[tbonesteaks]

My dad has kept an entry in calendars or date books of short recaps of every day since he was in college. I have done the same using something called a 5 year journal. Not journal entries though, just quick hits of the day. It is really fun to be able to look back at every day and read what happened. One day I need to digitize my dads entries, and maybe store them all so they can be filtered by date. Like read every entry for June 20th.

[Herodotus38]

If you have children or nephews and nieces I’m sure they will benefit from the effort you are putting in, as well as the benefit you receive.

I remember being very impressed when reading a biography somewhere online of Alexander Grothendeick, that it was a family tradition to keep biographies on ancestors, so he had this knowledge as well. I know very little of my great grandparents, and nothing beyond them, which I am sure is common in the United States.

[WalterBright]

Sounds like a treasure.