Immortality - how can a person's story live on after death.

[i-need-a-martini]

My dad is in his late 70's and is contemplating the end. He thinks because he has lived an average life and did nothing exciting that no-one will remember him a decade after death.

Anyway, he wants his name to 'live on' somewhere so his story lives on somewhere.

This week he is going to register for the Welcome Wall at the National Maritime Museum but he is disappointed that the wall only has his name and no other details other than 100 words he can add to a data base.

Can anyone think of anything else he could do? 

Or do you have things you remember your grandparents/ancestors by?

Or maybe you have already thought about what legacy you will leave your kids/grandkids etc?

All ideas welcome. Note he doesn't have any money to leave and English is his second language.

[twyngwyn]

do you mean something like this?

http://www.starregistry.com.au/

[i-need-a-martini]

Thanks twy but this isn't what he wants - the Sydney Observatory has the same thing but he said it wasn't enough.

He wants something that will explain who he was and how he got here.

Obviously the most logical thing would be to write it all down but he says he wouldn't know where to start and plus that means only one person has his history.

I suppose what he wants is that if someone was searching their family tree in 100 years time, there would be meaty information they would get on him.

[twyngwyn]

maybe he could record it onto a cassette, then someone could type up a 'memory album'

[i-need-a-martini]

I am going to sound like a good candidate for az's "people who ask for advice but then are really negative' thread but that won't work either twy.

Years ago I bought him a journal and I put prompts in it so he could just write a response. Things like "The best thing I ever did...", "I wish that I could have..." etc but he didn't like that cause it was too personal. I think recording stores would fall into the same category.

I'm clutching at straws a little in the hope that something will pop out that will be the perfect answer.

[twyngwyn]

have you asked on the ancestry thread...I bet they've heard of all sorts of things

[givemeaspell]

The best way for your father to be remembered is from stories told, by you to your children and from them to theirs.  I love nothing more than to reminisce about my grandparents through stories told from my parents, and my children hear the same stories, you don't need to write it on some wall, record it in your hearts that where it will stay and pass it down.

[i-need-a-martini]

have you asked on the ancestry thread...I bet they've heard of all sorts of things

Lol! Great minds think alike! Yes I just posted on there.

[twyngwyn]

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[i-need-a-martini]

I agree givemeaspell.

And my dad is a great storyteller and I've often thought of writing them down myself. I tell my kids his stories now and they love them.

But he doesn't believe that we will remember him so he wants to do something before the end. I'm just trying to find something that will appease him.