Awarded for Advancing Family History Community’s Role in Aging Well
June 4, 2026, Fort Wayne, Indiana — Award-winning Vivid-Pix www.vivid-pix.com announced today that it has been presented with the National Genealogical Society’s (NGS) President’s Citation Award at the annual NGS Family History Conference, held in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The President’s Citation is one of the highest honors presented by the National Genealogical Society, recognizing individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the field of genealogy through leadership, scholarship, service, and the promotion of genealogical standards.
The award recognizes Vivid-Pix’s collaboration and activities with NGS at the Aging Well 2025 Symposium on Healthy Aging and Family History, ongoing Vivid-Pix outreach, plus educational programming for the broader genealogical and gerontological communities. Recordings of the symposium and other Vivid-Pix activities are available at: https://www.vivid-pix.com/
“We are honored to accept this recognition, which is a testament to the wonderful work that many in the family history and aging well communities are doing to help individuals, families, and communities find purpose and create connections by preserving history and stories,” stated Rick Voight, CEO, Vivid-Pix.
Special Programming & Pricing for Organizations Supporting Underserved Communities
Vivid-Pix is also announcing special programming and pricing available to organizations that support underserved individuals, organizations, and community services. Details are available by emailing Rick@Vivid-Pix.com.
Essential for Family Search & Creating Human Connections with Friends, Family, and Society
Vivid-Pix software is installed in over 1,000 libraries in the US and in homes and shared use environments in more than 120 countries. Its easy-to-use Memory Station software combines images, voice, and text to create stories to display as slideshows and print on home printers, online, and at retail locations. The patent-pending Windows software works with virtually any scanner to preserve memories and restore faded photos and documents — essential for family search and creating a human connection with family members and friends. Ground-breaking, affordable, and easy-to-use, the software is perfect for home and shared locations, such as senior centers, libraries, churches, and schools. It scans in long-term archival quality, restoring images, and creating voice and sound recordings, and creating transcriptions.
Allen County Public Library Free Scanning Event
Home to the renowned Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library, Vivid-Pix held a 4-day scanning event during the NGS Conference at the Allen County Public Library (ACPL), 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana, with Vivid-Pix Memory Station scanning and software systems available to create memories with trained volunteers and library staff (free to the community and show attendees). This service remains an ongoing part of the services that the Genealogy Center offers.
About Memory Station
Vivid-Pix Memory Station Software® Version 5 features enhanced Memories story creation, and voice transcription, and text utilization with Memory Pages™, which combines images and text to display as slide shows, print on home printers, online, and at retail locations. The enhanced capabilities integrate perfectly with Vivid-Pix’s business partner, Archoral®, a profile-based digital archive that connects photos, documents, audio, and video into one searchable, story-rich environment. Vivid-Pix Memory Station V5 software is available immediately, priced starting at $199.99 at: https://www.vivid-pix.com/
About Vivid-Pix
Award-winning Vivid-Pix invents and harnesses technologies, making it simple for individuals, families, and organizations to relive memories. Their motto, “Don’t Let Your Memories Fade™,” describes the importance of photos and activities that nurture brain health, improve cognition, assist family historians and caregivers, and create connections. Winner of the Digital Health Awards® in the Web-based Digital Health Category for the Vivid-Pix Webinar Series on Photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) Education, and Gold Stevie Award® 2024 for Maverick of the Year – Consumer Products & Services, Vivid-Pix integrates its photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) research and family history activities into products and services for simple operation, to have fun, and to age well. Vivid-Pix CEO Rick Voight has been involved in the memory industry for four decades.
For more info, see https://www.vivid-pix.com/
