Abstract Family history has taken hold from the European Atlantic to the Pacific with applications to oral history in general. We will hear directly from England and the US.To start, using quotes from interviews and visuals, Mary Gordon will share what she discovered from her research for the Routledge publication of Family Oral History Across the World. She will address integrating elements of a family history with one diagram. Then: changing demographics, factors of memory, emotion, ethics, interviewing approaches, incorporation of visuals, integrating stories from many interviews into an engaging family history. Mary Stewart , here from the British Library’s oral history programs will present some observations on the intersections of family history and oral history from a UK perspective. At the end of the session Mary and Mary will introduce some of the diverse individuals interviewed from several countries and their thoughts through slides for which they have given consent.Michael Frisch will focus on transformative new possibilities for transcripts, such as Multidimensional Transcription especially customized to family histories. He will also address suggestions for oral historians from articles by journalists in the Oral History Review. Laura Laura McNeice, Ph.D. Student will focus on the importance of letting the transcription speak for itself and the of being authentic to the interviewee's voice when transcribing the materials. She will also give tips to help families who find challenging the level of commitment it takes to transcribe the work. Kara Nelson, a student working a gap year at the Baylor Institute for Oral History will address the Baylor processing and preservation process for the 50 recordings and transcriptions from the work for Family Oral History book to include the work as received and the process thereafter. The last 20 minutes will be for Questions.
