Preserving Life Stories in Legacy Videos
Family heirlooms offer a priceless connection to your family’s unique history. However, for an heirloom to keep it’s meaning, it’s story must be passed on as well. Otherwise, sadly, it may one day end up in the garbage in the alley, at a thrift store or on an episode of ‘Pawn Shop Stars’.
What is a Legacy Video? A Legacy Video is a Video Memoir, capturing the life stories, family history and memories of an individual, couple or multiple family members – in their own words – for younger generations to know.
Are phone calls, emails and Facebook just not enough? Are you wishing you could spend more quality time with cousins, aunts and uncles? Perhaps it’s time to get everyone together for a fun filled Family Reunion!
Here are a number of great Family Reunion ideas to help you get started planning yours.
Are you looking for a truly special 90th Birthday gift? For a parent or grandparent? A spouse, sibling or a good friend? For the 90th Birthday gift of a lifetime, one that is certain to move your loved one deeply, capture their life story, family history and memories – in their own words – in …
Read moreA Special 90th Birthday Gift: Their Life Story in a Video Memoir
The art of cooking and perfecting coveted recipes is underappreciated these days. Decades ago, families used to cook meals together. Centuries ago, the preparation of the main family meal was a daylong custom with many participants to remember the steps and ingredients, it was part of their legacy. Keep the flavors of your family alive by recording your favorite recipes.
As a Video Biographer, my clients often tell me they’re overwhelmed by all their old family photos. If you grew up before the digital age, you can probably relate – especially if you were born in the 30’s, 40’s or 50’s, as many of my clients were. After recently helping my 80 year old mother …
Is your family from Chicago? Below are a number of Chicago Genealogy Resources that can help you discover more about your roots and the lives of your ancestors in Chicago.
Family Documentary Videos are memoirs on video focusing on family stories and history. Memories of people, places, and things are documented on video or film, often combining interviews with photographs, letters, maps, and other memorabilia. The final product is preserved as a digital video document, or DVD. Learn more.
You may have heard the old proverb, “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”. In Japan, the expression goes, “Rice paddies to rice paddies in three generations.” The Scottish say, “The father buys, the son builds, the grandchild sells, and his son begs.” In China, “Wealth never survives three generations.”
Around the world, there are many different variations all used to describe the tendency of the third generation of a family to squander the wealth obtained by the first generation.
I recently came across a photo of my great grandmother as I was cleaning out an old box. She was standing next to a flower bush wearing a white polka dot dress. I vaguely remember her…her voice, her laughter, her smile, her personality. I must have been about 10 when she passed away. Looking at …