Family story guides
Listen well. Preserve carefully.
Practical guidance for families who want to record a life with curiosity, context, clear permission, and durable care.
Conversation guide
7 minute read
Questions that open family stories
Use open, specific questions and thoughtful follow-up to help a parent or grandparent move from facts into scenes, people, and meaning.
Read guideArchive guide
6 minute read
How to preserve family voice recordings
A practical routine for recording clearly, naming files consistently, keeping originals, making durable copies, and protecting private family audio.
Read guideBook preparation
6 minute read
How to organize photographs for a family biography
Gather family photographs without losing their order, record the context around each image, make careful scans, and connect photographs to stories.
Read guidePrivacy guide
7 minute read
Privacy and consent in family storytelling
A practical framework for recording permission, private subjects, people mentioned in a story, family access, editing, and changing a sharing choice.
Read guideFamily guide
5 minute read
How to invite a parent to share their stories
Frame the invitation with curiosity rather than urgency, explain the effort honestly, keep the choice open, and make the first step easy.
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