Recording and Transcribing Family History Stories

Why is it important?

How to record this?

Preparation

Place and time to do the interview

If you are doing a live interview, face to face, you should use a digital audio recorder. You probably have one on your phone or you can install one of many famous voice recording apps.  The location is also important: it should be a worm and cozy indoor place and the most important thing is that it should be quiet so that the recording quality is good. Make sure that there are no unexpected disturbances, that there are enough drinks, coffee, tea, sweets and others, make it as relaxed as possible, and let the story unfold by itself.

Don’t forget to state the date and your names at the beginning of the recording. Also, make sure to store the recordings adequately so that they don’t get lost. Dropbox would be our choice No. 1 for this.