09th September 2010
The summer months bring families together for reunions and vacations. Winter holidays are another time when it is typical for you and your loved ones to get together. While these events can often be fraught with chaos, family dramas, and silly games, wh...
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09th September 2010
As the digital age takes over, you are probably worried and wondering what to do about all the slides and negatives you may still have lying around in boxes. The truth is if you don’t take the steps to get them digitized now, they will probably never be ...
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09th September 2010
We hope you realize how powerful it can be to capture your family’s stories in some recorded fashion. There are so many ways to record the history, but we believe that a video interview is the most powerful and complete way to interview your relatives. ...
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09th September 2010
I am blessed to have known three of my four great grandmothers. Two were from the old country, Russia and Eastern Europe, and two born and bred in Chicago. In 1998, just a week before returning home to Chicago from college, I was awakened by a terrible dr...
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09th September 2010
How to feel prepared for the interview so that you can best share your stories for future generations to enjoy.
Just as it is important to prepare for the interview if you’re the one asking the questions, chances are the person you’re interviewing is g...
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09th September 2010
My husband Nico and I spent the month of April in his native country Argentina. We had the intention of making the trip half work/half play—he promoting his new book and me working on a family history movie of his family. I had many reasons I wanted to do...
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06th September 2010
While the content is most important for the interview, since it is video the sound and picture matter too. Here are a few final tips for creating a technically great interview on a low budget with non-invasive feeling equipment.
1. Prepare questions b...
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06th September 2010
If you’ve committed to interviewing a loved one, doing genealogy research, and in general deepening your family bonds, chances are you are wondering what to do about the hundred or sometimes thousands of photographs you or your parents have lying around u...
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02nd September 2010
Often our clients realize after conducting a series of interviews that there are some gaps in factual information where their family is concerned. Maybe there is some confusion in the family as to where they came from or what the name once was or specula...
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02nd September 2010
Our lives are hectic. It’s enough to make anyone cranky. How are we supposed to stay connected to the people we love and create meaningful interactions when time seems to be against us? While the idea of creating some kind of family legacy can be daunt...
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02nd September 2010
(*while this was a tip sheet originally written for mother’s on mother’s day it could just as easily be used to celebrate your dad, grandmothers, or other special people in your life)
Mom’s often have the thankless jobs of wiping noses, changing diaper...
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02nd September 2010
1. Delegate. Family reunion time is not the time to be a control freak. Let your family help with all stages from planning to partying. Put your cousin in charge of food, your uncle in charge of music, your mom in charge of coming up with games for the...
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02nd September 2010
So now that you’ve started rekindling the relationship with your family members far and wide, here are some ideas for ways you can create deeper bonds with your loved ones and have fun while you’re doing it. The key ingredients are desire, time, and open...
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02nd September 2010
1. Make him something. This could be a collage of photographs and other meaningful images that relate to his life, a painting, or a photo album/scrapbook that you put together chronicling his life--whatever you think would most reflect to him how much ...
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Arielle Nóbile founder of Legacy Connections Films is passionately committed to helping people tell their stories in a way that enriches their life and inspires others. She has directed and produced over 50 private films and interviewed over two hundred people on three continents. Arielle Nóbile is available to speak in 30, 60 and 90-minute time slots free of charge for organizations on the Front Range. Some of the places she has spoken include Northwestern University and the Association of Personal Historians Annual Conference. More references available upon request. For more information about Arielle and to see a video clip of her speaking visit the "Meet Us" page of her website and click on the second video link which says "watch to learn more about founder Arielle Nóbile."
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