Onlymedid, I am still working on mine. I have jumbled dreams, memories and blank spots. I am fortunate to have one sister that I am very close to, she helps alot. She has a much better memory of our life than I do...as children. She cannot fill in the personal memories of mine, but she helps me place things in the time frame in which they occured. It helps alot. I also use the pictures and I focus on the feelings I ahve during a dream of an event, or a flash or a memory.
I also look at the details that grab my attention, like the outfit i was wearing , etc....that also helps. One in particular is a memory of me in an outfit that i wore to get my mom from a birthing center when one of my sister's was born. That helps me pinpoint the age and location.
I hope this helps. My journals are all messed up, lol, only Edgar Allen Poe could make sense of them, lol. It is not funny, but if i do not laugh, then I cry. I am tired and choose to laugh.
Wishing you much success with the timeline....safe hugs...