21 life story questions for spring

Sometimes you need a change of season to spark your interest in all the things you love about life and the moments you’d ...

Strange as it may seem

When my intuition goes into overdrive

 Intuition is a wildly successful skill to have as a personal historian. The process of working with clients always brings me closer to them. ...

My crappy successful blog

I started a personal blog several years ago to share family stories with my large extended family before I left corporate communications to ...

Tidbit Hunting

Never underestimate the power of one tidbit of information about your family history that comes to you quite randomly. It may open the ...

The Hope Tree

UNION BEACH, N.J. _ It’s Christmastime and this is a story about hope, the kind of hope that arises slowly after a tragedy.  ...

Union Beach, NJ: Hurricane Sandy Photo Recovery

Photos are the memory keepers of our personal histories. They are reminders of a life lived. They open the gates of our memories ...

Like Springsteen, Sum Up Your Life Story

Before you begin a life story project you have to answer a few key questions. How do you want to be remembered? What events in ...

Is it an oral history or a personal history

Oral History or Personal History: There is a difference between the two. An oral historian is focused on recording events and stories in ...

Preserve your family’s American military history

Resist the urge to throw out old files, metals, personal papers and other memorabilia relating to your family’s military experience. When you have a ...