Thread by @Taneya

I have a story to share about the impact of family history.

A moment that brought tears to my eyes - and the eyes of many other family members too.

Why? Because of the power of seeing family memories come to life.

My grandmother, Cora, passed away in 2006. Until this past week, we had no video footage of her. Only photos. But, that changed this week…

I now have digital footage from a birthday party given in 1987 as a surprise for one of her sisters, who also, is no longer with us. At that birthday party were many, many family members. Including myself, my siblings, and my dad. I had pictures of that party...

but thanks to my cousin, a son of my grandmother’s sister, he agreed to let me help get the video digitized (because – how many of us have VCRs these days?) We did, and it is incredible. More than 20 minutes of video to watch and relive those memories!

And, I have a video of my grandmother that I’d not seen before. I cannot stop watching. Each time brings tears to my eyes. She is the one in white, walking to sit down.

I had my video digitized with @FOREVER – if you are interested in learning more about it, I invite you to sign up for a free exploratory account with my referral link bit.ly/forever-taneya….

And, I invite you to attend the 2nd Annual FOREVER Family History Virtual Event on Feb 26. I am the virtual emcee this year - you can learn info on how to permanently save, organize, and preserve your family photos, videos, and documents. Register at bit.ly/taneya-forever…

Have you been similarly moved by seeing video of your family? #familyhistory #genealogy

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