Resource library
Free guides for keeping their story.
We’d rather you get the story than not, with us or on your own. Plain how-tos for recording a parent, asking better questions, saving old photos, and finding the family in the records. Free, no sign-up.
Sixty questions to ask your parents
Sixty questions grouped by life chapter, from the first home they remember to what they want the great-grandkids to know.
Record their stories with the phone in your pocket
No special gear. The settings, the setup, and the habits that make a recording worth keeping.
How to interview your mom or dad
The habits that turn a polite chat into the stories they never got around to telling.
Scan and label old family photos
How to get the shoebox digitized, named, and backed up, and how to capture who is in each picture.
Start your family history research
What to gather first, the free records worth searching, and how to keep the family legends honest.
Keep the recordings safe
You recorded the story. Here is how to make sure the grandkids can still play it.
What a finished story reads like
A short sample chapter in the teller’s own voice. It is an illustration with a made-up family, not a real client.
Want us to do it with you?
The Life Story is three recorded interviews, one review session, and their finished story as a digital download. $999 intro price.