Tape Transcription  -  Since 1986 

Valuable tape recordings are hiding in the bottom of boxes, and at the back of shelves.

These tapes represent a mother-lode of valuable history waiting to be mined.  

There may be an old tape from mother’s funeral, a son’s missionary farewell, or the tape Aunt Sue made with Grandma on her birthday.  Each will disclose stories and reveal family traditions not recorded in histories or genealogy records. 

Oral histories are usually recorded on a cassette tape or other electronic recording devise. It is then transcribed into a written format. The author of the history may speak alone on the tape, or the dialogue may represent an interview-type conversation between two people.