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
Looking Forward —and Writing about It
Are you looking forward or looking back? This is an odd title for me—I spend a lot more time looking backwards than I do looking forward. But, as the calendar turns the proverbial page, it makes sense to look forward—and to...
Keeping Christmas Eve Traditions Alive
I’ve tried to continue many of my childhood family’s Christmas Eve traditions with my own family. Some work, others have needed some adjustments. One Christmas Eve tradition in particular has required some adjustments....
What’s the story behind your name?
What's the story behind your name? Sharing the story of your name often entails sharing stories of family heritage and relationships. Who you were named after? Often you'll hear that a person was named after someone who...
Christmas Traditions: 12 Writing Prompts
If you celebrate it, Christmas traditions are probably at the top of your list of family practices. As the holiday approaches, reminisce and write about your Christmas traditions growing up. How do they compare to the ones...
6 Ways to Write about Your Home
Write about your home as you share your memories. Your stories of events that happened in your house will make more sense against the backdrop of your descriptions of the place you live. In addition, your readers will be...
Remembering and Missing Loved Ones During the Holidays
Let's face it: Remembering loved ones during the holidays isn't all kittens and rainbows. Remembering can bring feelings of loss and emptiness to the forefront. But, there's another truth. It's going to happen. During the...
Voices from the Past: 3 Ways to Save Them
Voices from the past can tug at our heartstrings like nothing else, especially if the voice belongs to a loved one. When we hear voices from the past, our recall is vivid and emotional. The voices take us back. However,...
7 Ideas for Giving Gifts that Matter
We all want to give memorable gifts to loved ones— gifts that matter. Even with all the ads and sales, it can be hard to find a gift your loved one will cherish. Here are few ideas to jump-start your giving lists....
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