The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 5: Submitting a Vet's Memories

Last post in this series! Earlier posts explained each step of planning, completing, and documenting my husband's interview plus required paperwork for participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. My sister says this sounds like a lot of work and in a way, she's correct. But how often do we have the opportunity to have a relative memorialized in the US Library of Congress? Just take one step at a time and pay attention to the details, which genealogy folks are very good at doing. In this post, I'll describe the process of submitting the veteran's memories (interview, documentation, the works) to the LOC. Interview on USB or...The lovely volunteers who recorded my video interview with my vet (my husband) gave me the recording in MP4 format on a USB drive I had provided. I watched it from beginning to end, to be sure the interview was complete and looked good. I watched it a few more times to create the video log described in the previous post. Then I made several…