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
Learning to Hear: A Story Told Through Journaling
When journaling tells a story that narration wouldn’t. There are times that journaling does a better job of telling a story than narration does. This is especially true for events that take place over time. As you share...
Write about Bullies: 6 Ideas for Telling Your Story
Part 2: Ways to Write about Bullies Tuesday’s post, Writing about Bullies and Boors: Part 1, addressed the different types of bullies looming around in your past. Today’s post will address some strategies to help you write...
Writing about Bullies and Boors: Part 1
Writing about bullies doesn’t come easily. We want to put that behind us. We wonder, “Who wants to read that?” Probably most people. Whenever we get together and share memories and stories, encounters with belligerence,...
When to Use Fiction to Tell True Stories
How do you communicate your story without having to tell it? One way is to use fiction to tell true stories. Writers often use this tool when they (or their editors) feel that real life fails to produce great literature....
Describing a Typical Day Can Deepen Connections
Describing a typical day can deepen connections with readers and loved ones. Your story does not have to be extraordinary to be worthy of the written word. In fact, memorializing a typical day can be the key to connecting...
When Strong Family Roots Don’t Produce a Pretty Tree
A strong family root system doesn’t always lead to a pretty tree. It happens in nature too. Take my backyard willow tree for example. Its root system supposedly can spread over an acre. Despite its ability to efficiently...
Anti-bucket List: Not Just Dislikes, Dashed Hopes & Forsaken Dreams
Without question, our hopes and dreams tell a lot about us. Shouldn’t an anti-bucket list do the same thing? On the other hand, why write about the negatives when you can focus on the positives? An anti-bucket list isn't...
4th of July Traditions
In my project for this month’s blog hop, I’ve tried to highlight my families' 4th of July traditions. Welcome to my Treasure Chest of Memories blog. It’s all about preserving and sharing personal and family stories, whether...
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