Read moreFamily get-togethers around this time of year present an excellent opportunity to ask questions and invite your loved ones into your family history research.
10 things to do for family history month
Number four on our list of easy family history activities: record your favorite family recipes.
Read moreResearching your genealogy can seem like a never-ending task, but these family history activities are approachable, meaningful—and can be completed with ease.
How to preserve your parent’s Holocaust survivor stories
Giving yourself time limits for each of the three steps below, including making lists, helps you both access memories and make an otherwise overwhelming task approachable.
Read moreChildren of Holocaust survivors can preserve their parents’ life stories using this three-step process created by a longtime story facilitator.
3 ways to elevate your family cookbook
Read moreWant to make a family cookbook that preserves your recipes AND looks professionally done? Follow these easy tips from professional food stylists and editors.
How to turn family artifacts into a book
The author’s hand-embroidered tablecloth and napkins, made by her grandmother in the 1950s. Even if family artifacts don’t have a story of their own, they can still be useful and allow us to revisit the memories we associate with them, as Clémence Scouten does each time she hosts a dinner party.
Read moreDon’t let your family heirlooms and mementos sit in boxes collecting dust—use these expert tips to curate them and preserve their stories in a book.
Share stories as a balm for holiday grief
Especially in our modern world where rituals around death are disappearing, and where one-on-one in-person communication is taking a backseat to virtual connection, it can be hard to know what to say to someone who is grieving. My advice? Don’t offer platitudes, but do offer memories.
Read moreThere’s no antidote for grief. But sharing memories about the deceased—especially during the holidays, when sadness is magnified—is a gift you can give.
Have you inherited a messy box of family photos?
Read moreWhen a parent dies and leaves behind a mess of family photos, where does one even begin to sort through it all? Find a (thoughtful, healing) plan here.