I create and produce Oral Histories and Reunion Videos on DVD and VHS tapes. I also produce Video Tributes for all occasions, and I conduct Ethical Will Workshops. I have received training in photography from the largest school photography company, LifeTouch, in the nation and have taken numerous workshops in video production from IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts. I have created and produced numerous oral histories and reunion videos.

Backward Glance is a flexible and personalized service created to connect people with their past. Do you want to share your personal or family history with your children and grandchildren but don't know where to start, or you just haven't found the time? Let me help you create a special book of memories that will become a precious heirloom for generations to come.

Do you regret that you didn't record the great stories a member of your family used to tell?Do memories of certain family stories make you want to smile, laugh or cry to this day?Has your life been quite different than what your children and grandchildren are experiencing?Have you ever felt sad because you have a stack of wonderful family photos but no one is identified?If you answered yes to these questions, the time is now. Share your life story with your family and future generations. If just contemplating the task seems overwhelming, turn to me - Elaine Thomas. I'm a professional writer, consultant and personal historian, who can help you. Let's take a journey to your past together.

What we do... Video recording of personal and corporate biographies using cutting-edge technology and creativity to preserve life experiences on long-lasting digital media. Photo montages which digitize photos, slides, films and then add music and creative touches to create a customized presentation. Photo restoration and preservation of aging photos and slides and converting them to a digital format. Conversion of old analog video media (VHS) to a long-lasting digital format (DVD).

Epic Echoes is focused on helping families, individuals, and businesses preserve the history, stories and memories of the past for future generations to come!

There is nothing quite like the look, feel, and smell of a book. The “technology” will never be out of date. Utah Bookbinding Company is the binding division of Family Heritage Publishers. It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in March 1952. It has been owned and operated by the same family since the beginning. It is the premiere library binding company serving the Intermountain West. Its experience is unsurpassed in the industry with employees having a collective experience of over 100 years. It is the chosen bindery of the Family History Library, the largest genealogical library in the world located here in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following its acquisition of full ownership of Family Heritage Publishers, Utah Bookbinding has started its own print division.

Genie Publishing magically turns your words, photos and memorabilia into an exquisite heirloom volume.Since 1993, we have been working our magic to preserve your family history for generations to come. We offer on-going lifestory writing workshops; private lifestory writing consulting; personal interviewing and transcription services; photo organization and photoscribing consulting; editing; and photo restoration and manipulation services.We are your turn-key, full service, one-stop location to take your words, in whatever form, to published books - for mass marketing purposes or for private family treasures.

HAND in HAND Productions is a Minnesota non-profit corporate with IRS 501(c)3 designation. This allows us to accept tax deductible donations and grants. Our 10 year old agency has a rich history of producing oral histories for families, organizations, and communities.

Every family has stories. Every life is full of fascinating detail that we take for granted. It’s the regular, ordinary events that shape lives. People and places all have histories, and they are all important. We all know of stories that have been handed down for generations. As each generation adds its own stories, more of the older stories are lost.But they don’t have to be.Île aux Cannes Media offers several wonderful ways to preserve your stories for future generations. Advances in digital audio and video recording and storage mean that preservation of the present and past is no longer available only to museums, but to everyone.

Do you have an extraordinary family history, or does someone in your family have an amazing life story that you would like documented?Jordan and Jordan Communications Inc. is a high-end digital production company that specializes in luxury video family biographies. The family stories protect and preserve the wonderful family legacy for future generations to cherish and enjoy. Our clients are usually affluent individuals or families. They are usually referred to us by their advisors or family office representatives. Many of our clients were surprised to learn about the range of services we offer. Each biography is customized to meet the special needs of these exceptional families. Leave for your descendents what you wish your ancestors had left for you.

Keen Ear Media provides consultation, project planning, interviewing and editing to help collect, clarify, and preserve your family history.The typical charge for planning, interviewing, editing and producing a family history package is $900, including two or more hours of interview, basic editing, and production of one or more CD discs totaling as much as 150 minutes of finished oral history. The cost of more comprehensive histories is based on a charge of $95 per hour.

Jan Lindgren is the founder of Lifes Reflections and MyHistorian.com. She began audio-recording family memories in 1982 when her mother was quite ill. Jan realized there were many things about her family she did not know and never would unless she asked her mother the right questions. After her mother’s death, Jan continued to interview relatives and close family friends. She continued to learn more about her heritage from each recording session. She started the business, Lifes Reflections and has been interviewing and audio recording people ever since. Knowing that she could not interview everyone – she came up with the D.I.Y. or Do It Yourself Lifes Reflections Memories Booklet so that anyone interested in preserving family memories would have the tools to do so with ease.

We offer several products, each individually adopted. Our services currently include:Life Legacy Book– A comprehensive book featuring YOU. We conduct interviews over the phone using a broad series of life-questions to gather experiences, lessons and insights from your personal life. We then transcribe, edit and publish the book in interview format through a renowned publisher using library-certified binding. You may also include pictures or documents. An audio CD of the interviews are also provided.

Naples Archival is a service dedicated to digitizing, preserving, and sharing your personal and family photographs, slides, artifacts, and documents. With the advent of affordable online book printing a whole new world of sharing family histories opened up. It is now possible to provide a low cost, high quality printed scrapbook and digital copies of your images to family members and friends that will last a lifetime. We also offer digitial restoration of photographs, oral and video histories, and documentation photographs.digitize (digitally scan/copy) your old photos, slides, negatives, scrapbooks, or documents into a permanent and sharable digital format.

PRESERVING THE PAST Life stories are a personal and evocative way of preserving the past for family and community. By tapping into the memories of a lifetime, oral histories record the voices of individuals and document their significant life events. Oral History Consulting offers services to individuals wanting to create a personal biography or commission the life history of another and organizations looking for assistance with their oral history programs.

Everyone's story is a light in another's life.Pass the Torch Productions helps you and your family preserve that light.Together, we will tell your storyLife Stories * Family Histories * Memorial TributesFamily Heirloom Cookbooks Legacy Letters / Ethical Wills

Meet Your Family are UK based genealogists who specialise in family history and probate research. Please feel free to contact us where we will be only too delighted to assist with tracing the past.

We all leave legacies. The only question is, what kind? And who decides? Only YOU can describe what it was like to grow up in your little town, on your block or on that dairy farm. Only YOU know why you picked that college. Only YOU can describe the first car that you just had to have. Only YOU know what it was about that guy across the room who set your heart aflutter. Oh, the memories! The story that ONLY YOU can tell is the story of YOUR life.

Record My Life Story LLC hires professional historians and videographers to conduct in-person life history interviews of our clients in their own homes. The interview process is a structured and researched Q&A format. Upon completion of a project, which typically takes 6-7 weeks, a client receives a DVD of the original interview(s), a digital transcript, and a life story book, which is a professionally rewritten version of their life history, typeset with photos and captions. Based in Northern Colorado, we serve clients throughout the United States.

Can you imagine how thrilled you’d be if you possessed a video or audio interview of your great grandparents telling about their life experiences? Here’s your opportunity to provide an historic family treasure for your future great great grandchildren!Sample Personal History PackagesHere’s a summary of what we offer:All services include an introductory session over the phone to discuss the approach the subject would like the interview to take. A questionnaire will be furnished in advance to help structure the interview session.Optional additions for any package listed: Extensive editing; written transcript of interview; pictures added to narrative; audio only CD or audio podcast of video; additional DVDs.

Have you ever wished the people in your old photo albums could talk to you? What would they say about their lives? What could you learn about your ancestors? Have you been meaning to find the time to interview your relatives and capture their life stories? How did your parents meet? Who were their heroes?

Uniquely Perfect was created in 2005 as a means of helping people record and share their stories and mementoes. Founded and owned by Angela Zusman, Uniquely Perfect represents a group of artists - ranging from writers to bookmakers, graphic designers to fine artists, photographers to printers - who collaborate to produce high quality oral histories, custom books and invitations. Angela has been writing and making books her entire life, yet it was one specific book that prompted her to start this company. For her grandmother's birthday several years ago, she created a book that told the story of her grandmother's life.

There's something of the soul captured in the human voice. An audio recording is one of the most intimate and powerful gifts one can leave behind. Celebrate the kindness, courage and humanity of the important people in your life. Consider a session for: ParentsGrandparentsSiblingsChildrenFriendsBride & GroomLoved ones facing a serious illnessStories of the 'greatest generation' When siblings or friends get together the memories start to flow. Small group recordings make for humorous and lively reminiscing amongst friends and family. Consider recording your own life story as an enduring gift. Our Facilitator can lead you through an individual session, or if you have written your history, personalize it with your own voice.

Consumer Productions = Personal History = Video Montage = Family History = Memorial = Special Events = Music Video = Film Transfer = Video to DVD CORPORATE PRODUCTIONS = Corporate = Marketing = Training = Informational = Product Promo

So, again, why tell your life story? I can think of two very important reasons. First there is the need to find the real meaning life has for you. This journey we are all on is a varied one, for sure, but there are some similar things we are all going through. Each of us, in our search for meaning in life, has a vast amount of experience to draw upon. Our struggles and hardship, along with our achievements and blessings, teach us life’s lessons. Your experience, your strength and the hope that endures are part of your unique story — and part of the reason why you should tell your life story. The second primary reason to tell your life story is to leave your mark. We all want to be remembered.