With a Master's thesis on the significance of Oral Histories, Shapiro has been helping to preserve the life stories of everyday people (not just the rich and famous) for more than 30 years.

Hired by family members who wish to honor a loved one in order to share that person's life with generations to follow, Shapiro skillfully interviews the subject, transcribes the interviews and adds family photos, birth certificates, marriage licenses, citizenship papers and any other memorabilia important to the subject.

At the end of the process, a leather-bound volume is created which includes a color-coded, fold-out geneogram tracing the family history for as many generations as possible.

For the subject being interviewed it is a life-affirming experience, a feeling that his or her life is worthy of a book. The very act of remembering and sharing one's stories is a meaningful and memorable one, just as it is for those gifted with a copy of the finished product.

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