Our Vision
Our lives are ours to live how we choose, that is an amazing gift each one of us has been given. An even greater gift is to share that life with those who can and do have an appreciation for it, even after we are gone. Telling stories, listening to stories and documenting those stories is what makes it all worth while.
We created My Family Story as the one place where families can go to learn more about their heritage and those who came before them.
It is a place to collect, curate and share all of the amazing stories and information that have been gathered between various family members but may be scattered across different people, in personal notebooks, various historical society’s, other printed or online materials or even physical artifacts.
Ensuring strong family communities continue to thrive and preserve what is important to them is important to us. Creating connections between family members, their stories and our own stories that deepen relationships, improve our understanding of ourselves and cultivate an appreciation of those around us is what we hope for from this project.
Thank you to the many family members I have asked questions from, those who’ve given me their time or artifacts to cherish, those who have indulged my exuberance as I’ve learned new facts about our heritage and wanted to share and those that continue to support my discovery of myself. Each one of you has contributed to this project and I hope it others to create their own ‘Family Story’ website with us as well.
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Heather Crince
My Family Story Executive Director