Issue 15.13
The winner of the 2013 Developer Challenge at RootsTech was Treelines.com and its developer Tammy Hepps. Her blog says: We are something new: a tool focused entirely on the stories that your hard-won genealogical discoveries reveal. For example, an orphanage file urges you to reconsider what you thought you knew about your grandmother’s childhood. A letter connects the dots between your grandfather and the mysterious siblings he left behind when he moved west. A photograph brings you closer to the moment when your great-great-great-grandfather made history. The thrill of the chase of the elusive record may be what keeps us going, but the recovered stories these records outline are the bigger reward. We want to help you tell these amazing stories.
Treelines aims to become the default tool you will use to curate and share the family stories you uncover. We are genealogists like you, so we will pick up exactly where your family tree leaves off without requiring duplicate work. It will be easy and low-effort. Here you’ll find a new outlet for expression that you can’t find elsewhere.
We hope that for you, as for us, Treelines will get to the heart of why we research our family trees:
To enrich our family and ourselves emotionally and spiritually.
To personalize history and make it present in our lives.
To recognize that the world is bigger than us.
To understand how we came to be and where we are going.
To give our own pursuits meaning and context.
Taking the time to appreciate the lives of our forebears keeps us honest about who we are and reminds us of our own potential. The more that we genealogists can share the best stories of our ancestors’ struggles and triumphs, the more all of our family members can learn from their lives. We at Treelines would be honored to be your partner in this leg of your genealogy journey.
https://www.treelines.com/gate/ Treelines turns family trees and unrecorded memories into gorgeous stories your family will love. It is a fun and easy tool to write your story page-by-page. Add images, tweak page design, and turn your family history into a beautiful narrative. Go to her page and request an invite.
Shanna S. Jones shannasjones@msn.com (435) 628-4900.