Annie Payne is a personal historian and life story writer.
Her business History from the Heart exists to help people turn their memories into unforgettable life stories.
My clients want more than a family tree with names and dates. They want to know the real stories of their grandparents and parents; why life changing decisions were taken and how the family survived the bad times as well as the good. They do not want to have to do it in 20 or 30 years’ time when their children ask them about their grandparents’ lives and the family history.
I have been interviewing Australians about their life stories since 1988 and turning the manuscript into a beautiful, coloured bespoke book, lavishly illustrated with the narrator’s own photographs. These books become family heirlooms to pass on to future family generations.
Giving the past a future now!