Comments on: Life Stories News Roundup: Student Filmmakers, African American History and Elvis.

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:24:34 +0000

@Robert Brent. Thanks for your comments. I agree that history comes to life when we hear from people who were there. I took a quick look at your African-American timeline. It’s very impressive. Congratulations!

By: Robret Brent

Robret Brent — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:26:46 +0000

The telling of history is made so much richer by actual testimonials of those who lived it!

I’ve been helping to build a timeline for African-American history at timelines.com: http://timelines.com/topics/african-american-history, where we’re collecting images and video along with text for historical events. I’ve found the resources almost always involve hearing someone who was there talk about what it was like!

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:22:03 +0000

@hella. Thanks for dropping by and your comment.

By: hella

hella — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:18:49 +0000

Just like a personal historian asks a great question and then story writes itself. It always interesting to see what is new and what others are doing in this field and not doing it under the name of personal historian.