After hunting around in various different resources to patch together some beginnings of a family history, I also started to talk with members of the family and not only ask them things about the relationships in the family, but also started getting more into the social history side of things with them. My kids also found it interesting to hear these stories. As a result of this I decided to take it upon myself to see if I could start to record some of this family history, as well as begin on building my own life story so that my kids wouldn't have the same black holes and brick walls to deal with that I have. Was actually a friend of mine came up with the idea.
I am using a site to do this and wondered if any of you had come across this kind of thing before. Does this seem like a valuable resource tool for future generations of people looking into their history? Or does it just take the fun out of it as far as the greater community is concerned? I know my son is constantly looking over my shoulder while I fill things in on the site and is driving me mad with questions about when I was growing up. Not sure if it really counts though.
What do you think?
I am using a site to do this and wondered if any of you had come across this kind of thing before. Does this seem like a valuable resource tool for future generations of people looking into their history? Or does it just take the fun out of it as far as the greater community is concerned? I know my son is constantly looking over my shoulder while I fill things in on the site and is driving me mad with questions about when I was growing up. Not sure if it really counts though.
What do you think?
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