A few weeks ago, my husband and I took my eighty-seven-year-old father to visit his ninety-seven-year-old brother in a nearby city. Holding each other’s hands, they reminisced about memories such as planning to run away from home as young boys. They laughed at how their ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180530_111714-300x222.jpg\")
mom offered to make them sack lunches to take along in case they got hungry. For hours my cousin and I recorded childhood memories as these brothers recounted them, and because of modern technology, these priceless stories can be enjoyed for generations to come.<\/p>\n
In the FamilySearch\u00a0Memories <\/a>section of The Family History Guide, you will find step-by-step instructions<\/a>\u00a0(project 2, Goal 12<\/strong>) on how to use the free FamilySearch mobile\u00a0Memories app<\/a>\u00a0to make sure moments like this are not lost. With this tool, you can take photos, record stories, and make audio recordings without having to first navigate to a person–you can even indicate later who is in the photos or stories. This makes capturing a family history moment a “piece of cake,” and sharing it even easier! In a blog post entitled,\u00a0Using FamilySearch Apps To Record Oral Histories,<\/a>\u00a0 Leslie Albrecht Huber writes that this app “was created to make it easy for you to preserve family memories no matter where you are and to connect these preserved memories to your tree.” If you don\u2019t have a FamilySearch account, you can\u00a0get one here<\/a>. Gathering, preserving, and sharing family memories has never been more fun as shown in this video found on our YouTube Channel. This family demonstrates how to use the FamilySearch audio recording feature to preserve information from living relatives–they definitely know how to enjoy the process! We hope you will enjoy it, too.<\/p>\n