Family History Preservation

• We created a free family website using Google Sites. Note: This site was also created using Google Sites.

• For only $12 a year we purchased a domain name (xxxx.com) from Google Domains--but this is not a requirement.

• We scanned family photos and added them to Google Docs to display them on the website.

• We also linked Albums from Google Photos to display them on the website.

• We scanned family documents, saved them as PDF files, added them to Google Docs, to display on the website.

• We scanned existing typed family stories and put them through OCR, to create PDF files and put them in Google Docs to display on the website.

• We uploaded family videos to YouTube and used the links to display them on the website.

• We uploaded family audio files in mp3 format to Google Docs to access them on the website.

• For all of the documents we put on the website, we "shared them" so that other family members could view them and not just the author.

Please Note: We uploaded many of these same items to FamilySearch. But FamilySearch does not currently allow video files and it has a limitation as to document size. FamilySearch Memories supports .jpg, .tif, .bmp, .png, .pdf, .mp3, .m4a, and .wav, up to 15MB.

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For more information on what we have done, contact Diana Rice at ProvoRice@gmail.com

• Preserving Your Family’s Letters and Documents

• Seven Ways to Preserve and Share Your Family Story

• How to Get Started with FamilySearch

• Using FamilySearch Memories

• Explore the FamilySearch Memory App

• How We Scanned Our Photos and Documents