Useful Things: Your Story

If you are even remotely interested in genealogy, then you need to head over to Proust ASAP. Proust is a web tool that lets you track family history has it happens. This tool lets you share your family stories now, while you can still remember all the details.

According to the website:

Proust.com is a place for families to share the stuff that really matters.

It's a place to capture our life stories, thoughts, and aspirations and spark meaningful conversations about who we are. 

On Proust.com, meaningful discussions start with compelling questions. Fun questions like "If you could have any natural talent what would it be?", probing questions like "What did you learn the hard way?", and nostalgic questions like "Who was your first kiss and how did it happen?".

You choose the questions that you want to ask, or create your own. Then send to all the people that matter most to you. Just a few questions can unlock so much. And if you want to tell the story of your own life, the questions on Proust.com are great prompts to help you get started. Just sign up, add your answers, then share your story with those closest to you.

You have to create an account to access all the tools, but you can take a tour of the Proust before you sign-up. Once you create an account, you can start sharing your story. Proust allows you to enhance your stories with images, video, file attachments, and people tagging. As your write, you can tag things to maps and timelines so you can see where you're been. As you answer questions, Proust makes a book of your life (and soon you'll be able to see it in dead tree print form).

You can invite family friends to share your story and submit their own. These stories will show up on your bookshelf that you can peruse them at your leisure and see how they change.