ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the last three phases of producing a family history without drawing hard lines between them because to the end they could iterate, integrate sources, and overlap. The chapter starts with a narrated scenario about a situation that has been brewing for generations. An inset visual presents possible sources to be tapped in any order. Another scenario in dialog precedes definitions with examples of eleven literary elements of good stories that came from and apply to real life, starting with setting and character, and ending with dialog and action. In addition, this chapter covers integrating visuals based on writings by an Australian researcher, from Italian in-laws working together on a family history using photos to spark memory, and with examples from answers to a pre-interview questionnaire describing photos and artifacts. The last section hosts venues for a family's final product from archived recorded interviews and transcripts to printed books and other media formats. While TV and film production are beyond the scope of this book, this chapter does present examples for engaging with existing community media. This chapter ends the main body of the book with wisdom from four elders and two youngers who appeared off and on throughout this book.
