Record and Remember: Tracing Your Roots Through Oral History

by Jane Lewit and Ellen Epstein

Learn how to make permanent the lives and times of those you love in a time-honored method. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812885503
• ISBN13: 9780812885507
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Scarborough House Publishers
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The nuts and bolts of family oral history

The book seems to have been written as a response to the cultural cringe in America. Its target audience is the amateur family historian who wants to discover their heritage but includes sections for institutional use as well. It is written in a laid back friendly narrative style that is quite informative and easily digestible. Many useful tips are given in regards to interviewing family members. After covering issues relating specifically to family history collection, broader aspects of oral history are covered. Subsequent chapters cover background research, questioning styles, developing interview outlines, recording equipment, conducting the interview, and what to do with the material after the interview. Oral history is presented in easy bite size chunks that inspire the reader to believe they can be successful in their own project. Beth Robinson's Oral History Handbook is similar and seems to differ only in regards to depth of information, writing style and use of examples. Record and Remember seems an ideal introduction to the art of oral history within families.