MyCousins is strongest when it reflects many voices, not just one. Family members contribute in different ways, at different times, and at different levels of comfort. All of them matter.
There is no expectation that everyone will write stories or conduct research. Simply being present and curious is enough. When contributions happen, they are welcomed with care and respect.
What Contributions Can Look Like
Contributions to MyCousins take many forms. These may include sharing memories or anecdotes, clarifying names or dates, identifying people in photographs, providing corrections, offering documents or artifacts, or suggesting stories that deserve to be told.
A contribution can be as small as a sentence or as detailed as a written story.
What Contributions Do Not Require
You do not need to be a genealogist to help. You do not need special software, research training, or perfect certainty. Contributions do not need to be polished, complete, or “official.”
Uncertainty is acceptable. Questions are welcome. Memories can be shared as memories, even when details are incomplete.
How Contributions Are Handled
All contributions are reviewed with care. When appropriate, they may be combined with existing research, clarified with sources, or gently edited for clarity—without changing meaning or intent.
When records and memories conflict, both may be preserved, clearly identified, and explained.
Respect, Privacy, and Boundaries
Not every story needs to be shared publicly, and not every memory needs to be written down. MyCousins respects privacy, personal boundaries, and sensitivity—especially around recent losses or living individuals.
Participation is always voluntary.
An Ongoing Conversation
Family history is not static. As new information emerges and new voices are heard, stories evolve. Contributions help keep MyCousins alive—not as a finished archive, but as a shared, growing record of family experience.