Treasure Chest of Memories
Helping You Tell the Stories of the Past
Share Your Treasures—Your Memories and Stories
Stop in and explore. This website is full of ideas, tips, and resources to help you preserve and share your memories and family stories.
Fill your own Treasure Chest of Memories–a collection of stories that warm you and your loved ones, cementing relationships and sparking conversations.
Don’t Wait. Put the episodes of the past to paper.
We all have stories to share with our children and grandchildren. Whether it’s a proud moment, memories of grandparents, or a lesson you’ve learned, Memories of Me: A Complete Guide to Telling and Sharing the Stories of Your Life helps you put the episodes of your past onto paper and share them with loved ones. Read More
New – Eight-part Self-Paced Video Course on Telling Your Stories
In partnership with Vivid-Pix Education
Discover how to create connectional narratives which capture the past while enjoying reminiscing with the people you love.
Find out how to choose photos to help tell and elicit stories, use guided reminiscence to elicit stories from loved ones, increase recall, and hone your storytelling skills.
Find out more or purchase at Vivid-Pix Education.
Blogging for Family History: How To Launch a Blog and Make it Successful guides family historians as they identify their blogging goals, determine which website-building platform best fits their needs, configure a site, and create engaging content that connects with readers.
Recent Posts from the Blog
Storytelling Prompt: The First Airplane Trip
For many people, the first airplane trip was a momentous event. Last week, I shared @DoYouRemember’s prompt: “First time on a plane, where did you go?” Some of the responses were of exotic (at least to me) places. However,...
21 Family Story Starters for Family History Month
Just in time for Family History Month, here are 21 family story starters, prompts to aid you in collecting precious memories and family lore. Remember, the Key to Family Story Starters Is Your Follow Up Questions: In...
RootsTech 2019: What’s New, Improved, and Good as Ever
Whether you’re a genealogical wizard or totally new to family history, you might want to start planning now for RootsTech 2019 February 27–March 2, 2019, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Full disclosure: As a RootsTech Ambassador,...
Using Small Details to Describe Family Members and Relationships
Family storytellers can take a page from fiction writers who know the importance of the small details in describing a character. Though you may have to dig a little to find that type information about ancestors (more about...
Writing about an Imaginary Friend: My Magic Dragon
Including an imaginary friend in your family story or memoir seems a little odd at first. Shouldn’t it be a non-fiction account? But think. Often, the role of an imaginary friend in childhood reveals other stories. Depicts...
Montreal in 1916 – Century Old Honeymoon Diary Series
The honeymoon diary continues from New York City with a view from the past of Montreal in 1916. As much as I’ve enjoyed reading the 102-year-old honeymoon diary, as the young bride, Myrtle, describes visiting Montreal,...
5 Procrastination Busters for Writing Family Stories
We all have things we have to do and things we want to do. Writing family stories is one of those things we put off until next week, next month, or that glorious day when we’ll have time. Read on to find five tips that make...
5 Tips for Getting Started in Genealogy Research
Guest poster Diana Elder, author of Research like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide, shares some great starting points for genealogy research. Are you ready to get started researching your family's history? Does it sound too...
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