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How can I save my parents’ life stories?

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Family Biography

Looking for a way to save your parent, grandparent, or loved one’s life history, but not sure where to start? Let the Family Biographer, Rory Siefer help! Rory, the Texan Biographer, travels the country to help transform a lifetime of memories into customized biographies. Today, she just launched a brand new website, http://www.texanbiographer.com to showcase some of the families she has helped, and the stories she’s saved.

Fun Facts about Rory Siefer, the Texan Biographer:

  • It takes over 200 hours to carefully design and create most personal biographies.
  • Using special photo restoration software, all of the pictures included are enlarged, sharpened and brought back to life. Postage sized pictures can finally be seen in renewed detail, over 200 percent larger.
  • From start to finish, the process can take anywhere from three to six months. Timing depends on how available the families are to complete the interviews.
  • Families have ordered from 20 to even 100 extra copies of the completed biography to share with friends, family, and even neighbors.
  • Completed biographies range anywhere from 150 to 250 pages and are printed in full color on special archival papers.
  • Siefer has created biographies for people as young as 23 and as old as 98. Old and young, all of her clients have great memories worth saving.
  • Personal biographies can be an important and therapeutic project for a loved one in need. Siefer has completed projects for those with Alzheimer’s, cancer, and other debilitating diseases.
  • An unexpected and unique gift for someone who has everything. The Texan Biographer has helped create biographies for milestone birthdays, anniversaries, and family holidays.
  • Last year alone, Siefer spent over 3000 hours creating biographies for families across the nation.

To find out how you can hire Rory to capture your parents’ life stories - or to virtually page through one of the biography masterpieces, visit her site today: http://www.texanbiographer.com.

Rory Siefer