We’re happy to report that the Austin American Statesman decided to feature the  creator of CatchMyMemory.com, Rory Siefer, in the Sunday on November 23rd.

In a special article titled, “Capturing a family member’s life for posterity - It might be one of the best gifts you can give,” Helen Anders describes how one local family gave their loved ones the gift of a lifetime.

Don’t miss the great advice Rory gives to other families who are wanting to find a way to start saving their loved one’s best stories too!

As promised, here is the link to watch my appearance on yesterday’s San Antonio Living Show. It was a great opportunity to meet with Shelly Miles and tell some local families about how they can start saving stories today. If you missed the show, be sure to go watch it at this link.

Also, here’s a little of what I discussed on the show. Tips from Family Biographer, Rory Siefer, on how your family can celebrate Family History Month:

• Save the Stories: Record your family’s stories orally or in written form. Sit down and interview your parent or grandparent – and get the kids involved. Or as an extra special gift to a loved one, hire a family biographer to come in and capture the stories for them!
• Trace Your Family Roots: Start a family tree together and call your parents and grandparents to uncover the exact dates. Who knows how far back you can go!
• Preserve the Photos: Create a photo book with some of your best old family pictures. Record the details about each snapshot so that those stories are never lost.
• Create a Family blog: Keep your family and friends up to date on what your family is up to on a regular basis. his can be an easy weekly activity and then by the end of the year you have a great collection of memories.
• Make Sentimental Gifts: Integrate family mementos and history into a one of a kind gift for your loved one. Frame a family artifact, or create greeting cards from your favorite old photos.

To learn more about how to save your families priceless stories check out Rory’s website or call today:
Rory Siefer - The Texan Biographer
(210) 694-4743
http://www.TexanBiographer.com or rory@texanbiographer.com

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.