Passing along for your information. I have not visited the site and cannot provide an evaluation of their efforts. Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ ---------- > From: Nancy L. Pengra <penga001@maroon.tc.umn.edu> > To: tsingleton@iclub.org > Subject: Adams Co. - Preserving family and life stories > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 1997 12:50 AM > > The CENTER FOR LIFE STORIES PRESERVATION has been on-line since 10/96 > and while we’ve seen genealogy sites multiply by the thousands, there > still doesn’t seem to be one clearinghouse of info for people on > preserving their stories - the oral history aspect of our families. So > we’re going to try to fill that void. > > We started the CENTER after losing our 96-year-old grandfather (we’d > traced his Luxembourg genealogy but never captured his fishing > stories!). We, too, are genealogists, but feel strongly about the > importance of individual family and life stories, and to that end, we’re > reaching out to the on-line community in search of additional links to > the following: > > 1. On-line memoirs - so far we have links to 175 sites (individual > stories, collections, community memoirs, military). We’d like to > provide links to any and all on-line memoirs > > 2. Oral history how-tos (interviewing, methods, tips) > > 3. Preserving the physical treasures (photos, newspaper clippings...) > > 4. Ways to preserve stories (audio, video, CD-rom, on-line, publishing, > etc.); we’re particularly looking for how-to sites rather than strictly > commercial sites. > > 5. Easy ways to preserve stories (whether you’re 9 or 90), like starting > a family newsletter or other family traditions valuing day-to-day > stories > > 6. Nostalgia/memory triggering sites - old songs, the golden age of > radio and Hollywood, vintage cars, Flower Power, etc. > > > Note: We’ll be providing links to individual genealogical or historical > groups only if they have info of value dealing with preserving the > family stories. Our aim is not to be an all inclusive web-linker > (others do that far better), but to supply easy access to the best sites > we find - best either because they have so much to offer, or because > they’re powerful. The same with strictly commercial sites. > > > > For those not familiar with us, we're a family organization (my family!) > who learned the hard way that if we don't take the time to get to know > our family members, their stories and experiences, NOW while they’re > still alive, and let them know us - sometimes we lose that chance. > > We've seen how important it is to share and acknowledge ones experiences > and stories, (whether about military service, the Depression, working as > a farmer, raising a family, or just fun childhood memories), so our site > is set up as an ongoing/expanding resource of on-line help, ideas and > motivation, as well as links to many resources (military, genealogical, > historical). We’ve been doing this since 1992, primarily in a teaching > role, and since 1996 have shifted our energies to the global community > via the internet. > > If you run across any links that would be of interest, please, please > pass them our way. Of, if we can be of value to your members, please > pass along our URL: http://members.aol.com/Storycntr > > > -- > Nancy L. Pengra > Center for Life Stories Preservation > 137 Bates Avenue > St. Paul, MN 55106 > http://members.aol.com/Storycntr > email: penga001@maroon.tc.umn.edu