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Personal Memory Edition · Birthdays & familyDates That Made Us
Existing Bookstore listing: The Dates That Made Us. The same product and checkout are retained.
Up to seven defining dates connected by one family narrative; the established listing remains The Dates That Made Us.
Standard edition · $199.00
8-page designed archival PDF, approximately 1,000–1,500 words; title and dedication, narrative, selected chronology, photo captions if supplied, source and uncertainty notes; MP3 narration and accessible TXT transcript. One private proof and one consolidated revision within scope.
Estimated 5–10 business days after complete usable materials and permissions; customer review and approved scope changes add time. Confirm gift deadlines before purchase.
Established price retained. An existing order’s purchased scope and commitments take priority.
Commission standard editionExpanded edition · by written quote
Request a longer edition with extra scenes, photographs or contributors through private intake. No extra work or charge starts without a separate written scope and accepted price.
Request an expanded scopeThe editorial assignment
Up to seven defining dates connected by one family narrative; the established listing remains The Dates That Made Us.
Customer materials and free accessible sources only; no exhaustive genealogy, title search, legal verification or guaranteed finding.
Questions that shape your story
- What date or date range anchors this memory?
- Who was involved, in the names and language you prefer?
- Describe one scene with a concrete detail.
- Which sources, uncertainties and exclusions should shape the edition?
Fictional sample spread · all people and records inventedDates That Made Us — a fictional sample spread
Three households remembered the same blue serving dish. A penciled recipe traveled with it, but nobody could establish who first wrote the recipe. The family story begins with the oldest dated photograph that shows the dish, then follows the moves named in letters and recollections. Different explanations of its origin remain attributed. The connection between generations is visible in repeated use; an unsupported ancestry claim is unnecessary to explain why the object matters.
This is a two-page design and writing preview, not a complete purchased edition.
Photos, files and your own voice
Choose your own permitted photos, separately approved licensed non-identifying stock, or a typography-only design. No generated identifiable people. No new stock purchase is included.
Standard archival PDF plus accessible TXT and MP3. On request, a DOCX reading copy of the approved text, without reproducing the print layout. No print book or physical delivery is included.
Supply written answers, your existing transcript (up to 3000 words), or your own usable MP3/M4A recording (up to 15 minutes). Save the speakers’ consent in private intake before uploading audio. Recordings are source material for the written edition. Edited original-voice audio and verbatim interview transcription use the separately purchased Interview Companion; narration of the approved history remains included.
Review, privacy and research boundaries
Paid order, private intake and permitted uploads, scope check, writing and design, private proof, one consolidated revision within scope, explicit approval, final private delivery. Paid research is excluded; no archive purchase, subscription, certificate fee or outside researcher is authorized by ordering. Any outside expense needs a separate written quote and explicit customer consent before commitment; the customer pays the provider directly.
You approve names, exclusions and the private recipients. Living subjects and contributors must permit their material and may review their contributions. Customer files use the existing private project system; public portfolio use requires separate consent. No claim of a verified event is made from a recollection alone.
Original MP3 narration of the approved text and a matching accessible TXT transcript. Customer voice is never cloned. Licensed music and commercial clips are excluded.
Standard: one consolidated revision within the purchased scope. Expanded new editions: two. A new subject, substantial new source material or a later change of direction requires a separate accepted quote. No interview scheduling, travel, printing, archive fee, legal advice or guaranteed discovery is included.
The existing Signature Plate remains an optional separately priced physical upgrade with its own proof, approval and U.S. delivery restrictions.