How to identify unknown people in old family photos
Use album clues, photo dates, family records, and face grouping to identify unknown people in old family photos, without turning a guess into fact.
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Telling Their Story
Practical ways to capture a whole life in words and recordings, from better interview questions to obituaries that say more than two dates and a paragraph.
What to put on an online memorial page, and what can wait
What to include on an online memorial page, from the first photograph and one personal detail to privacy choices and prompts that get family to reply.
How to write an obituary that sounds like the person
What a newspaper obituary actually costs, with real rates from four papers, what to leave out for your family's safety, and how to write one that sounds like the person.
The questions an obituary never asks
An obituary gives you two dates and a paragraph. Here are the questions that hold a life, and why they're worth asking while you still can.
How to interview a parent about their life
How to record your mom or dad's story with the phone you already have. The session length tested by 645,000 interviews, the ages memory is densest, and twenty questions that work.