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Oral History & Interviews
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 Ancestry.com - Interview Absolutely Everyone!
Article from "Along Those Lines..." by George Morgan.
- Ancestry.com - Preserving Family Stories
From Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
- Ancestry.com - Rumors, Gossip, and Little White Lies
Approaching family legends with an open mind.
- Ancestry.com - The Third Degree: Tips for a Successful Interview
From Ancestry Magazine, Jan/Feb 1998, Volume 16, Number 1 by George Thurston.
- The Art of the Oral Historian
University of California, Santa Barbara Oral History Program.
- Barrios Oral History Project ~ Arizona
Collection of oral history interviews relating to the Hispanic communities of Tempe that is fully transcribed and indexed .
- BYU Broadcasting | Capturing the Past - An Introduction
How to prepare & conduct and oral history interview.
- A Child's Point of View
Article on capturing a child's point of view for their furture heritage.
- Clio Whispers About Oral History
- Countdown to Millennium - An Oral History Collection Project
Oral history stories of residents from southeastern Ohio.
- Doing Oral History
From The General Commission on Archives and History - The United Methodist Church, Archival Leaflet Series.
- Family Legends
- Family Legends - Can they be trusted?
- Family Legends, True or False. And How Do I Solve Them?
Summary of a discussion from the Sedona Genealogy Club.
- Family Search Secrets
Unlocking hidden family data is the focus of this informal yet informative resource.
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 Genealogy.com: The Importance of Oral Histories
An article written by Lyman D. Platt, Ph.D.
- Genealogy.com: Interviewing Mom and Grandma: Oral History Tips
Article by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack.
- Genealogy.com: Organizing Oral History Information
- Genealogy.com: Suggested Topics and Questions for Oral Histories
- Guide for Interviewing Family Members
Abstracted from Virginia Allee's "A Family History Questionaire" in October 1978 Family Heritage Magazine.
- Guide for Interviewing Family Members
A Guide for Interviewing Family Members, with tips collected by Dick Eastman from various sources.
- H-Oralhist
A member of the H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line initiative.
- BGCT - TBHC - How To Prepare An Oral History
From the Texas Baptist Historical Collection.
- Interviewing a Relative
Online article.
- Kindred Keepsakes - Memory Book Questions
- Legal Issues for Oral Histories
- Lineages' Genealogy Site: First Steps - Interview Family Members
- Miss Perry Comes to Washington
Oral history of Jean Perry LOWMAN.
- One-Minute Guide to Oral Histories
From the University of California, Berkeley.
- Oral History - Interviewing Relatives
From the About.com genealogy section.
- Oral History Interview, Questions and Topics
- Oral History Interviews, Why, How, Help with Oral Family History
- An Oral History Primer
- Oral History Checklist
From the Museum Victoria and the Department of Education in Australia.
- Oral History Techniques - How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews
- Oral History Techniques and Procedures
By Stephen E. Everett for the Center of Military History.
- PIE Interview Guide - Family Folklore Interviewing Guide and Questionnaire
- PIE - The Art of Interviewing Relatives and Getting Answers to Your Questions
- Preserving Community / Cuentos del Varrio
An Oral History Instruction Manual.
- Roots Television
Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
- A Script for Video or Audio Interviews with Family Members
- Southern Oral History Program
- Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History
From DoHistory.
- StoryCorps
Project to instruct and inspire people to record each others' stories in sound.
- Tips for Interviewers
From the University of California, Berkeley.
- USU Oral History Projects
From Utah State University.
- Virginia Folklife Program Oral History Workshop: A Basic Guide to the Concepts, Techniques and Strategies of Oral History Research
- Yahoo!...Oral History
- The Bancroft Library - University of California, Berkeley
- Baylor University Institute for Oral History: Oral History Workshop on the Web
- British Library Oral History: National Life Stories
- California State Archives - California State Government Oral Histories
- Center for Oral History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Includes descriptions of COH projects and resources. Features short audio clips from oral history interviews on Hawaii.
- Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana University
- CIMS Oral History Page
An extensive list of links to oral history repositories from the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Australian National University.
- Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History
- East Midlands Oral History Archive ~ United Kingdom
- Ellis Island Oral History Project
- Kentucky Oral History Commission Guide to Kentucky Oral History Collections
Searchable index.
- National Archives of South Africa
- Navy Oral History Collection
A Collection of Veterans and Families Stories Biographies Documents and Photographs.
- Oral History ~ Georgia
Held by the Statesboro Regional Library System.
- Oral History and Folklore of the Miami Valley, Ohio
From the Miami Valley Cultural Heritage Project.
- Oral History Collection
At the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth, England.
- Oral History Collections at the Reuther Library
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
- The Oral History Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Pacific Lutheran University - Robert A. L. Mortvedt Library ~ Tacoma, Washington
- The Southern Oral History Program
- UCLA Oral History Program
- University of Kentucky Oral History Program
- Voices of the Colorado Plateau
An online multimedia museum collection featuring oral history recordings and historic photographs that document life on the Colorado Plateau.
- The Western Cape Oral History Project
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Oral History
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- Family Stories Video Family History
Professionally produced, PBS-style documentary of a parent, grandparent, or other family member telling their life story and communicating with generations across time and space, visually and orally, in their own words.
- Yourfamily.com - Videos, Albums, and Taped Oral Histories
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