Keeping in touch is so much easier with email, blogs, and other social networking tools.  The question is do we really stay in touch with family and friends about our memorable moments or do we just share what we remember at the time of the email?

Family newsletters allow the recipients to find out details about other family members and potentially add their stories.  Getting family members to contribute regardless of size of entry, allows everyone to have their input recorded for future generations.

Conducting interviews of family members is one of the recommendations in Creating Family Newsletters by Elaine Floyd.  Can you image the excitement for future generations to read old family newsletters and get details about the lives of their ancestors?

Newsletters do not have to be fancy.  One page to start and once family members start adding content, perhaps even more pages.  Consider doing a newsletter online….