Karen Yvonne Hamilton

Author: Karen Yvonne Hamilton

382 Posts

genealogy, Lifewriting, Workshops

Secrets, Trauma, and Ethics: Navigating Difficult Truths in Narrative Nonfiction

October 4, 2026 — 0 Comments

Lifewriting, services

One Memory, One Story

September 30, 2026 — 0 Comments

Lifewriting, Uncategorized

Will Our Family Photos Disappear into the Cloud?

September 28, 2026 — 0 Comments

Lifewriting

Lifetales Services

September 25, 2026 — 0 Comments

Lifewriting

A Simple 30-Day Memoir-Writing Plan

September 25, 2026 — 1 Comment

Uncategorized

Genealogists don’t get bored

September 19, 2026 — 0 Comments

Books for Sale, genealogy

Crossings: The Family Stories That Traveled Across the Sea

August 28, 2026 — 0 Comments

genealogy, tips

Free Tools for Family Historians

August 9, 2026 — 0 Comments

Books for Sale, Journaling, Lifewriting

Lifetales Workbook: Journal Prompts for Recording Life Stories

August 2, 2026 — 0 Comments

genealogy, Lifewriting

Where Family History Ends and Memoir Begins

July 18, 2026 — 0 Comments

Secrets, Trauma, and Ethics: Navigating Difficult Truths in Narrative Nonfiction

A chapter excerpt from The Story in the Records: Turning Genealogy Research into Compelling Stories by Karen Yvonne Hamilton Every family archive contains fault lines. As you push past names and dates into deeper documentary layers—court dockets, asylum registers, bastardy bonds, chancery suits, prison rolls, coroners’ inquests, and DNA match tables—you will inevitably unearth truths…

by Karen Yvonne Hamilton October 4, 2026October 4, 2026

One Memory, One Story

A Lifetales Media personal history service Every family has a story someone keeps meaning to write down. It might be the journey that brought a parent to a new home, the work a grandparent took pride in, a childhood place everyone remembers, or a turning point that changed a life. One Story, Beautifully Told helps…