Honor Thy Father		And Thy Mother
		Now that we have the web, memories can literally be preserved for ever. Family albums which were once the only way to look back on our ancestors are nice, but now we can move beyond dog-eared photos. No more faded pictures, or sudden loss of all our family records in a fire or a hurricane. This digital album is here as a beginning, but the memories it holds will last for a millenium. That's forty generations. I am starting it for that very purpose, and bequeathing it to my children, who in turn will be bound to pass it on to their children. With this work comes a set of rules:

Rules of the album

1. Enjoy the album, and tell your family about it. Don't shove it down their throats. Children don't enjoy seeing endless pictures of dead people. Give them time, and they will cherish this.

2. Add to the album. Scan or use digital pictures, upload and link them. Write a short note for each. Don't upload repetitive photos, but use this as a digital family tree. This is a book of faces, not Facebook.

3. Keep this on a server over which you have full control (e.g. a family server), not a commercial server. If the server is at your home, keep the materials backed up on another server at least 500 km away.

4. Upload new pictures as a tribute to those who have passed away. All those who are alive have many ways to see each other, talk and share images. This album is for memories of the past.

5. Be sensitive and honor the memory of those who have left us.

Picture pages

The two pictures above show my father (Nov. 1st 1923 - Aug. 9th 1992) and mother (Dec. 31st 1917- July 24th 2009), each with a grandchild. Those are my two children.

Open the album...