Why do a personal history?

Life stories are precious and fleeting. Everyone has a life story to tell. Perhaps there's a box full of letters or a collection of recipes, old photographs or simply a head full of memories. Give the precious gift of your story or a loved one's story in a personal history collection.

Preserve times long gone before they are gone forever.

What is a personal history?

A personal history can be as simple as a video recording of an interview or a Powerpoint slide show. It can be as elaborate as a DVD of slides and video clips integrated with music and voice. It can be as simple as a book with a story and pictures drawn from audio interviews and interlaced with photographs. It can be a collection of old letters or journals. It can even be an individual, a family or an organization website.

A personal history is as personal as the individual, family or organization whose story is being told.