SAN DIEGO - s4story -- Family Stories, a new consumer retail company focused on family history, has launched its new database to help families document their family histories and share with family members.

"We created our software program after scouring the internet and exhausting current options for a resource to house all of our own family photos and documents.  There just wasn't anything out there we could find that would do what we wanted.  So we created our own to solve our problem and to help others," said Michael Hawthorne, the software's "Chief Guide to the Past."

Who:  Husband and wife team, Michael and Cynthia Hawthorne, encountered a problem and designed a solution.

What:  A downloadable database program designed to hold photographs, documents, and family stories that can be shared with multiple family members.

Family Stories provides an opportunity to share those photos and documents previously scattered across the country, or globe. Now everyone can save copies of one-of-a-kind images and the stories associated with them.

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The Beta Test with family and friends was a resounding success, including with family relatives in Australia.

When:  Currently available.

Where:  FamilyStories.store

Why:

With a love of family history and lore, we wanted to share our accumulated photographs, documents, and stories with all family members.  After months of reviewing and testing way too many image management tools (primarily built for photographers) we decided we would create a database program of our own to manage all of our photos and make sure that everyone in the family can have copies of our family history in photographs along with the stories about the individuals. After discussing the project with many family and friends, the feedback was: "This sounds great, how soon will this be ready?"

For more information, please contact:

Name: Michael Hawthorne

Phone: 858-414-6903

Email: Michael@FamilyStories.Store

Website:  http://FamilyStories.store