Imagine receiving a letter from your own great grandparents about their life and times....... records of their own achievements, observations on contemporary events and hopes for the future of their family. Such a view from their past would surely fascinate and excite many people.
On this site we provide a means whereby you can create and store an online legacy letter for the children of each of your own grandchildren timed to be accessible when they will be around 40 to 65 years old and quite possibly be grandparents or contemplating becoming grandparents themselves. Think of this as a timecapsule.
Sure, we can leave goods and memories to our family right now but who knows what inspiration may be derived from original letters that we write to our own future kin.
Write your letter. Simply log into your account and you can either type the letter directly using our easy-to-use word processor, or paste in a pre-written letter from an external source.
Once your letter is complete and you are happy with it, it can then be locked. You will be given a unique code and a destiny date will be set based on the date of birth of your grandchild.
75 years later, your great grandchild will be able to use the code to access the letter. The letter can be read online, or downloaded in a variety of formats.
Membership of the site is through a simple registration process. The only requirement is that you are a grandparent or step grandparent and that you know the date of birth of the grandchild whose own child will eventually receive their letter from you.
Registering as a member entitles you to access and use the site. This is a free service while you are crafting and editing your legacy letter to your great grandchild.
If you then elect to upload your letter to the secure database a nominal fee of £10 applies. This is to cover storage, digital platform updating and retrieval. You then will receive the crucial Access Code which your great grandchild will use to read their letter from you.
Our ambition is to introduce grandparents to a new idea that mixes fun with an activity that will be meaningful for the whole family. We hope that this venture will act as a stimulus to legacy activities extending beyond the limited purview of our approach. Our site will facilitate letters to be written and preserved for future generations. As such this service includes :-
1) The provision of a platform upon which you can reflect on your life story and communicate your vision and perspectives for the enlightenment of your own great grandchildren.
2) The secure filing of your letter, managed to transition changes in digital technology, and preserved for delivery to your recipient.
3) The generation of a unique Access Code which will need safeguarding (and which will also be ideal for engraving on keepsakes)
4) An advisory on how to get started on writing your letter and engaging your adult children in following your example.