Military Families-Thinking About A Digital Inheritance

Military Families- Securing Digital Details 

When we were testing out the idea of our site, one group of people we felt like it was really important to speak to were people who were at some point-either currently or in the past- serving as a deployed soldier. Everyone has a friend or relative who puts their lives on the line serving our country so the difficulty of having a loved far away from home is something near and dear for so many of us. At our company we have both friends and relatives who serve in different branches of our country's defense so this is an issue we are familiar with as well. We researched it even further by making it a point to speak to other military people who we didn't know as well.

My Digital Afterlife is designed to be versatile enough to use long term like a personal journal or short term to store details that someone close to you made need. Each account is designed to be utilized in whichever way the member chooses- so if you wish to leave a couple of details for a loved one about online accounts you can or if you wish to add more you can do that too.

Options Geared Toward Active Military

Easy Membership Plans for Long Term or Short Term Use

The reason why I even discuss this is that My Digital Afterlife chose it's pricing structure specifically to give flexibility to you if you are deployed or looking to use the account short term. You may choose to use the service temporarily while you are away at little or no cost and you can ensure that precious details about your online and personal lives can be found by family or friends.

Different Pricing for Different Needs

The membership plans are monthly and quarterly and if you cancel your acccount with the first 90 days it is free. After the 90 days you can cancel at anytime and we can delete your account for you. Your account is always private and no one in administration can see any of your private personal items within your account- those are for you and your recipients only. In the future we hope to add even more membership plans and offer even more flexibility to new and present members.

All membership fees go to maintaining the site and keeping security updated in order to protect our members and we continue to look at ways to evolve the site to be more user friendly and offer more helpful services.

Military Discount

Right now we are offering a special discount just for military families which reduces the cost of any plan by $3.00 - MILI03- good until 3/31/11 and it locks in the lower pricing on your membership indefinitely.

If you can think of any functions you might like to see added to the site in the future, please email me- Meghan Ryan,  Manager of Operations- meghanr@mydigitalafterlife.com.

3 Reasons Why Ancestry is Important to the Future

Ancestry is defined as one's lineage or descent, it is your own unique and personal history defined by your family and their stories. Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

When I was younger and before I had children I rarely ever thought of who my grandparents were, who their parents were, or even how we came to be in the United States. The older I became the more I thought about it and the more important history became to me. I found myself thinking about how easy it is to become so hyper-focused on the day to day details that we forgot that life is our story and that story is intertwined with that of our ancestors.

Not that long ago my aunt at decided she wanted to research our family ancestry going so far as to travel to the country our family originally came from, Scotland.  The details she gleaned about my family, their story and their presence over the course of time really gave me more of a sense of myself. I found myself thinking more about the big picture and valuing time a little bit more than I had before.

Ancestry is a personal journey and so the reasons why people are interested in their ancestry or that of others can be varied, but if you allow me I would like to share with you why I think ancestry is so important to the future.

1. Learning-On a broader basis history continually shapes who we are, what we will and can become. The history of our family, our country, our world, our choices, and their outcomes all effect our ability to move forward into the future positively and productively. It is from history we get our research and understanding and from this innovation is born. By providing our story we deliver a greater understanding of our history and ancestry to our future generations.

2. Innovation- innovation is defined as making a change or doing something new, with our past we are able to discern new paths.

3. Personal Connection- personal connection is where our humanity lies and in humanity is our ability to positively effect our world, our selves, and our loved ones. Even with the expansion of our abilities as we innovate- especially in the digital arena- our true strength lies in our humanity.

As a company ancestry is one of the aspects we would like to contribute to for our users. We consistently strive to be able to benefit our users and their recipients in ways that foster our personal connection which we believe can contribute to innovation and learning in the future.

We would love to hear your thoughts on ancestry and the future.