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Your Ancestor Might Have Been Recorded On Tape

Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Carol

Your Ancestor Might Have Been Recorded On Tape

Of course, there are time and technology limitations to the above statement. Even so, but I just ordered through inter-library loan an audiotape of my cousin Louise H. Martin’s interview from 1976 . In addition, I also requested through ILL the manuscript papers in the file for William Livingston Holmes. I believe that Louise was William Holmes’ great granddaughter. (I’m still working on the Martin branch.)

Where I Found The Genealogical Media

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You may be wondering how I found out that these records even exist. I began by doing a search in Google books for the name William Livingston Holmes. The results included a link to WorldCat, and that website gave me more detailed information on what was in each file, the location (Oregon Historical Society Research Library), and then I could take the next step: ask for an Interlibrary Loan from my local library.

Only Time Will Tell

It’s entirely possible that these records might not be available for loan. If not, then I guess I will come up with plan B. The audiotape has been transcribed, so maybe they will let me borrow those papers; and if William Holmes’ papers are too voluminous I will be just a little crushed. At least I know they exist, and where they are, so it could be that we could go right to the Oregon Historical Research Library someday and look at them there.

Other Sites To Search

For more information about William Livingston Holmes please visit this page on my blog. You might also want to visit the Library of Congress’ – American Memory section online as an additional source for interview transcriptions such as Native American History and Cities, Towns too.