Photos
Portraits, weddings, homes, farms and work, especially originals from before 1940. Scans or clear phone photos are fine.
What you’ll be able to share
Stories
Something a parent or grandparent told you: who, where, roughly when, and who told it.
Letters and documents
Letters, diaries, family Bible pages, recipes and traditions.
Family connections
A family name we haven’t listed, and how it joins one of our lines.
How it will work
- No account needed. A short form, about five minutes.
- Private on arrival. Nothing you send is public. Our family researcher checks and files every item.
- Used with care. It may appear in the book, and on this site only if approved.
- Living relatives protected. No names or details of living people are ever published.
- Your photo stays yours. You keep your rights and choose how you’re credited.
- Change your mind? You can take something back any time before printing.
Getting ready
If you’d like to help when sharing opens, now is a good time to:
- Look through albums and boxes for photos from before 1940.
- Note who is in each photo, where, and roughly when, while someone still remembers.
- Write down a family story the way you heard it.
- Keep fragile originals safe; we’ll help find the best way to copy them.
Please name only relatives who have passed away.