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Enhancing Family Photos with Metadata

The Family History Metadata Working Group (FHMWG), Savemetadata.org, is a collaboration between leaders in the family history software industry. We are working together to improve the process of preserving critical…
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Making Permanent Pretty and Performant

We’re taking a moment to shine a spotlight on Natalie Martin, our Front-End Engineer. This post is co-written by Cecilia Krum, our Director of Engineering, and Natalie. Cecilia: Natalie Martin…
August 18, 2022
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Help Us Design Our New Legacy Planning Feature

Note: Thank you to all of our members who tried out our Legacy Planning prototype! We appreciate your feedback. We are no longer accepting feedback on the prototype, as Legacy…
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Guiding Our Members to Achieve Their Goals

We’re taking a moment to shine a spotlight on Kaitlyn Jarnagin, our Member Success Manager. This post is co-written by Robert Friedman, our Executive Director and Kaitlyn.…
July 26, 2022
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We are excited to announce the release of our Permanent.org Product Roadmap – an outline of our development plans to make Permanent.org a more robust and easy to use platform…
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Story Gathering: The Coming Together of Shared Memories

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With the launch of our new iOS and Android mobile apps, it’s easier than ever to preserve your memories from a special vacation, a holiday, a birthday, an anniversary, or…
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The Letter

Take an old letter, add some photographs, and create a place for family to share stories.…
May 26, 2022
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Stories unfold in pictures shared

Where do family stories come from?  How do they come to you? Were they shared? Created by you? Or based on personal experience, researched documented fact, or maybe a piece…
May 4, 2022
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Can We Have Nice Things on the Internet?

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April 26, 2022
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