Manage how your personal archive settings behave across the platform. This section covers notification frequency, privacy boundaries for shared family records, and the access levels granted to collaborators who help with digitization and cataloging work.
Choose when you receive updates about digitization progress, conservation reminders, and new entries added to your family repository. Options range from immediate alerts to a weekly digest delivered every Monday morning.
Define who can view sensitive records such as oral history transcripts, personal letters, and unedited photographs. You can restrict access to immediate family members or open specific collections to extended relatives and approved researchers.
Set role-based access for archivists, historians, and family members who assist with cataloging. Each role carries distinct capabilities, from viewing-only access to full editing rights over metadata and descriptive notes.
Review active login sessions across your devices and revoke access when needed. This helps maintain the security of your family archive, especially when working from shared computers or public networks.
Request a complete export of your digitized records, including scanned images, transcripts, and catalog metadata. Exports are prepared in standard archival formats and delivered as organized folders for offline safekeeping.
Need help adjusting your account settings or access levels? Our archival support team can guide you through the configuration process.
Contact supportGuides and essays from our conservators on keeping personal histories intact, from paper letters to recorded voices.
Handwritten correspondence needs careful handling. This guide covers scanner settings, file naming, and acid-free storage for the originals.
Interview techniques Recording Oral Histories: Techniques for Meaningful InterviewsPreparation, question design, and microphone placement that help narrators open up and produce recordings worth keeping for decades.
Conservation notes Preserving Vintage Photographs: From Prints to PixelsScanning faded prints without causing further damage, plus advice on archival sleeves and climate control for the physical collection.
Precise definitions and conditions that remove ambiguity from our archival agreements.
Our services apply to physical documents, photographs, audio recordings, and memorabilia that you own or have written permission to preserve. We do not accept items with unclear provenance or those subject to active legal disputes.
Scans are produced at 300 DPI minimum for documents and 600 DPI for photographs. File formats are TIFF for archival masters and JPEG for access copies. We retain originals unless you explicitly request their return or disposal.
Each recording session lasts up to ninety minutes and includes a prepared question list tailored to your family's background. Transcripts are delivered as searchable PDFs within four weeks of the session date.
Climate-controlled storage guidance is advisory only. We assess your current conditions and suggest improvements, but we do not operate physical storage facilities or handle the transport of your materials.
Legacy books include up to one hundred fifty pages, with a hardcover binding and acid-free paper. Revisions beyond two rounds of edits are billed separately and require a written change request.
Workshops are limited to twelve participants per session to ensure individual attention. Materials such as archival sleeves and storage boxes are provided, but participants must bring their own items for hands-on practice.