family
Your personal family site
A project that could either become a joint operation involving the entire family or your secret project resulting in a unique Christmas gift for all.The younger generation often lacks interest and knowledge of their inheritance. This might be due to all inheritance sites starts about 1920 - and goes backwards, seeming really old and irrelevant for the younger generations of today. But what about the interesting stories? Grandmother’s wild youth, dads extreme hunt in Canada, when he was young, or granddads adventures as young explorer? Stories like that need to be told and shared, to give younger generations an insight in their genetic inheritance. Also an updated family tree, where they can actually find themselves and see the connections, tend to make it much more interesting and relevant.
Visuals
Every family got old photos or even paintings dating back from 1880 or earlier - and with newer materials there will be plenty to make your site visually interesting as well.Interviews
It is obvious to make some explicit interviews with family member - especially the oldest, to maintain the stories from their lives, and describe it in a literary way, that will make it interesting for newer generations. Interviews can be made by phone - or by personal meeting.Video
Uniquely the interviews can be recorded and edited down to small interesting stories - told be family members themselves.Or maybe even a small portrait of the most colorful members of the family?