Memoirs, Photo-Inspired Vignettes and Remembrances

Hire a personal historian to capture the life stories of someone you love.
We make house calls and hospital visits to conduct informal
audio or video interviews with loved ones. 

With each 70-minute interview, your legacy preservation specialist becomes
a visitor your family member actually looks forward to seeing -- a little like conversation therapy.

Each interview is lightly edited, then transferred to a disc which can be played
on any CD player. Schedule 90-minute visits as often as you like. Prices start at $125 for each visit, which includes oral history interview and keepsake CD.  

If you anticipate that a personal historian will only visit once or twice, the Life
Story Review process may be your best option. Call to discuss.

Primary interview styles employed:

¨  Chronological life review / Q&A

¨  Photograph “story sparker” conversations where vintage photos
    provided by family members serve as the catalyst to stimulate
    memories and facilitate the story catching process

As desired, we can also create a beautifully edited video keepsake on DVD that includes family photographs, home movies, memorabilia and music.

If you have previously recorded material that needs to be transferred from cassette
to CD and/or transcribed, we can do that for you. Ask how we've transformed old cassette recordings and written letters into treasured keepsakes.
 

Preserve a lifetime of stories for the benefit of current and
future generations, told from a first-person perspective.

This personal biography is published in an 80-100 page hard cover, full-color book and makes an unforgettable gift for a milestone birthday or anniversary. Gift certificates are available. Prices start at $5500.

Each Life Story Memoir Book is like a one-of-a-kind painting brought to life, colored by each individual's memories. It is sure to become a treasured family heirloom.

The finished product is presented in a stunning keepsake box and includes a DVD slideshow of all the photos used in the book, plus the raw audio of the actual life story review interview – a priceless treasure in its own right.