Give the Gift of Personal Attention!
Capture their Life Story with Hours of Professional Interviews
We interview your parent or grandparent for hours and give you professional quality, edited audiobooks
Packages start at $1,500
Record Your Loved One’s Most Treasured Stories.
OriginStory records your loved one’s memories and experiences, collecting and cataloging your family memoirs as a beautiful compendium of knowledge and wisdom.
Capture Your Loved One’s History in Their Own Voice.
Our trained historians conduct family history interviews with your loved ones, capturing their candid stories through a beautifully edited and chapterized audiobook.
Cherish Your Loved One’s Memories for Years to Come.
Our high-touch, compassionate concierge service reaches far beyond the basics of chronological genealogy. We document experiential knowledge as meaningful personal memoirs—for the benefit of generations to come.
Pair with your family's personal biographer.
Our professional historians are trained to attentively guide your loved one through a series of conversational interviews.
Complete the OriginStory
interviews.
We’ll contact your loved one to complete a series of conversations via phone or video chat. We’ll record their most treasured memories as high-quality, shareable audio.
Receive your
OriginStory.
We’ll deliver your loved one’s personal memoirs as a beautiful, timeless audio heirloom, carefully indexed and cataloged to preserve their unique voice, history, and experiences.
Our Stories Define Us.
Our History Shapes Us.
Our Memories Inspire the Future.
In times past, generational wisdom was passed down as oral family history. 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.
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.
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.
OriginStory
Let's Make History
In today’s busy world, oral family history so often fades away. Capture that history and ensure it lives on.
The Time Capsule
Our time capsule package distills the essence of your loved one’s life into shareable moments, creating a treasured family heirloom for generations to come.
Your Time Capsule includes:
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Initial consultation and partnership with a personal biographer
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One Time Capsule conversational interview session
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High-fidelity, professionally mastered audio recordings
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A truly unique, custom time capsule (15-20 minute duration)
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Securely hosted, and accessible via private link
The Gift of a Lifetime
Our gift of a lifetime package records family stories of lessons learned, events witnessed, and life-changing choices—told in your loved one’s natural voice.
Your OriginStory includes:
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Initial consultation and partnership with your personal family historian
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The full OriginStory journey (a series of 10 interview sessions)
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High-fidelity, professionally mastered audio (approx. 10 hours of completed recording)
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A privately-published, downloadable gift, complete with clickable navigation and TOC
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Your unique OriginStory webpage (includes secure hosting)
