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
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...
Writing Through Glasses: How Personality Filters Stories
Wearing and writing through glasses? Your personality can bring a story alive. But, it also functions as a lens. What glasses do you wear? We’re all writing through glasses of some sort. Our world-view, personality, and...
Share Slave Information from Family Trees
I'm excited to introduce Valerie Hughes, today's guest poster. Valerie, a professional genealogist, recently gained insight about what to do with slave information you encounter during your family tree research. Will...
Writing about Hometown Memories Made Easy
We usually define “home” as a building. It’s our childhood home, or grandma’s house, or another place where we felt safe to grow. However, our hometown memories also play an important role in our stories. Even if you moved...
Scrapbooking a Typical Family Moment
Welcome to The Craft Squad's Monthly Blog Hop and my post about preserving a typical family moment! This month our theme is "Hoppity Hop Hop"! What does that make you think of? Easter? Spring? Kids bouncing off the walls?...
Adopted Genealogy: A different family tree
Today I’m excited to have blogger Yvette Porter Moore share her insight about family history research from an adoptee’s standpoint. Being adopted sometimes intensifies the age-old adage “Who am I?” and “Where do I come...
Preserving Family History Information
“Let your roots show” isn’t something likely to go over well over drinks on a girls’ night out. However, the same comment might be warmly received by a group of family history buffs. They’d wonder how they could do that,...
Sharing Your Personality Through Your Stories
Make sure you're sharing your personality along with your memories and stories. Telling your stories isn't only about the past. It’s also about connecting with loved ones now—and into the future. Make sure you’re infusing...
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