Tributes & Video Biographies
Sharing Life Stories, Connecting Generations, Preserving Legacies

Archive for January, 2008



  • A Triple Header Video Interview

    Over the holiday week between Christmas and New Year, my family spent a week skiing in Utah. We stayed at the home of some good friends who live outside of Salt Lake City and another family from California was there ...

    Read more  ●  Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

  • Effective Interviewing Techniques for Video Histories

    Flickr Photo: Walter Grubmuller While every interviewee is unique in his or her own way, there are several things you can do in advance to help make the process go more smoothly to yield better results. There are also som...

    Read more  ●  Thursday, January 10th, 2008

  • Family Business

    The idea of creating a family history or genealogical tree, while a formidable task, sometimes occurs to us as quite simple. We enroll all our family members into this meaningful project. They all go through their media...

    Read more  ●  Saturday, January 26th, 2008

  • Muhammad Yunus and his Legacy on Poverty

    Flickr photo:U2005.comThis past week I had the privilege of seeing Muhammad Yunus speak at a World Affairs Council of Houston luncheon. Yunus, of Bangladesh, is a 2006 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and a 1999...

    Read more  ●  Thursday, January 17th, 2008

  • Your Family Health History

    Flickr photo: Joey HarrisonI was at the doctor’s office this week and had to fill out one of those five page questionnaires that ask you questions like; have you ever smoked, been diagnosed with thyroid pro...

    Read more  ●  Friday, January 11th, 2008