How to Get Started Writing your Family History in an Engaging Way

The pile of letters Donna’s father sent to his sister in Chicago while he was stationed in India during WWII, including the silk he sent her to make herself a dress.

Welcome to installment two of my advice column

where I answer readers’ questions about writing compelling stories from family history:

Donna, who lives in Israel, asks: “I would like your advice! About 10 years ago when I visited family in Chicago, my aunt who had started to get Alzheimer’s, gave me a box of my father’s letters...