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You can preserve your life history and memories in many ways. The following are a few ideas:
You can preserve your life history and memories in many ways. The following are a few ideas:


=== Written Biographies ===
=== Written Biographies ===
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What you decide to include is up to you, and any physical documents or images can help round out your words.   
What you decide to include is up to you, and any physical documents or images can help round out your words.   


=== [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Creating_a_Personal_Journal Journals] ===
=== [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Creating_a_Personal_Journal Journals] ===
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' Keeping a journal and a scrapbook together can help you create an excellent, full history of your life. Narratives and journal entries help provide insightful background to each photograph in your scrapbook. <br>
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' Keeping a journal and a scrapbook together can help you create an excellent, full history of your life. Narratives and journal entries help provide insightful background to each photograph in your scrapbook. <br>
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=== [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Creating_Oral_Histories Oral Histories]  ===
=== [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Creating_Oral_Histories Oral Histories]  ===
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you plan to record your history electronically, be aware that electronic media does not retain quality for long. Electronic recordings should be transcribed onto archival quality paper. If it is digitized, it will last forever. <br>
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you plan to record your history electronically, be aware that electronic media does not retain quality for long. Electronic recordings should be transcribed onto archival quality paper. If it is digitized, it will last forever. <br>
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=== Online Photo Books  ===
=== Online Photo Books  ===