Your Life Your Legacy

We are a family media concierge service dedicated to protecting, preserving, and presenting your family history and memories.

Our Purpose

Our comprehensive services are designed to bring your family history to life. We collate, edit, organize, digitize and preserve your family photographs, videos, documents, and other memorabilia into a dynamic living archive. With Opus, our exclusive web interface, your living archive is continually updated and can be searched, shared, and enjoyed on any device.

From Chaos

To Order

Organized Opus digital media viewer

Our Process

We gather your media from albums, shoeboxes, film reels, memory sticks, discs, drives, computers, tablets, phones, and the cloud. Our sync-service can capture and store your media as it is created. We assemble for you a single organized digital library. And with Opus, we provide you with the tools to access, find, and share your media. We create bespoke assets to complement your collection in the form of books, slide shows, videos, and histories.

Capture

Your Media

Drives
Devices
Photographs
Memorabilia
Interviews
Documents

Care

Digital Media Library

Organize
Share
Preserve
De-Duplicate
Edit
Restore
Tag
Search
Back-Up
Access

Create

Bespoke Assets

Family Histories
Life Event Celebrations
Videos
Slide Shows
Albums

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Opus is our web-based client interface that lets you view, share and enjoy your digital media library with anyone, anytime, anywhere. You can simply browse through your collection of family photographs, videos, recordings, documents and other memorabilia or quickly find any image, video or document with our advanced search capabilities.

With Opus, you can create, edit and share custom albums to celebrate special events like weddings, birthdays, vacations and holidays. And with our advanced search capabilities, you can quickly find, view and share anything in your collection by name, date, location, event and subject.

Our Commitment

We are client-focused providing media services that are tailored to your specific needs. Trust and integrity are key to our client relationships—of utmost importance is the privacy and security of your media. Using industry-standard formats and metadata, your media collection can be transferred into other programs or applications while retaining its enhanced usability and archival qualities. We are confident that once you experience our services, you will continue to be part of our community.

Our Services

We provide a suite of services to actively manage all aspects of your family media.

Scanning

We carefully scan and digitize your media using high-resolution technology and store them in non-lossy formats for state-of-the-art preservation.​

De-duplication

We eliminate duplicates producing an edited and easily searched collection suitable for viewing, sharing, and archiving.

ENRICH CONTENT

We create and edit metadata, enriching your media with contextual, searchable terms such as dates, locations, events, names, and other key features so they are accurately described and immediately accessible.

Safe-Keeping

We provide extra protection of your media with secure digital backups to prevent loss.

Restoration

We digitally restore deteriorated and damaged media to reveal their original quality.

preservation

We carefully preserve original media using archival techniques and conservation materials.

genealogy

We methodically research your ancestors using best practices and assemble your media with newly sourced material into detailed histories.

family history

We thoroughly research your family history and bring it to life with photographs, family trees, maps, and narrative.

audio & video interviews

We produce legacy audio and video of recollections and memories so family stories may be shared and handed down to future generations.

slide shows & videos

We bring family history and memories to life with expertly crafted slide shows and videos with narration and music.

Life Event content

We create video and print tributes to honor, celebrateand commemorate loved ones and life‘s special events.

Printing & Albums

We provide professional high-quality photo printing, custom photo albums, and hand-stitched and bound family books using archival inks and paper.

Your Legacy

Every photograph captures a moment in time creating a record of important events, people, and places in your life. When edited, organized, and creatively presented, these images are more than a chronology of your memories, they become the foundation of a larger and more important story.

Combined with other illustrative materials – such as maps, family trees, and documents, and woven together with well researched social history, videos, and audio recordings, a compelling chronicle of your life and family history emerges.

At PWFAS your photos and memorabilia are transformed into enhanced digital assets, preserved and assembled into a unique and important multi-media family collection to be shared and treasured by future generations. Your descendants will have a clear understanding of their personal heritage and can contribute their own memories, so your gift continues as an enduring living legacy.

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone, but what is woven into the lives of others”

Our Clients

Our clients’ memories, media, history, legacy, and needs are both unique and personal. We work hard to exceed your expectations and build relationships that endure. Here are some comments that we have received:

"I never realized I actually needed what you do. I now see it as invaluable."
JA
Florence, AL
"In many ways you have a special kinship with my mother. You have helped bring forth her story in the most beautiful way. In photographs, I see the connections and her smile with her children and grandchildren."
PC
Chicago, IL
"I was really blown away to see this! Words cannot describe how grateful I am to you for putting this amazing work together."
BF
Los Angeles, CA
"The volume you created about my dad’s service in World War II is an extraordinary piece of history. It really is an incredible 65th birthday present, and I am truly grateful to you for the research, analysis and artistry that you dedicated to this project."
JF
Los Angeles, CA
"It took everyone's breath away!"
DQ
New York, NY
"Thank you so much! Please convey my personal thanks to everyone on the team who contributed. It is clear that the book was produced by perfectionists!"
RS
Scottsdale, AZ
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