Our Standards.
Online Computer Library Center
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Family History Information Standards Organization
MAR
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2022
"The memorabilia we bury is often less important than what it reveals about our efforts to bypass institutional memory"
Legacy News
OCT
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2022
OCT
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2022
SEP
21
2022
Celebrating the best of life with American Cancer Society at Relay for Life.
American Cancer Society library archives will remember and celebrate Cancer fighters, survivors and their carers and families for generations. NotForgotten spent summer 2022 on the road capturing these beautiful people at Relay for Life.
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2022
AUG
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2022
WeAreHere partners with Not Forgotten
Proud to announce a new partnership between Not Forgotten and Here. A beautiful company doing beautiful things who we couldn't be happier to associate with. Here is on a mission to ensure all people affected by cancer have access to resources, support, and everyday services throughout treatment and beyond.
Partnerships
Search The Archives
Stopping Digital Decay
Library 2.0 Protocol
Our World
The Not Forgotten Library & International Time Capsule Society
Providing library 2.0 services to ITCS to catalog every one of its time capsules recorded since 1937
Share all the tingles of life's celebrations for generations. Graduations, weddings, babies and reunions.
Celebrations
Family history, art, recipes, sporting highlights. Safe for generations to appreciate.
Life's Works
Be the voice for loved ones. Secure their legacy.
Memorials
Record and document your will.
Estate
Leave something special for the ones you love the most. Or a little gift to your future self.
Future Messages
Share Mom's stories with your great grandkids.
Stories
Documenting traditions builds bonds and belonging with future generations.
Traditions
Keeping Legacy Alive
Not Forgotten creates products that help people capture their memories, legacy and stories and share them with future generations. We offer an array of vivid and memorable ways to secure a life's story, honor a loved one, and pass on traditions. Together our library, gold standard archiving and trust fund keep legacy alive.
Community
Which archive is right for you?
Archive Features
Multi-gen Library Vaults
A multi generational library vault preserving your story & digital assets. Cataloged in a real library, ready for your family to enjoy for generations.
Memorable Stories
Film your story, your way. Teleprompters, templates and interview guides; apps and professionals on hand. Upload your own production; or hire an award winning Not Forgotten videographer to pull it all together in a beautiful edit. Online interviews are held on a high-definition filming platform for improved archive quality.
Words, Transcribed & Published
Spoken words from your video are transcribed into readable and searchable text which is transferred to your library record, producing a written documentary to complement your visual documentary. Powered by a leading Ai Ecosystem,
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Embedded in Family Trees
Three generations of your family history are linked to your archive records in the universal genealogy code - GEDCOM. You will be provided with your family history pedigree chart and family history wall chart together with your GEDCOM. Upload your GEDCOM to any family history site now and for generations to come.
Professionally Archived
Gold standard preservation overseen by a trust fund. 3 healthy copies of your archive are maintained in secure storage locations. Not Forgotten screens for data rot and regularly updates file formats. So the legacies in the care of our library are always healthy and accessible.
Geo Mapped
Your legacy is issued its unique library card and mapped to a location you choose on the Not Forgotten library of legacies. Your card is replicated and recorded in the worlds largest library catalog, ready to be discovered for centuries.
Blockchain Smart Contract
The Not Forgotten Ethereum smart contract documents your archive and chains it on the blockchain to your family history. Safely distributed, tamper proof and discoverable by families for centuries.
Which archive is right for you?
We Believe
90 Seconds
25 Years
June 25 | Long Beach, CA
Saving legacy at Relay for Life with the American Cancer Society to celebrate the best of life.
Share or print your archive's Legacy book
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We believe your story deserves to be remembered
We seek, always, to honor and serve what is universal to the human heart: the need to love and be loved, to be understood and to understand, to never forget and to be remembered
Rent free. Democratized
We believe that you own you and that everyone's legacy deserves to last, free from social media, likes, comments and cancels. Not Forgotten legacy products are subscription free. This means that your one-time payment buys your preservation space in three locations for up to 300 years, and you won't be dependent on anyone to keep up with your payments.
How Not Forgotten Archives Works
Submit archive and share your legacy book
Your legacy book includes all your archiving records and contents, your edited video and your video transcript . Order a printed copy for a stunning addition to your family history (or your coffee table)
Film your story, your way
Multiple vivid and memorable ways to tell your story. Apps, interviewers, teleprompters, templates, interview guides and a film team are on hand to assist.
Personalize your library record with an image
Add an image to be incorporated on your library card
Digitize and easily upload multimedia files
Add all your photos, videos, documents, voicemails and more into your archive
Document your family history
Three generations of your family history are linked to your archive records. Greater detail means improved traceability centuries from now.
Set the location for geo-mapping
Final resting place, the place you call home or the middle of the ocean - you choose where your archive will be pinned on the library map.
Select a public or private archive
Your legacy, your way. Privacy wishes activated by a trust fund.
Select a public or private archive
Your legacy, your way. Privacy wishes activated by a trust fund.
Film your story, your way
Multiple vivid and memorable ways to tell your story. Apps, interviewers, teleprompters, templates, interview guides and a film team are on hand to assist.
Personalize your library record with an image
Add an image to be incorporated on your library card
Digitize and easily upload multimedia files
Add all your photos, videos, documents, voicemails and more into your archive
Document your family history
Three generations of your family history are linked to your archive records. Greater detail means improved traceability centuries from now.
Set the location for geo-mapping
Final resting place, the place you call home or the middle of the ocean - you choose where your archive will be pinned on the library map.
Submit archive and share your legacy book
Your legacy book includes all your archiving records and contents, your edited video and your video transcript . Order a printed copy for a stunning addition to your family history (or your coffee table)
