips, and guided writing prompts, you’ll begin crafting your own family narrative. No writing experience needed - just curiosity and a love for storytelling! Bring: A notebook and a pen and/or your laptop for writing, any family history research you have done and a family object or photograph to share!

Join us and take the first step in preserving your family’s legacy - one story at a time!

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Dr Betty O’Neill is a Sydney-based author and educator with a lively curiosity and passion for family history. She is a lecturer in Creative Intelligence at the University of Technology, Sydney and a past Director on the Board of the Society of Australian Genealogists. She has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? and been interviewed by many, including Sarah Kanowski, ABC Conversations about her debut memoir, The Other Side of Absence: Discovering my father’s secrets, published in 2020. Her current writing project is on intergenerational homelessness beginning with her County Clare, Irish O’Neills in the mid-nineteenth century. See Betty’s website for interviews and other information: www.bettyoneill.com