Associated Press
April 2005
“Digital life story”
Beth Sanders interviewed her grandmother about her life, and realized the connection she established with past generations of her family was a rare thing in the modern age.

"People are so spread out," Sanders says, "and parents and grandparents know a lot of information about their parents and grandparents that never gets passed along."

The Marysville, Ohio, native turned that realization into a business idea, creating a Web site, www.lifebio.com that walks customers through creating a life history of their parent by asking questions such as how he or she spent a summer day as a child. They can also upload pictures.

The finished product is a digital file that can be downloaded and printed. For an added fee, Lifebio will print it as a hardback book.
The site launched in 2001 and has had 4,000 customers. Sanders said she hasn't done much marketing, but that will change this year.