I can’t say it any better than Robb Lucy has at Your Legacy Smile:
“If you had a short document written by each of your long lost relatives telling of their lives, hopes & dreams…. would that be good?” Lucy writes.
Then he lists 10 Reasons Why You Should Record Your Stories:
- No one else will do it for you.
- No one else knows the stories of your life quite like you do.
- You owe it to yourself and to your family.
- Let your descendants know that you were a real person… and that they descended from you.
- The stories you heard from your grandparents won’t die with you.
- The stories you created and were a part of will live on. They’ll entertain and amaze your descendants.
- You are part of where you lived. And if some of them still live there… it will be rewarding for them to see how their community has changed.
- Describing what you did when you were young will seem pretty wierd to them… but it will be very entertaining reading!
- Telling of your tough times will teach them how you, and everyone around you, coped. And you must might teach them something.
- Your stories will make the world a richer place. When you ‘go’, they live on!