How to Pass on Family Stories

How to Pass on Family Stories

Family Stories

Awe. Look. That’s you. Listen. The pictures are talking. They are telling stories of the past. How do you keep memories alive, besides just flipping through the photo album? Family history is about the stories, shown through our photos and memorabilia collected over the years.

Capture, Preserve and Share your Family Memories for Today and Generations to Come

How do you keep track of your family story? How do you know the personality and wisdom of you past family members? What keeps them alive? Do you have recordings of your past family members voice?

Take the time to interview your grandmother, great grandfather, etc. You will be glad you took the time one weekend when you were doing nothing and did this, years later when your special someone is gone. How else do you pass on family stories to your children. Get a FREE interview list of questions to ask your family members from our blog at https://www.timecapsule.com/time-capsule/how-to-interview-your-grandparents-for-a-time-capsule/.

Love Stories in your Family Tree

How did everyone in your family tree meet? Do you know their stories? It is amazing how things change over the years, like how we meet our spouses. In the past, it may have been through meeting on a ship, through a church group, and now-a-days it can be online. How interesting is this concept of how things change over time. Check out a wonderful and helpful You Tube video about this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdieLq82R8.

Pass on Family Stories

I have always wanted to preserve my family heritage. As long as I live, my grandparents and other significant family members then and now will live. Some people want more than that though. That is why the Baby and Wedding Time Capsule was created from www.timecapsule.com. We want your family legacy to help guide and direct your family’s history. We know there are others interested in genealogy and discovering your heritage just as much as we are. So what is your story?

Preserve it and pass it on to future generations in your family. Get a decorative Baby Time Capsule from https://www.timecapsule.com/product/milestone-collection-baby-time-capsule-keepsake-gift/ for your newest family member to make sure you pass these oral, written, and video stories on, along with other sentimental mementos. When this newest family member graduates high-school, let them open the time capsule and reminisce at a family gathering or party. What a special, intimate day that will be. I can see the tears and laughter now at this family gathering.

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Stories to Preserve

For another great article on this topic, check out http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324595904578116843265852654. Here is a list of other ideas of stories to pass on to your future family generations.

  1. Stories of past wars family members were involved in.
  2. Stories of natural disasters family lived through, and how they survived.
  3. Stories of favorite recipes, and how they were created.
  4. The history of faith in your family, and how you keep the faith.
  5. Stories of work history, and how each family generation made it in the past.
  6. Stories of holiday traditions, and which traditions are still kept alive to this day.
  7. Stories of the differences in how past family members reared children, compared to today.
  8. Stories of famous people admired in the family, in the past.
  9. Stories of favorite books passed down in the family.
  10. Stories of the most favorite memories in the past, from family members.

Questions to ask for Family Stories

I am sure you can think of several other things you could ask and record about your past generations to pass on to future generations. What is your most favorite memory of the past? Comment below.

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