Melissa Mannon

Great book! The author strikes the right balance between the professional way and what's realistic for most people. She does a good job of explaining why you should think of your house as housing the archives of "you" and how to curate these.

I had two quibbles. First, I prefer to buy digital these days, since searching has become part of my life, but I understand why a professional archivist would be reluctant. Second, the formatting choice to include sidebars on every single page makes for choppy reading, which took me several chapters to stop being annoyed by.

And, based on my personal experience, I would strengthen the section on focusing on what communities you belong to or represent -- frankly, very few people beside you are interested in you, per se...future researchers are going to be interested in you as a woman who held a corporate job in 1925, or you as a man who helped settle Naples, FL, so be sure to reflect that in your archiving selections.

I'd recommend this to anyone interested in preserving their legacies for the future, and for people interested in helping other people preserve legacies, like genealogists and family history librarians.… (lisätietoja)