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
7 Ideas For Memorable Mother’s Day Gifts
Mothers deserve meaningful gifts, but it’s tough to come up with original ideas year after year. Just in time for Mother’s Day, here are seven memorable Mother's Day gift ideas that won't break the bank. And, you can get...
Road Trip Memories: Are You There Yet?
Hours in a car doesn’t sound like the stuff of great stories. Admittedly, the mind-numbing monotony of the passing miles might not make for interesting reading. Nevertheless, many good stories—if not pleasant memories—grow...
Digital Scrapbooking Graduation Layout & Tutorial
Welcome to my stop on the Craft Squad's Con-Graduation Blog Hop, which features a graduation layout and tutorial for digital scrapbooking. If you're coming from The Crafty Neighbor, you are in the right place. If you want...
Questions for Ancestors: What I’d Ask If I Could
In my family tree, there are huge gaping holes in our family stories. I have so many questions for ancestors. If I could go back in time with a little voice recorder, there are quite a few of my ancestors I would want to ...
The Gift of Shared Memories: More Than a Legacy
Writing about memories isn’t the only way to share them. Verbally passing on memories and anecdotes can also be a great kindness to others. You can give someone an alternative glimpse of someone they love through the gift...
Imperfect Memory & Telling Family Stories
The fallibility of memory has been getting increased attention in the press lately. Eyewitness identifications, for example, have been found to be erroneous. No doubt, the legal implications of imperfect memory are...
How to Write about Feeling like an Outsider
Feeling like an outsider? Most of us have been the odd man out in some community. Accounts of feeling like an outsider are wonderful ways to connect with loved ones. Writing about how you coped, adjusted, or gained...
Writing about Memories vs Memoir Writing
Memoir writing and writing about memories have a lot in common. Both are introspective, healing projects. Here’s how writing about memories is an easier project. It’s Easier to Get Started It’s easier to start writing about...
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