Keeping a Good Current Family History? Living Is Our History!-August 21, 2017

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Happy Monday Everyone! I don't know about you but I am having a hard time thinking and focusing on the past today. We are witnessing history in the making as our country will experience "totality" across certain places of the country with the solar eclipse throughout the day.

Not only that but I just read our daughter's Facebook post. Her four daughters will be in 4 different schools this year. One in elementary, one in junior high, one in high school and one in college in another state. All ten of our grandchildren are experiencing big changes this school year.

My point is that sometimes we forget that we are living our family history each day. Are you keeping a good family history and are you recording stories of your own? If you are will you share how you do this? I love to write so I do stories on my blogs all the time. Our family is spread out and it is my way of trying to keep us connected.

The Family History Guide has an entire section on Memories in Project 2. However, there are more things of interest regarding memories in the Vault of The Family History Guide <www.thefhguide.com>.

The Vault is found under Misc on the Home page. The Vault is a place where secondary content is entered to supplement the Goals and Choices and Steps in the Projects. This morning I was watching a video about Family Stories by Ancestry's Crista Cowan. The principles she discusses about stories of our ancestors also apply to those of us still living.

Home page: Misc.: Vault: Stories: Choice 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPFm8sIe-4

Stories connect us to our families in a real way. The records are the vehicle for the deceased as they create stories when analyzed. By keeping the stories of our own lives and our living family we can truly bless our posterity and keep our families connected.

While you are in the Vault look at the array of content in there. You'll like it.

P.S. The solar eclipse is just happening here in Northern CA. We have a 75% eclipse. Kind of underwhelming actually. Lots of cloud cover so think...dreary winter morning. Should have driven to Rigby, Idaho, I guess! Happy gazing wherever you are.