Preserve Your Family’s Legacy—Before the Stories Are Lost
Do you have cherished stories from your family’s past? Is there an elder in your life whose memories should be recorded for future generations? Are there questions about your family stories that you want researched?
With experience recording over 80 oral histories and researching more than 200 family genealogies for my award-winning books—as well as documenting my own family history—I’m now offering my skills through a small side business, designed to preserve your family’s unique story.
What You’ll Receive for $900:
• a set of thoughtful, personalized starter questions to prepare for our conversations
• two 90-minute Zoom sessions, with high-quality recordings
• video files and written transcripts of both sessions
• in-depth genealogical and newspaper archive research related to your family’s story
• a concise, beautifully written pocket biography highlighting key moments and themes from our sessions
If you or your loved ones have more to share, I also offer additional sessions and an expanded biography for an added fee.
This is more than a recording; it’s an heirloom for future generations. Let’s preserve your family’s story before time takes it away.
Please
contact me if you’re ready to begin, or if you have questions about the process.
Other Contract Services available, starting at $150 an hour:
Genealogical Research and German Citizenship Applications
I have extensive experience with genealogical research, especially for African American and Jewish families. I can also help gather the documents and fill out the forms necessary to reclaim German citizenship.
In-Person Research in New York City Area Archives
Save yourself a trip, and let me photograph or scan archival sources for you! I have worked in the following archives:
• New York Public Library Research Division, Manuscript and Archives Division, and Milstein Division of United States History, Local History, and Genealogy
• New York Public Library – Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Columbia University Archives
• NYU Archival Collections
• Manhattan College Archives and Archives of the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the New York District and the Long Island-New England (LI-NE) District
• other local collections and archives as well
