Introduction Your family will love you for giving them a priceless gift--the story of your life

ONE Setting Up Your Memory Bank Foolproof ways to jog your memory about things that happened long ago

TWO Ground Rules Ten special tips to make writing the story of your life easy and effective

THREE Working On Your Assignments How to actually get it all down on paper

FOUR Birth Discover the world into which you were born and share it with your readers

FIVE Toys Special tips for digging up early memories

SIX Some Dos and Don'ts How to stay inspired and keep from getting bogged down

SEVEN Parents and Grandparents Finding out about the lives of your parents and grandparents

EIGHT It Wasn't Always Easy for Our Ancestors to Write Their Stories In fact, it was often hard!

NINE The Accomplishment of Which You Are the Most Proud Time for a little soul searching that may produce some happy surprises

TEN Create Your Own Assignments Your experiences, opportunities, problems, or solutions to problems that are truly unique

ELEVEN Where Were You on Important Days in History Your stories about where you were on important days in history are different from those of anyone else in the world

TWELVE Religion Has religion changed your life? Inspirational stories, funny stories, and more

THIRTEEN Relatives Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers, sisters--making them come alive for your readers

FOURTEEN Courtship As she sees it; as he sees it

FIFTEEN Turning Points Changes in yourself and in your world that affected you and/or your family

SIXTEEN Children and the Things They Say Save the bright, funny, touching things kids say

SEVENTEEN Inventions Sharing with your readers your excitement about inventions you remember seeing or using for the first time

EIGHTEEN Holidays Memories, both happy and sad

NINETEEN Politics Party politics, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and more

TWENTY Animals They're everywhere--in your home, at the zoo, on the farm, in the pet store, straying in the streets

TWENTY ONE Family Traditions Your family's special joys

TWENTY TWO Immigrants Americans all!

TWENTY THREE Your Stories Don't Actually Have To Be "Stories" In autobiographical writing almost any memory qualifies as a story

TWENTY FOUR Brief Encounters Even if they lasted only a moment they may enrich your memories forever

TWENTY FIVE More Living, More Stories More ideas for stories about your life, more memory helps

TWENTY SIX Where Do You Live? Where Did You Live? Places you have lived are part of your heritage

TWENTY SEVEN They Read the Book and Got Busy! How two men used this book, each in his own way

TWENTY EIGHT Research Fun and easy ways to find the facts you need

TWENTY NINE Revising and Pulling It All Together Weaving your stories into a book that will thrill your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren

THIRTY Publishing Your Stories This book is primarily about writing for your family, but here are some tips if you want to break into print

THIRTY ONE Your Special Privilege How to be your family's special link to history

Assignments

Suggested Autobiographies

Acknowledgments