To capture family history stories in digital format, the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society has been conducting its Preserving Your Family History: Digital Storytelling Workshop across the province since January.
Farm building in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Photographer: SriMesh. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Workshop participants have been learning how to create their own three to five-minute digital story.
During the two-day workshop, facilitator Evie Ruddy explains how to craft and record first-person narratives, collect photographs to illustrate stories, and add music.Ms. Ruddy is a digital media artist, freelance journalist and creative writer.
The workshop is partly financed by an $8,943 grant from Library and Archive Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program.
The next workshop will be held in Prince Albert on March 19 and 20. The fee is $100 per person.
More information about the workshop is available on the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society’s website.
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