Traditions-Values-Events
Family History Documentary
A Family History Documentary takes an in-depth look at the values, events, and loved ones who have made your family’s story what it is.
Honor their legacy
Honor your loved one by having a video created that is all about them. Their life, their story, and their impact.
Preserve their life
Live with peace of mind knowing that your loved one will be known by future family members who they will never get the chance to meet.
Inspire a future generation
Your loved one’s life can live on and continue to encourage, impact, and inspire future family members and friends long after they are gone.
Here is an example
Family History
Documentary Clip
This will give you an idea of how we use a clip from the Rowland’s Family History Documentary to honor and preserve their family’s story.
What is the focus?
The focus is on significant events in your family’s story, family values, individual family members, and everything in between.
There are two approaches to family history documentaries: a themed-approach and a general approach.
A themed-approach will focus on the themes throughout your family’s history. Some families have rich backgrounds in agricultural farming or a strong emphasis on hospitality and generosity. The main advantage is a family can talk about their history and focus on the aspects that were most significant to them.
The general approach takes a look at your family’s history from a much more general view. Many more topics are talked about it but the documentary will feel more informational and less like a story. Each family has differences in preferences.
How Does It Work?
We use video interviews from family members, photos, scrapbooks, re-enactments, b-roll, geographical maps, and other elements to accurately and engagingly walk through your family's history through a documentary.
What Should I Expect?
Here are aspects to consider.
Comprehensive And Flexible
Some family’s have a vast amount of history surrounding them. Some families have very little known history. You have the flexibility to go as far back in your family’s story as possible. Or if you would like to focus on this current generation of family members, that is your prerogative.
Individual Video Interviews
Along with the Family History Documentary, you’ll receive the full-length unedited interviews with the family members.
Digitalizing Tapes, Photos, Etc.
If you have old family history heirlooms that are collecting dust and deteriorating, we can help digitalize them.
Permanent Backups
We can create permanent backups of all the files associated with this project. This way nothing is ever lost and forgotten.
Every family has different areas that are important to them. The ways we can help honor and preserve your loved one’s story is customizable to the specific needs of a family and the service.
These are our most
Frequently Asked Questions
Your family history documentary can look at the current generation of family members. It doesn’t have to go back far. Many people have little information regarding their history, the important part to remember is you’re currently taking part in your family’s history. Your family’s history can start with you. However, if you’re curious about trying to find information regarding your family’s history there are many resources that could help in identifying some basic information about them. Websites like FamilySearch or Ancestry are great resources.
Yes! We want to bring your family’s story to life and we encourage families to use the memorabilia that they have.
Delivery of the final Family History Documentary will be within a month to a several months after production has finished depending on scope of project and volume of projects going on.
The final videos will be delivered on a USB or through an online download link.
We want families of various backgrounds and incomes to be able to benefit from this service. So, a family can come with a pre-determined budget and the scope will be crafted based upon that. Or if a family doesn’t have a specific budget, we will create an estimate based on project specifics.
The best way to contact us is by giving us a call at 612-564-2157.
Or you can fill out a contact form on our contact page (midwestlegacyfilms.com/contact) and we will reach out to you.
