Invitations | Timelines
We have introduced Invitations and Timelines to enhance the value of our site as a tool for family and other researchers. The purpose of the Invitation is to encourage Appreciations from family, friends, colleagues and others. The Timeline records key moments of a lifetime in chronological order.
Invitations
Invitations may be standard, special or customised. We automatically add either the standard or special invitation to the information you provide in the Registration form to create the Brief Profile. The customised invitation is adjusted on the Brief Profile being enhanced. See The Profile Explained.
The standard invitation is added when our customer is a family member. It reads simply:
Appreciations are invited. They should be sent to: registrations@milestonesscotland.co.uk.
The special invitation is applied where the customer initially registering with us is not related to their subject. Necessarily it is more complicated, as follows:
Appreciations are invited from family members and others, especially those who, like our customer, feel that this is a person who deserves to be remembered and celebrated. Appreciations should be sent to: registrations@milestonesscotland.co.uk. We have made provision for the possibility of a family member wishing to take on ownership of the profile in a Protocol to our Terms and Conditions.
On the timeline and obituary being registered you may wish to amplify the given standard or special invitation. The customised invitation is adjusted with the customer, fine-tuning the original. Perhaps:
- to invite the extended family and a circle of friends to contribute their Appreciations,
- to encourage reminiscences from, for example, old school friends, former colleagues at work, friends made on holiday, or in pursuit of an inerest,
- to ask, for instance, that they should be celebratory, narrative, light in tone rather than sombre,
- to invite donations to a good cause favoured by their subject.
Note. The content of Appreciations is subject to the joint approval of Milestones and their customer. This right of editorial control is exercised when judged necessary for accuracy and for the protection of the good name of the subject. But may be used also to edit for brevity and to create a light but respectful tone.
Timelines
Timelines record key moments of a lifetime in chronological order, easing the flow of the following obituary.
They are a valuable element for research purposes for two reasons. They can suggest new lines of enquiry to the researcher, while events recalled there may prompt Appreciations.
To be of value in research, an entry in a timeline should be capable of verification in some form of public record.
Examples of Timelines can be found in the Profiles of Mora Munro John Mackintosh and Reginald Gilbertson.