Mankind's desire to preserve and share memories from one generation for the benefit of future generations has been evident for millennia. Records of family genealogies, histories of the rise and fall of nations, societies, and individuals with stories of their successes and failures have been kept since the beginning of recorded history in every enduring society.



This desire to preserve and share memories continues unabated and may be increasing in our day. For examp… Continue

Have you ever experienced a personal disaster? A fire, an earthquake, or tornados are all horrible events, especially if they destroy your home where you’ve gathered all the little possessions that create your life. Family pictures of holidays and birthdays, swimming lessons, and soccer games hold those lasting memories that none of us ever want to forget. It’s no surprise then that these are the things that people regret losing the most.

How would you feel then if you discovered you’d

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Remember the way you felt when you took your son on his first camping trip and the way your daughter looked when she finished her first dance recital? Every time important moments like that arose in their lives you were there with the video camera, capturing every precious moment and rite of passage. You knew, without a doubt, that those significant events would be available for you to watch over and over again as you and your children grew older. You would always have the opportunity to relive… Continue

In the not-too-distant past, people had movie cameras that used 8mm, 16mm, and Super8 movie film reels to record family events and happenings. They watched those reels of home movies on projectors that showed flickering images on a movie screen. The problem with home movies, though, is over time movie film gets brittle and breaks and the recorded images fade and change color. We thought that problem was solved when the VHS and Beta movie/recorder systems came out. But these systems still use fil… Continue

Many people are interested in their family tree and some are lucky enough to have old photographs of by-gone generations lying around in a drawer or a box somewhere in the house. The problem with storing these old photos this way is that they are exposed to acids and lignins from the paper that either they are mounted on or that the other photos in the box or drawer are printed on. When these acids and lignins are released from the old photo paper, they cause old pictures to slowly become yellow… Continue