FGS Conference News Blog: Exhibit Hall: Houstory Publishing

Dan Hiestand, a 2012 conference vendor, shared this about his company that will be in the Exhibit Hall this year.

Houstory Publishing: A window to the past, a gift to the future

Do you love your house? How do you plan on sharing all the stories that make your house a ?home?? How will you ensure your legacy is safely protected and accessible ? and not lost on an eventually obsolete hard drive or buried in the pages of a Web site?

A first-time participant at the FGS Conference, Houstory? Publishing is the creator of the Home History Book? archival journal series, a new, refreshingly simple product line designed to help record, preserve and share a home?s unique past as well as its present stories. A Home History Book (www.homehistorybook.com), which one might think of as akin to a ?baby book for a home,? is created and maintained by current homeowners. However, unlike a family?s personal scrapbook and photo albums, it is meant to stay with the home to be enjoyed by all who live there, now and in the future.

The company will be offering its ?Deluxe? book at a $100 discount during the FGS conference.

Believing that every house has a story, Houstory Publishing has designed its, beautiful heirloom-quality Home History Book (HHB) to serve two important functions:

First, it helps homeowners record their own stories ? their ?living history? ? which includes noting changes to the home?s physical structure, as well as documenting their own family?s time in the house. It is this personal history ? the stories of a family?s everyday life and/or significant events that occur while living in the home ? that give the property its unique character and feel. Unfortunately, such stories often go undocumented or, where they are recorded, they depart with the family when they leave the home. A Home History Book, as it is passed from one homeowner to the next, ensures that legacy lives on.

Second, the book provides homeowners who wish to document the history of their home an attractive, personalized and lasting way to record and share their findings with others. Much like discovering a time capsule filled with photos and precious hand-written letters, a Home History Book brings history alive and makes it accessible ? in full ?living? texture ? unlike ever-changing, ?flashier? mediums such as software or online media.

People already love their homes, and a Home History Book is a way to share that love and legacy now ? and into the future.

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