Guides for preserving family stories
Practical guides on interviewing grandparents, recording a parent's voice, and building a private family audio archive.
How to Record Family History at Home
A practical guide to recording family stories at home, from choosing questions and setting up audio to saving transcripts, photos, and recordings.
June 10, 2026 · 7 min readQuestions to Ask Your Parents About Their Life
Thoughtful questions to ask a parent about childhood, family, work, love, hard times, and the stories they want remembered.
June 10, 2026 · 8 min readHow to Turn Old Family Photos Into Stories
Use old family photos to spark recorded stories: what to ask, how to identify people and places, and how to preserve the memory behind each image.
June 10, 2026 · 8 min readHow to Create a Private Family Memory Archive
Learn how to organize family recordings, transcripts, photos, and stories in a private archive your family can search, share, and export.
June 10, 2026 · 7 min readHow to Preserve Family Stories in More Than One Language
A guide for multilingual families who want to record life stories in the language that feels most natural, while keeping them useful for future generations.
June 10, 2026 · 7 min readA Meaningful Gift for Parents or Grandparents Who Don't Need More Things
Thoughtful gift ideas for parents or grandparents who do not need more things, including a way to preserve their stories in their own voice.
June 10, 2026 · 7 min readHow to Interview Your Grandparents: 50 Questions That Unlock Real Stories
A practical guide to interviewing grandparents, with 50 questions from the Family Mosaic prompt library that help older relatives move past "I don't remember much" and into real stories.
May 26, 2026 · 9 min readHow to Preserve a Parent's Voice and Life Story
A practical guide to capturing your parent's voice, life story, and everyday memories before they are lost.
May 26, 2026 · 10 min readAudio Journal vs. Written Memoir: Which Is Right for Your Family?
Both audio journals and written memoirs can preserve a life story, but they serve different families, elders, and goals. Here is how to choose.
May 26, 2026 · 7 min read