This document provides a guide for writers to research and tell the story of an ancestor. It outlines eight steps: choosing an ancestor, gathering data from photos, documents and records, plotting a timeline of the ancestor's life events within historical contexts, unlocking additional secrets through records like newspapers and passenger lists, writing a story outline, drafting the ancestral story, editing and refining the story, and finally publishing and sharing the story online or elsewhere. The goal is to engage in genealogical research and craft a narrative about a relative from the past.