The Birch Street Web marks its 11th anniversary

It was on St. Patrick's Day weekend of 2007 that Dan created a web site, on a now-defunct platform called Googlepages, to post stories and pictures of events and activities from around his extended family.

The Birch Street Web's very first entry, posted on the night of March 17, announced the move of Marie, Brian and Xander from Nevada back to California, a couple of years before they returned to the East Coast.

The site, which later switched to its current format on Google's Blogspot, now contains more than 1,100 posts, along with links to feature pages, photo galleries and videos.

Dan writes: "Eleven years on, I'm proud of what the Birch Street Web has become: An extensive collection of our history, cataloging family gatherings, everyday events and milestones. It's a resource for remembering where we've been and what we've done together and individually."

"I hope to be able to continue this for years to come - and I ask everyone in the family to help me by continuing to share photos, videos, news and other tidbits.

"While Facebook and other forums connect us with family and friends, their mysterious algorithms and other limitations make it difficult to find specific items from the past. Only The Birch Street Web provides a single, chronological archive of our extended family, which I hope people will continue to use for many years."

To sum up: Keep in touch!