Meet your personal biographer.
Tell the story of a lifetime.
Your family biographies—professionally preserved for generations.
No matter where we come from, our histories shape who we are—and who we choose to become.
OriginStory simplifies memoir creation.
Partner
Pair with your OriginStory personal biographer.
Our professional historians are trained to attentively guide your loved one through a series of conversational interviews.
Connect
Complete a series of conversational interviews with a professional historian.
We'll contact you or your loved one to record ten hours of high-fidelity audio, capturing your most treasured memories.
Receive
We'll deliver your OriginStory as a beautifully designed, professionally mastered audiobook.
Share this priceless family heirloom with your family and friends - and enjoy it for generations to come.
Betty's family memoirs
OriginStory records your loved one's memories and experiences, collecting and cataloging your family memoirs as a beautiful compendium of knowledge and wisdom.
Our trained personal historians connect with your parents, grandparents, and elderly loved ones, capturing their most treasured moments in a series of candid interviews.
Our high-touch, compassionate personal biographer service reaches far beyond the basics of chronological genealogy.
We document experiential knowledge to create a meaningful custom biography—for the benefit of generations to come.
Our stories define us.
Vivid memories and experiences—
family traditions and cultural practices.
In times past, generational wisdom was passed down as oral history—from grandparent to parent to child—narrated in the context of daily life. Cultural knowledge, nostalgic memories, and historically significant events were shared as bedtime stories or told over Sunday dinner.
In today’s bustling world, opportunities to share and connect can be few, and far between.
Our history shapes us.
History and identity are inextricably linked.
The very stories that define our lives—from family traditions to cultures of origin—are of utmost importance to those we leave behind. But they are often lost to time—simply because we haven’t paused long enough to preserve them.
Our loved one's memories are the foundation of our family history and identity. When they pass without preserving their memoirs, valuable opportunities for growth and self-knowledge disappear from our lives—and the lives of our children—forever.
Our memories inspire the future.
A loved one’s memoirs are the most important family heirloom.
Their memories and experiences are our OriginStory—and those stories are the true treasure of our existence. These priceless vessels preserve irreplaceable cultural knowledge and family history.
When a loved one or elderly family member passes, our unrecorded histories die with them—depriving our heirs of precious generational knowledge and inspiration.
