Curate Your Family’s Photos, Videos, and Other Memories
Imagine yourself as the curator of your family’s story told through photos, videos, handwritten letters, and other documents. If you’re trying to declutter, it’s better to think of curating instead of saving and organizing. Why? It’s a subtle mental shift. When you curate your family’s history, you’re picking and choosing what memories that you’re make […]
The Man with No Memories
You realize that family photos are a treasure when they’re missing from your life This post is from Don Simkovich, the co-author of our upcoming book, Declutter Your Photos, Secure Your Legacy. He’s an adoptive dad and young grandfather who reflects on one of his kids who never had a photos or videos taken during […]
Disasters and Memories: Evacuating the Eaton Fire a Year Ago
Excerpt from Decluttering Your Photos, Securing Your Legacy (co-authored by Melody Whitehead and Don Simkovich) Note from Melody: January 7 is the one year anniversary of the Eaton Fire that tore through Altadena within minutes after the blaze started. More than 6,000 homes were destroyed in Altadena, a community of 44,000 people and a place […]
Saving Your Most Meaningful Photos and Videos
Your memories are treasures to preserve for future generations, but a mistake that families make is they think they have to save all their printed photos and all of their digital images.
QUICK! For your Legacy’s Sake, Safeguard Your Family Genealogy NOW! (Before Time Slips Away)
I can put in everything: the photos, documents, audio, video, anything that there is in media and I can arrange it in chronological order.
Plan your photos ahead of time as part of your personal photo plan
Lay out your personal photo plan now so you’re ready to capture meaningful memories during the upcoming holidays, school, and sports events.
Clear Your Photo Clutter: the Power of Only Two Photos
You don’t need to save all your memories and, to be honest, you don’t want to try and save all your memories
How to Record Your Family’s History for Future Generations
Cloud storage using FOREVER is the safest way I know to safeguard your most meaningful memories for generations to come.
Safeguarding Your Photos and Videos from Different Types of Loss
Don’t lose your family stories and memories that have meaning for you and that can mean so much to future generations. Your story is worth preserving. I’ve posted about how friends I know have lost photos, videos, and other memories due to theft and historic tragedies like the recent fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. […]
The Best and Most Secure Way to Safeguard Your Family History Research
Individuals who have a healthy identity development also have high levels of family history knowledge.