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Stories & oral history

Record the stories only your elders know, with consent, before they are gone.

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Recording Better Voice Notes with Your Phone

Clear, consent‑first phone recordings with better mic technique, setup, and labeling.

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Stories & oral history

How to Record Your Family's Oral History: Questions, Consent and Keeping It

Records tell you when someone was born. Only the people who were there can tell you what it was like. How to plan an oral history interview, the questions that open people up, how to ask for consent, and what to do with the recording afterwards.

9 min read

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Add the people you know, invite the relatives who know the rest, and keep the photos and stories with the people in them. Private to your family.

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