Personal Historians

Printed Memoir Focus

"Don't put off the pleasure of passing down the stories of your life and the memory of people you've loved.  This is what personal historians do.  We help you tell the story and create a custom family heirloom book so others can read it. "

Printed Memoir Focus

"Our team is proud of our reputation for creating lovely and compelling memoir books and other legacy documents. We work one-on-one with our subjects, bringing our skills in interviewing, editing, writing, design, and photographic restoration to each project."

Printed Memoir Focus

"We expertly curate your “stuff”—old photos from boxes, digital family photos from phones and hard drives; hone your memories; elicit stories that surprise and delight; and design a book that is graphically and narratively evocative. We’ll take a journey of discovery together, and present you with a modern book of life that will resonate for generations to come—and that you will revisit again & again."

Printed Memoir Focus

"Our organization is dedicated to helping you create, preserve and share the stories you care about and to supporting our members as producers of comprehensive personal histories. We are writers, editors, interviewers, designers, audiographers, videographers, transcriptionists, translators, indexers, digital media experts and other professionals."

Interview Focused

"StoryCorps is built on an uncompromising commitment to excellence throughout the organization that includes an intense focus on the collecting, sharing, and preserving of people’s stories; high-quality organizational management; and the care and support of an extraordinary work environment where respect and dignity are paramount."

"Red Artichoke is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and business preserve their stories: their histories: their legacies. Our process is as individual as the person or business we are working with.  It’s your story, and we work hard to make sure it is told in your voice. We do this by having thoughtful, caring conversations with you to get the stories you want told.  Whether it is an interview with a loved one to capture an event or a life history, or a series of conversations with many people to create a series of perspectives, we are not done until you are delighted with the outcome."

"Have you considered documenting your personal, family, organizational or business history—but feel you could benefit from some assistance?

PHNN is comprised of professional personal historians whose expertise is helping clients realize such goals, whether the product is a book, a video, or a professional quality audio recording."

"Our books are precisely researched and thoughtfully written in an enticing style to showcase the trials and triumphs of your life. Our clients range from a 95-year-old West Virginia grandmother to a multi-millionaire in Geneva, Switzerland. They are the most interesting people you never heard of. They are often innovators in more than one field. Every one of our clients has overcome the odds stacked against them and not only thrived but enriched the lives of those around them. We hold our clients’ lives in utmost confidence and treat each personal biography and each client with individual attention."

"If there is a life story to be told, if there is a history to be preserved, if there are memories to be passed down, we are the people with the expertise—and passion—to do it."