#WikiTreeWeek2025 Monday (3 Nov 2025) Panel - Beyond the Narrative

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We're excited to kick off WikiTree Week with an inspiring session on Building a Narrative for Your Family Tree! This panel, hosted by Eowyn Langholf and Sandy Patak, will explore how to transform your research from a collection of dates and names into compelling family stories.
Community forum post for this broadcast: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1955881

Featured Panelists:
David Ryan – Storytelling expert and genealogist
Debbie Gurtler – Family history narrative specialist
Eric Weddington – Collaborative genealogical researcher
Kathryn Lake Hogan – Genealogy writer, speaker, educator
Kelli Bergheimer – Data specialist with a passion for storytelling
Linda Yip – Family historian and narrative builder
Sara Cochran – Creative genealogy content creator

What to Expect:
Our expert panelists will discuss how to weave historical context into your family tree, techniques for writing engaging ancestor profiles, ways to preserve and share family stories, and how to balance factual accuracy with narrative storytelling. Whether you're crafting biographies on WikiTree or writing a family history book, you'll leave with practical strategies to bring your ancestors to life.

We'll also have time at the end for audience questions, so bring your curiosity! You can also post your questions as answers below here in G2G, and we'll try to address them during the panel.

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Part of WikiTree Week: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:WikiTree_Week

Music credit:
Waste of Time (Instrumental Version) by CLNGR Alexa Cappelli @EpidemicAcoustic
Good days by @yunglogos

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