Some people know their family story is worth recording because they are famous or wealthy and understand there are some who would enjoy reading about their journey to that fame or fortune.
Other folks may ask themselves, why would I ever record my family's story and who would read it if I did? Perhaps there are reasons beyond the obvious to write family stories.
Let's consider the following four reasons: A Day Passed is Gone Forever Obviously, a day passed is gone forever.
However, sometimes there are days worth preserving.
They would be days of celebration and rejoicing like graduations, weddings and births, and days when an ah-hah moment had a lasting impact on our lives.
Examples of other memories that might be worth preserving for posterity could be where we were and what our thoughts were when some major national or international event occurred, like the death of a president or The Royal Wedding.
These are the things that make memoir writing more valuable.
Roots Speak Roots speak? Well, yes, they do.
When we look back on where we came from, it often explains much in our lives today.
It can explain how and why we make decisions that take our life on one path or another.
Future generations might be thankful for the recording of the life of our family to help understand their present.
Families Impact Society Recording family stories helps the world around us put the societal puzzle pieces together.
An example of a group of recorded sound bytes of family history is at StoryCorps.
Since it is kept in the National Archives, these stories can be listened to and analyzed as long as our country lives.
Simple Joys Simple joys of family gatherings include sharing our histories, however long or short, however exotic or mundane.
When we write our family story, those simple joys are re-created over and over again as they pass from one hand to the next.
It doesn't matter who you are, your family story has a place in the history of mankind and is worth recording.
You can dictate your family memoir into a program on a computer that will transcribe it for you.
You can hand write a family story.
You can input the material directly into a computer.
Whichever way you choose, make sure there is a hard copy stored in a safe place to insure that future generations will benefit from who your family is today.
There is no better time than today to start writing your family history.
Other folks may ask themselves, why would I ever record my family's story and who would read it if I did? Perhaps there are reasons beyond the obvious to write family stories.
Let's consider the following four reasons: A Day Passed is Gone Forever Obviously, a day passed is gone forever.
However, sometimes there are days worth preserving.
They would be days of celebration and rejoicing like graduations, weddings and births, and days when an ah-hah moment had a lasting impact on our lives.
Examples of other memories that might be worth preserving for posterity could be where we were and what our thoughts were when some major national or international event occurred, like the death of a president or The Royal Wedding.
These are the things that make memoir writing more valuable.
Roots Speak Roots speak? Well, yes, they do.
When we look back on where we came from, it often explains much in our lives today.
It can explain how and why we make decisions that take our life on one path or another.
Future generations might be thankful for the recording of the life of our family to help understand their present.
Families Impact Society Recording family stories helps the world around us put the societal puzzle pieces together.
An example of a group of recorded sound bytes of family history is at StoryCorps.
Since it is kept in the National Archives, these stories can be listened to and analyzed as long as our country lives.
Simple Joys Simple joys of family gatherings include sharing our histories, however long or short, however exotic or mundane.
When we write our family story, those simple joys are re-created over and over again as they pass from one hand to the next.
It doesn't matter who you are, your family story has a place in the history of mankind and is worth recording.
You can dictate your family memoir into a program on a computer that will transcribe it for you.
You can hand write a family story.
You can input the material directly into a computer.
Whichever way you choose, make sure there is a hard copy stored in a safe place to insure that future generations will benefit from who your family is today.
There is no better time than today to start writing your family history.