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Resources on Legacy: Remembering Lives, Sharing Lessons

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Those of you who are interested in our PartingGifts and AfterWords kits may also find the books and links offered below helpful.

The Association of Personal Historians has excellent information about capturing personal/family history, and is a great resource for both ideas and help if your proejct relates to your personal or family history.

CJ Madigan of Shoebox Stories , who designed the books on grief sold on this site, works with photographs and family histories to preserve both. Her Portfolio section shows how rich and diverse personal and family histories can be.

Libby Atwater's Choose Your Words site is a personal and family history resource I often recommend, with a variety of helpful resources.

Another excellent personal historian is Dawn Thurston, whose MemoirMentor site is informative and helpful.

The Internet is making extraordinary collaborations possible. Visit The Shoah Project, the Veterans History Project, and StoryCorps to see just a few of them.

The StoryCorps site also includes a "great questions generator" to help you figure out what to ask those whose memories you would like to preserve.

In contrast to PartingGifts, which helps you create legacy letters focused on your appreciation for those you value, an ethical will centers around the personal values you would like to "bequeath" to those who survive you. Find out more at EthicalWill.com.