After we are gone, is anyone interested in who we were and what we did?

Some might. The thing is if you don't write it they won't be able to find out if they are interested. However I think the other question is are you interested in saving your story? If so then it doesn't really matter if anyone finds it in the future. It might be someone completely unrelated to you who finds interest in your story.

I've lost my mother and my uncle (one of her half brothers) in the past year and there are so many things I wish I would have learned from them before they died. I blame myself for not asking more questions of them when they were alive.

I'm personally interested in writing my story, not because it's of any particular interest to anyone, but to put my life into perspective and so see if I can connect any dots I haven't connected before.
 
While I don’t want to be remembered, I know I will be. I am unforgettable to my children. ☺️

My children are not interested in past family but I was. It was so funny to investigate my fathers life. I have a picture of dad, and his mother and father at Christmas with a person named Jean. Who was Jean?

And a Kansas phone book, with Jean, and Betty, and my mother; same last name. Huh? 😂. All in the same area, earlier phone books listing these woman with my dad; and my mother always claiming she didn’t know. But she had that picture of grandpa, grandma, dad, and Jean.

Betty, dads first wife, Jean, dads second wife, and my mother, dads third wife. 😂. Do I wish dad had written out his story. Why yes, yes I do. But my brother totally uninterested.
 

No. No one will care after your generation dies out. Then in a hundred years they will dig you up to put in a road and a shopping center. Yes we will still need roads and shopping centers a hundred years from now sad to report. Yes I know everyone thinks we'll be traveling around in flying cars, but that is bunk.
 
Gary O' said:
That's where I am
Everbody to ask is gone
I find that rather tragic

I've written some things
It may become a book
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yes that's the problem...we want to know about our ancestors..so why wouldn't our offsprings, offspring, want to know about us ?... and if we don't ask while some are still alive to answer then we'll never know.

Unfortunately all who can answer my questions are in the same place as yours Gary...gone!!
 
My oldest brother has done our genealogy and it was very interesting to many of us for a long time although his children did not want to hear it anymore. He also has traveled to our families country of origin. I thought that was wonderful.
 
This thread reminds me of this poem.

When I Was One-and-Twenty​

BY A. E. HOUSMAN

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
“The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
’Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.”
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.
 
dobielvr said:
My mother used to always tell us kids and anybody who would listen lol, her families' history. When her father fought the Turks on his horse and lost part of his finger, his travels from his homeland to America...going thru Ellis Island. You get my drift.
I'll stop there, or I'll get carried away.

I'm glad she did.....
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Your family history sounds exciting! I want my future family members to enjoy the stories I remember. That is a primary reason I want to preserve them in a safe easy-to-find place. For me, recalling my family stories brings long-gone family members back to life.:)
 
There is a storyteller's project where you record someone interviewing you, for posterity. I think our storytelling ability is a way of passing on info to the next generation and I believe it is important. Would dearly love to hear my grandmother or my mother's voice again, telling me stories.
 
I'm a private person and tend to hide my innermost feelings. It's a guy thing I believe, but I doubt if most people would bare their innermost souls on paper. I could be wrong. For me, you just suck it up and move on.
 
funsearcher! said:
There is a storyteller's project where you record someone interviewing you, for posterity. I think our storytelling ability is a way of passing on info to the next generation and I believe it is important. Would dearly love to hear my grandmother or my mother's voice again, telling me stories.
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My nephew did this. He taped an 'interview' w/my Mom and Dad. Asked them questions about his life, etc. They were sitting side by side in their favorite chairs enjoying it.

It's hard to listen to at times, but so worth it! 💖
 
hollydolly said:
There will come a time when unless we do something good for the world.. or extremely bad, none of us will be remembered by anyone..

I'm a daughter, a sister, a mother, an Aunt, a niece, a cousin, ... and a wife...

..one day unless I write memoirs no-one is ever going to know I existed...

Old tom..can you give us the name of the website ?
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hollydolly said:
well it may matter to my daughter.. and all my younger relatives...and their children and grandchildren...
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That's a primary reason I'm doing it too!
 
mellowyellow said:
I think families keep secrets and it would surprise me if, when telling their life story, they would include them in it.
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We don't have to tell our secrets, just our normal life experiences. In my case, a couple of secrets will be exposed after I am gone, not because they are bad, but because they are a little embarrassing 🤫
 
asp3 said:
Some might. The thing is if you don't write it they won't be able to find out if they are interested. However I think the other question is are you interested in saving your story? If so then it doesn't really matter if anyone finds it in the future. It might be someone completely unrelated to you who finds interest in your story.

I've lost my mother and my uncle (one of her half brothers) in the past year and there are so many things I wish I would have learned from them before they died. I blame myself for not asking more questions of them when they were alive.

I'm personally interested in writing my story, not because it's of any particular interest to anyone, but to put my life into perspective and so see if I can connect any dots I haven't connected before.
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Well said!
 
Aneeda72 said:
While I don’t want to be remembered, I know I will be. I am unforgettable to my children. ☺️

My children are not interested in past family but I was. It was so funny to investigate my fathers life. I have a picture of dad, and his mother and father at Christmas with a person named Jean. Who was Jean?

And a Kansas phone book, with Jean, and Betty, and my mother; same last name. Huh? 😂. All in the same area, earlier phone books listing these woman with my dad; and my mother always claiming she didn’t know. But she had that picture of grandpa, grandma, dad, and Jean.

Betty, dads first wife, Jean, dads second wife, and my mother, dads third wife. 😂. Do I wish dad had written out his story. Why yes, yes I do. But my brother totally uninterested.
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Great attitude, great story! That's the kind of story that needs to be saved so that someday long in the future it will bring a smile to the face of someone that’s having a bad day. Kudos to you.
 
Jules said:
Not that I’d include it in my full history, I do believe that my kids and grandkids need to know medical history.
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Jules,

That's what started my search for a way to preserve my life's experiences. One of my children's doctors wanted the family,s medical history and he had no idea what mine is. So, my online forever page will have a section devoted just to my and my parent's medical history.
 
funsearcher! said:
There is a storyteller's project where you record someone interviewing you, for posterity. I think our storytelling ability is a way of passing on info to the next generation and I believe it is important. Would dearly love to hear my grandmother or my mother's voice again, telling me stories.
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Couldn't agree more. My granddaughter is going to record a snippet of my voice and add it to my page. A friend who told us about this website added his departed wife's answering machine voice so that her grandchildren could hear a grandmother they never knew.:cry:
 
At times as I walked through graveyards of my deceased family members, I also took the opportunity to read other markers and headstones. I found that at least some of them were interesting. The item that stood out the most was their age at death.

Going back into the 1800’s until today, anyone would be able to tell that as time progressed, so did our age expectancy. Early 1800’s showed death occurred around the age of early 50’s compared to today’s relatives that some are living to be into their early 90’s.
 
Old Tom said:
I found a website where I can leave an account of my life's journey. As I get older, my one regret is that I did not find out more about my relatives' lives. I am thinking current and future family members might appreciate knowing, for better or worse, what kind of person I was and how I navigated through life's obstacles. My question is, do you think it is worth taking the time to leave an account of one's life?
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Make your own website. I did.
 

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