The New York Times writer Patricia R. Olsen wrote about this emerging career named personal historian. "The job of gathering personal histories tends to attract people like social workers, journalists and others involved in communications, said Sarah White, regions director for the Association of Personal Historians, a trade association. It can be a good fit for retirees who want to embark on a second career, she said."
She gave examples of how the personal historians go about their business. They have to sharpen their interviewing skills. They have to collect the histories. Depending on the number of clients they have, the personal historians may make a good living. "Personal historians usually need some kind of training in interviewing techniques, in desktop publishing or graphic design, or in the operation of recording equipment, Ms. White said. Knowledge of geriatrics can also help. Historians may produce books themselves by using a desktop program and then having a printer make copies."
It seems that there is a large market out there for baby boomers' personal historians. They want to tell their histories. "There’s an unmet need among baby boomers who don’t know to record the stories of their parents and grandparents,” he said."
Sources: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/jobs/12starts.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=personal%20historians&st=cse&oref=slogin
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