FOREVER introduces new family research service
Forever, Inc. added an important new genealogy research service to its memory-keeping suite of products and services: FOREVER Family Research. To manage FOREVER Family Research, FOREVER brought on expert researcher Keri Maurus, whose life has been “consumed by genealogy” for more than 20 years.
“This company is all about memory keeping; I’m here to fill in the blanks for our clients and create the full picture of their history,” said Maurus.
FOREVER clients can begin with a 1-hour Family Research Consultation or dive into a 3-, 6-, or 12-Month Project Plan. Each Family Research Project Plan includes the creation of a personal, private FOREVER Family Tree, which is populated with all the client’s ancestors that the FOREVER Research Team discovers during the course of the project, the company said. Any documents the team discovers is be added to the Family Tree and connected to those ancestors.
In addition to Family Tree updates, each month clients with a Project Plan will receive a printable research report and have a “face-to-face” video call with a member of the FOREVER Family Research Team detailing that month’s findings. The FOREVER Family Research Team will also upload each genealogical document they uncover directly to that client’s FOREVER Account, assuming the client has enough FOREVER permanent cloud storage available.
“This is an incredible opportunity for us,” said Glen Meakem, founder & CEO. “Part of being a complete memory-keeping service is understanding our past. In order to properly tell our stories, we have to learn those of our ancestors.”
In other news, FOREVER recently released several new print products and product updates during the 7th annual FOREVER LIVE! Event.
The first new products announced were 8″ x 8″ and 10″ x 10″ Seamless Layflat AutoBooks. “FOREVER AutoBook, which we launched in March 2020, saw immediate success,” said Matt Gray, FOREVER Print & Logistics Manager. “With AutoBook, clients simply click a button and have their online albums turned into beautiful photo books. Because of its popularity, as well as that of seamless layflat photo books, which allows users to flawlessly display photos across both pages of a photo book, adding new Seamless Layflat AutoBook sizes was a no-brainer.”
In the past year, FOREVER has added several more products to its print catalog, including Mini AutoBooks. These 5″ x 5″ and 7″ x 5″ books are lightweight, versatile, and ideal for gifting, the company said.
In addition to these new products, Vice President Nathan Bowers announced coasters, drinkware, magnets, and mousepads will be added to the FOREVER print catalog by the end of 2021. Clients can create these products online using FOREVER AutoPrint and FOREVER Design & Print platforms, or on their desktop using FOREVER Artisan, the company’s award-winning design, and scrapbooking software.