Recording a Grandparents Stories

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The most valuable gift a grandparent can give is not the engagement ring in the safety deposit box, the antique furniture or stock portfolio. The most important gift is the sense of connection, family history and love passed on through a grandparents stories.

Too often a family’s history is lost when stories aren’t shared with one generation to the next. Ensure your grandparents stories are passed on by recording them today. In doing so, not only are the facts preserved, but also the detail and richness that are only revealed when a story is delivered in person.

Below are three ways to record your grandparents stories:

Recording a Grandparents Stories

Written Record

Like the notes in an old diary, a grandparent can record their stories in a journal or memoir. While they may not have the flair of a Laura Ingalls Wilder, writing one’s own stories at least ensures that stories are told in first person and are as accurate and detailed as can be remembered. A journal also has a special charm if written in a grandparent’s own handwriting.

Hiring a professional can take a memoir to a whole new level. A professional will conduct an interview, collect background information and then organize the stories and clarify points. They will also ask questions to prompt stories a grandparent may not have thought of on their own.

Audio Recording

Capturing a grandparents stories in an audio recording has the advantage of preserving their voice and demeanor. Children who never met a grandparent, love to hear their voice just as much as looking at an old photo. If a child knew a grandparent but has since lost them, hearing their voice again can often be comforting as spending time with them.

These days consumer recording devices are easy to find and use. A professional, however, can ensure your grandparent’s voice is clear and distraction free. They can also transfer old scratchy audio off of cassette tapes and preserve it in a format that will not deteriorate with time.

Video Recording

Grandparents stories by Family Tree Video

Video adds a whole new dimension by capturing not just a grandparents stories but also their personality, image and voice as well. Woven together with family photos, this visually captivating memoir brings stories and family history to life in a way the written word often struggles to do.

Families can record a grandparent using a smart phone, tablet or consumer video recorder. Or they may prefer to hire a professional to create a truly heirloom quality video memoir or Legacy Video.

However you record your grandparents stories, preserving them today will give your children and generations to come a chance to know them as you now do.

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For questions to ask your Grandparent to learn more about their life story and your family history, visit my post: ‘Legacy Interview Questions’.

For tips on interviewing a Grandparent, visit my post: ‘Interviewing a Grandparent”.

Or let us do the work for you! (See below)

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Give your parent or grandparent the gift of a lifetime by capturing their life story for your family to know!

Legacy Videos by Family Tree Video

Here at Family Tree Video we produce Legacy Videos, modern-day memoirs that weave a filmed interview with a parent or grandparent together with family photos, documents, maps and other memorabilia. The result is a beautiful “moving portrait” capturing your loved one as they recount their life story, family history and memories – a gift your family will treasure for generations to come.

To learn more about capturing your parent or grandparent’s stories in a Legacy Video, visit FamilyTreeVideo.com!

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Since 2008

Susan Saunders
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2 thoughts on “Recording a Grandparents Stories”

  1. I’ve never heard of video memoirs before. It sounds like an amazing idea. Pictures are nice, but it’s better when you have actual footage of your grandparents, especially for anyone who was too young to remember them.

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