Mark Garay

I knew him for only a few hours, but his strength inspires me to this very day

He was a slight man, maybe 5'6", with a thin beard and short dyed hair. He took awkward steps when he walked, and his skin was tightly wrapped around his bones, as though only a step away from resembling a Holocaust victim. He was clearly in great physical pain. He strained...
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Mark Garay

Greetings

Hello everyone. My name is Mark Garay. I am new to this site.  I was a broadcast journalist for 20 years, before venturing out on my own to create a company dedicated to preserving family histories and memories. I create broadcast quality documentaries for my clients. I build video stories around...
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Legacy Blog

Lesson 5 I-ASK Affiliate Program

Lesson 5 I-ASK Affiliate Program
CERTIFIED LEGACY ADVISOR TRAINING- LESSON 5   I-ASK Affiliate Program OVERVIEW As discussed in Lesson-1 it is important to establish a trusted CLA referral network in your local area. As an advisor you'll need them to perform services you may not be able to. Additionally, working as a team will compound...
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Dean Henry

Early Ancestors

Two of my earliest ancestors that I could identify were Cassie Williams and her daughter, Phillis Smith. As the story goes, Cassie Williams was one of three slave girls in Georgia. Although I haven't been able to verify this story, or her country of origin, our family has been able to...
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Susan Darbro

Susan's Special Club

Susan's Special Club
Legacy Story Prompt: Describe a life-threatening close call that happened to you. Are you familiar with the cartoonist Gary Larsen? He made one superlatively funny cartoon in which two deer are standing in a forest, one bearing the image of a target/bull’s-eye prominently affixed to his body. The other deer says,...
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Joyce Stone

Learning Something Beautiful About Death

    It never occurred to me that I would actually pray for my father to die.  But watching someone suffer from cancer brings changes to people.  Especially if the person suffering is someone we love.     When my father had a lung biopsy which revealed that he had lung cancer, he...
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Module 4- Website Functionality

OVERVIEW The Legacy Stories living history library is much more than a place to preserve and share personal and family history. It is a resource center for all things legacy. It is where you can connect with clients on a purposeful level. And it delivers the magical moment when clients experience...
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Module 3- Pict-Oral Recording Techniques

INTERVIEW AND RECORDING TECHNIQUES   The Recording Process CLICK THE ICON ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PLAYER TO VIEW FULL SCREEN REVIEW POINTS Be prepared and properly set up Fresh batteries for recorder and scanner Get comfortable in the quietest spot Select "Legacy Photos" from a series Use the...
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Module 1- Mission and Roles

Module 1- Mission and Roles
MODULE ONE MISSION AND ROLES Click on the black tab in the center of the flip book to view in full screen.  Living Legacy Project Preserving Vintage Photos & Media Preserving Keepsakes and Heirlooms Download Videos As an I-ASK CLA, you can use any of these videos for legacy education and...
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Joyce Stone

If I Could Change Ethnicity

    If I could choose an ethnicity to be born in, I would definitely ask to be born a Polynesian!  In my experience there are three  main reasons I would choose this.  First, the people are the most warm and loving I have ever known.  They care.  There are no attachments...
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Dick Pellek

Let's Go Shake The Mango Tree

Let's Go Shake The Mango Tree
  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Let’s Go Shake The Mango Tree   Mango cubes in his breakfast cereal were more tastebud satisfying and aromatically pleasing than sliced bananas ever were. It took decades of taste testing, mixing of ingredients, and...
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Amy Thomason

Saved by ........The Fog?

Last Sunday the Sr. Pastor at my church taught on the Sovreignty and Providence of God!  One of my favorite topics, and also a lesson I need often, as I tend to query Why way more often than the average bear.  You would think that my family history would have innoculated...
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Christine Cormier

Grandma tell me the story?

Grandma tell me the story?
My Grandmother was born in Austria, Anna Stefkovic, Andreansky, August 3, 1884 and died January 5, 1968 in Irvington, NJ. She's buried at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey.  Anna Stefkovic, immigrated to this country, as I have been told on a ship. I am not sure if she married...
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Joyce Stone

The Days Of Innocence and Fun On TV

      Television was something very unusual when I was growing up.  In fact, my grandparents had one of the first sets in Las Vegas, New Mexico because it was a retirement gift from his friends on the railroad.  Of course it was black and white but we didn't know about colored...
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Lillian Cormier

He Was Talent Personified

Milton Berle is my all time favorite comedian.  He made me laugh till I cried.  He had more energy  than I've  seen in my lifetime and he never offended anyone in his routine.  I can't say the same about the so called comedians today. There are very few that I can...
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Lillian Cormier

My All Time Favorite TV Show.

It was nineteen forty eight. . My father had a huge, seven inch wide screen portable TV. Once a week I loked forward to the Milton Berle Show.  he mad
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Lillian Cormier

The Ups and Downs of Travel

George and I have had our share of traveling and shared quite a few times with Tom and Christine. The phone wrings and Tom says, “Pack a few things for you and Dad we’re going to Mexico for a few days to golf”.  That was Tom, an hour’s notice and off...
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Joyce Stone

AHHHHHHH The Lure Of Mysteries

    Does anything compare with settling into a good mystery?  Yes, finding a good mystery is also a really great activity.  Walking through bookstores or libraries, hearing about a new author from a friend, reading about a new book or writer and especially finding out that one of your favorite authors...
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Joyce Stone

A Woman's True Vacation

    There is a saying that women's work is never done.  If you are a woman, you know that is true.  There is always something else we could be doing for our husband, our children, our home but not too often for ourselves.  We cook, we clean, we grocery shop, get...
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Dick Pellek

Sponges That Taste Good

Sponges That Taste Good
On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Sponges That Tastes Good                                          Since ancient times the use of natural sponges for bathing has...
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