What do you think of when you hear the word legacy?

Perhaps you think of children, a career, a house, money, something you built, a business you started, charitable work, an award on a shelf or a name that people remember. Perhaps you imagine the sort of thing that gets written into an obituary, the achievements and milestones that supposedly add up to the mark we have left on the world.

But what if we've made legacy far more complicated than it needs to be?

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Interested to learn about options for recording your family’s stories? Here’s eight ways to capture the memories of those we love beyond just photographs.

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