What's the easiest way to share your oral histories with others? There are truly several options that are user friendly. First with the availability of free blog sites, it's easy to set up a blog. Type up the oral histories of your parents and grandparents and post to the blog. Many of the blog sites with also work with Facebook accounts. This allows all of your friends and family members to see when you've updated with more stories.
Another option is that with the explosion of ebook readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook, it is possible to create e-books from PDF files. Font size can be changed on all the e-readers and the Kindle will even read the newly created ebook with the text to speech option. Graphs and charts do not always convert well, but if all you want to do is share the stories of your ancestors with others it's a great program. There is an incredible program called Calibre (calibre-ebook.com) that will convert most documents to any format that you need. Once converted it can even be emailed directly to the Kindle(s).
We are truly blessed to live in a time that sharing information is so simple. There are so many options from blogs to e-readers that there is an option for everyone. Files are simple to back up on an SD card, Flash Drive, or CD without hundreds and thousands of pages of papers that are difficult to keep organized.
G.M.
