Creating a Family Biography

When you create a MyHeartwill account at Myheartwill.com, you will be able to store and share your family biography online with others.  Putting your family legacy online is an invaluable gift for all the members of your family.  Unlike other digital photo and networking sites Myheartwill.com is based on a deeper, more thoughtful premise than today’s social media platforms.  MyHearwill.com is a platform that grew from altruistic origins in a consumer market, which has become increasingly conscience-driven.  Your family biography will be protected online at MyHeartwill.com and will become a time capsule for many future generations to enjoy.

To begin building your family biography in your MyHeartwill account, start with a digital online photo album.  You may include all the photos from life’s special moments.  Or start with one important occasion, which you consider to be a major moment in your family biography.  Once you start to upload your cherished photographs, your family biography will start to form.  Be sure to add pictures from all your family’s major life events.  As you add these to your My Heartwill account, you can add text to describe what is occurring in the photos. Be sure to include descriptions of who is in each photo and what was happening that day.  It’s important for future generations to understand the things that are not completely apparent from the photos. These details will enrich your family biography.  Your family members will enjoy your commentary.

Gathering stories and including them in your MyHeartwill account is another way to enrich your family biography.  To preserve your family biography, create stories detailing the special events in the lives of your family members.  Gather stories your parents and other family members consider important to your family biography.  Stories may be short or more extensive.  Stories create a backdrop of details and enrich the keepsakes you upload. 

There is another section in your MyHeartwill account titled “audio.”  This section is an appropriate place to include special audio, which has meaning for your family.  For example, you can include a personal song  that you would like to include in your family biography.    You may wish to include some personal narratives in this section. You may record some family stories and add commentary to photos, documents and videos you have uploaded. Use audio to fill in the gaps in your family biography.

If you feel stuck, create an outline that shares your family’s most memorable moments. It is a simple way to get the process started. You can begin by writing down the most important elements of your family biography or family history. The birth and death dates, birth place, schools attended, marriages, jobs and children.  If you have a spouse, include facts from their family biography as well.   You can also include all major family events in your outline.  Jot down as much as you can and your family biography will come to life.

Then, start filling out all the facts in your family biography.   For example, for birth dates include the place, time of birth and anything else you can remember. Don’t get stuck. If you can’t remember exact facts you can include other information in your family biography.

If you are married, describe some details about your spouse.  You may explain when you met your spouse and the marriage proposal you shared. You can use the “story” section or the “audio” section in your MyHeartwill account to share about when you knew you were going to marry your spouse and what happened on your wedding day. Putting insights like these into your family biography are fascinating for your readers.  These insights also create an intimate connection between you and your loved ones as they view your Heartwill.  

You can also create a video in your MyHeartwill account to let family and friends know your wishes and desires upon your passing.   A video is an amazing tool to create closure for those who love you.  Communicate your most important messages, advice and if you like, use humor.  Your family biography and MyHeartwill video are unique to you and your style.  Regardless of the tone, your loved ones will enjoy it because it’s about you.