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
Should you Use Social Media to Share your Stories?
Should you use social media to share your stories? Will it help you find the audience the episodes of your past warrant? I originally published this post in 2015. However, as 2020 draws to a close, I have a slightly...
How to Form Emotional Connections to Family Members You Don’t Remember
Are you able to form emotional connections with family members you don’t remember? With ancestors? Or are they stubbornly one-dimensional, lying flat on the page? Even when you have the basic facts of your relatives’ or...
How to Bond with Readers
Dear Reader, I want you to like me. I want to connect with you. I hope to move you with my words, and with the heart and soul I put behind them. I’m going to tell you secrets. I’m going to show you the side of me that I’d...
The Incredible Vagaries of Memories
The vagaries of memories are well-documented, and sometimes disconcerting. When we remember an odd fact or experience, sometimes researching memory recall can help you understand the situation. Yesterday, riding in the car...
Cemeteries: A fata morgana of stories?
Cemeteries don’t deserve their spooky reputation. Sure, they’re full of dead people (cue my father-in-law’s obligatory joke about “people just dying to get in there”), but they’re more than that. They are the final resting...
Is Technology your Friend or your Despot?
Is technology your friend or your despot, the device that’s trying to rule the household, if not your entire life? Well, it probably depends on what you mean by friend. If you like bossy friends, you're in luck. My missing...
Telling your Own Story versus your Family Story
Telling your own story versus telling your family's story, isn't a either-or decision. You don’t have to decide between telling your own story versus telling family—or even ancestor—stories. Neither is it a case of choosing...
The Lost Art of What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Where did the opportunity to tell all your peers “What I did on my Summer Vacation” go? Here in the USA, as September rolls around, it’s not just the kids that are in back-to-school mode. Everyone is looking forward....
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