Directory of Archival Consultants

Ahlstrom Appraisals LLC provides monetary appraisal reports for donation, insurance, and estate purposes. We regularly value Contextual Artifacts (Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera), Historical Materials (Culturally Significant Collections & Archives) and Fine Art (Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture). All professional services are tailored to fit each client's appraisal needs.

Meet the Appraiser: Courtney Ahlstrom Christy has a passion for material culture combined with a trained eye greatly contributes to her investigation of value. She has worked with museums, universities, galleries, cultural institutions, and auction houses — all of which have provided unique opportunities to closely examine works ranging from the antique to the contemporary. Her primary interest is to combine cultural stewardship with professional opinions of value supported by facts, evidence, and reasonable analysis. 

As a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers, an Accredited Member of the Appraisers Association of America, and in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), Courtney is involved in a professional community that seeks higher standards and ongoing inquiry into how to best evaluate personal property.

Available locally, on-site and virtually. 

We provide multilingual interpreter services; certified translation; cursive handwriting transcription services; Apostille; ancestry, genealogy and archival research services at the intersections of law; genealogy; world history; paleography; anthropology; archaeology; family history research; world languages and cultures.

Certified legal document translation.

Cursive Handwriting Transcription Services for Legal, Historical, Archival Documents in English and Other Languages

Florida Appeals Court Revives Estate Asset Claims, Including Contribution under Turkish Law

“One and the Same” (OATS) Orders in Italian Dual Citizenship Cases

Virgin Islands Court Affirms Heirship in Estate Dispute Despite Conflicting Puerto Rican Birth Certificate, Underscoring Complex Interplay Between Territorial Probate Law; Full Faith and Credit; and Public Policy

Polish Probate Genealogy Research for New York Surrogate’s Court Cases

Foreign Adoption Domestication Is Key to Avoiding Inheritance Challenges, 

On-site archival research in Ottoman Archives in Isbanbul, Turkey. Ottoman Turkish transcription and translation to English

When Foreign Property Meets New Jersey Probate Law in Cross-Border Estate Disputes

Certified Translation and Legal Interpreter Services for Extradition from the United States

Certified Interpreter and Translator Services for U.S. Notaries Assisting Non-English Speakers with Remote Online Notarization (RON)

Rare Language Court Interpreter Services; Rare Language Deposition Interpreter Services

In-country international archival research services in historical and national archives in various countries of the world.

Professional translation of history books; historical books; memoirs and biographies; diaries; letters, postcards and personal narratives; manuscripts from any foreign language to English.

California Appellate Court Ruled that Notice of a Probate Hearing Mailed to an Heir in Argentina Complied with State Law and Did Not Require Service under the Hague Service Convention because the Probate Code Requires Only Delivery, Not Formal Service of Process.

Kurotaki v. United States addressed the limits of a Japanese taxpayer’s testimony about a mistranslation in a Japanese-language tax document, focusing on the distinction between lay testimony and expert testimony and the implications of his status as an interested party in an FBAR willfulness case.

Spanish to English Translation of Spanish Colonial Records for American Indian Law and for Native American Law Cases

English translation of the old German historical documents handwritten in the old German scripts, such as Kurrent (Kurrentschrift), Sütterlin (Sütterlinschrift), Fraktur. German paleography.

Japanese Adoption Yōshi-Engumi in California Probate Litigation

French Forced Heirship Claim Tested in New York Courts

Certified Translation Services for Probating Greek and Italian Wills in Illinois

Oral Settlement Agreements and Sanctions in Contested Probate Cases Involving Parties from India

Transcription and historical translation of Spanish handwritten colonial records. Spanish paleography.

Hmong Cultural Adoption in Thailand and Its Legal Implications in Child Support Cases in the U.S.

Deposition interpreter and deposition translator services and arbitration interpreter and arbitration translator services in all foreign languages, including exotic, rare, uncommon, hard-to-find foreign languages and languages of lesser diffusion, as well as Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Croatian, Greek, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Russian, German, French, Romanian, Lithuanian, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, Nepali, Arabic, Mongolian, Albanian, Cantonese, Amharic, Armenian, Farsi, Malayalam, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Burmese, Swedish, Serbian, Tamil, Estonian, Khmer, Sinhala, Punjabi, Lithuanian, Hindi, Dutch, Tagalog, Finnish, Haitian-Creole, Indonesian, Hmong, Malay, Latvian, Norwegian.

Genealogical research services and genealogy translation services for dual citizenship; probate litigation.

International probate and genealogy research.

Transcription and Translation of Archival and Historical Documents Handwritten in Cursive into English

Apostille services and Apostille translation for the U.S. documents to be used worldwide.

Certified Translation of Foreign Language Text Messages for Court Proceedings

Mandarin Deposition Interpreter and Mandarin Check Interpreter Services

Foreign Law Translation and Foreign Laws in U.S. Courts

How to Avoid Sanctions for Deposition Misconduct at Foreign Language Depositions

Insurance translation services: court-certfied interpreters and certified translators for insurance claims adjustors.

Courts Hold that Foreign Language Documents without Certified Translation and/or Translated by Google Translate Are Inadmissible

Certified translation of medical records from Italian; French; Portuguese; Chinese; Romanian; Japanese; Chinese; Brazilian Portuguese; Swedish; Spanish; Mozambican Portuguese; Polish; Greek; Turkish, other foreign languages. Medical translation services and medical interpreters.

Technical translation and technical interpreter services.

Archival document retrieval and procurement of ancestral historical vital documents; immigration and naturalization records and other genealogical and family records in the U.S.; Ireland; Italy; Poland; Lithuania; Romania; Croatia; Canada, etc. to facilitate dual citizenship applications for citizenship by descent in Italy, Ireland, other countries.

Expert witness services by certified translators; court-certified interpreters; certified genealogists; linguistics experts.

Marketing translation services.

Academic translation services.

When Litigant Fails to Properly Request a Deposition Interpreter

Affidavit translation services.

Certified Translation to Prove Death in International Life Insurance Claims

Power of Attorney translation services.

Federal Court in Southern District of New York Finds Attorney’s Mistreatment of Mandarin Deposition Interpreter Sanctionable as Discovery Delay

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Albanian document translation & transcription; Albanian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Amharic document translation & transcription; Amharic interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Anuak interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Arabic document translation & transcription; Arabic interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Armenian document translation & transcription; Armenian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars. Western Armenian translator and interpreter; Eastern Armenian translator and interpreter; Classical Armenian translator and interpreter.

Bengali document translation & transcription; Bengali interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Bosnian document translation & transcription; Bosnian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Bulgarian document translation & transcription; Bulgarian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Cameroonian Pidgin English deposition interpreter; Cameroonian Creole deposition interpreter

Cantonese document translation & transcription; Cantonese interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Chinese document translation & transcription; Chinese interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Croatian document translation & transcription; Croatian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Czech document translation & transcription; Czech interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Danish document translation & transcription; Danish interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Dutch document translation & transcription; Dutch interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Farsi document translation & transcription; Farsi interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Finnish document translation & transcription; Finnish interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

French document translation & transcription; French interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars. Apostille services and English to French certified Apostille translation services for the U.S. documents to be used in France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Seychelles, Burundi, Chad, Senegal, Burkina Faso, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, Rwanda, Haiti, Togo, Benin.

German document translation & transcription; German interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Greek document translation & transcription; Greek interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Gujarati document translation & transcription; Gujarati interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Haitian-Creole document translation & transcription; Haitian-Creole interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Hebrew document translation & transcription; Hebrew interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Hmong document translation & transcription; Hmong interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Hungarian document translation & transcription; Hungarian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Indonesian document translation & transcription; Indonesian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Italian document translation & transcription; Italian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Japanese document translation & transcription; Japanese interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Korean document translation & transcription; Korean interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Kunama interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Lao Translation & Lao Interpreter Services to Prove a Death in Laos

Latvian document translation & transcription; Latvian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Lithuanian document translation & transcription; Lithuanian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Mandarin interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Mennonite Low German Plautdietsch/ Plattdeutsch interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation;international conferences, webinars

Mongolian document translation & transcription; Mongolian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Nepali document translation & transcription; Nepali interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Norwegian document translation & transcription; Norwegian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Ottoman document translation & transcription

Polish document translation & transcription; Polish interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Portuguese document translation & transcription; Portuguese interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Punjabi document translation & transcription; Punjabi interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Romanian document translation & transcription; Romanian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Russian document translation & transcription; Russian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Serbian document translation & transcription; Serbian interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Sinhala document translation & transcription; Sinhala interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Slovak document translation & transcription; Slovak interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Somali document translation & transcription; Somali interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Spanish document translation & transcription; Spanish interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars. Apostille services and English to Spanish certified Apostille translation services for the U.S. documents to be used in Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Spain; Uruguay; Venezuela.

Swahili document translation & transcription; Swahili interpreter services for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Swedish document translation & transcription; Swedish interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Tagalog document translation & transcription; Tagalog interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Tamil document translation & transcription; Tamil interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Thai document translation & transcription; Thai interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Tigrinya document translation & transcription; Tigrynia interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Turkish document translation & transcription; Turkish interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Vietnamese document translation & transcription; Vietnamese interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Urdu document translation & transcription; Urdu interpreter for on-site and Zoom depositions; arbitration; mediation; international conferences, webinars

Employers, Obtain Certified Contract Translation Prior to Execution of the Contract with a Non-English-Speaking Employee

Authenticated Certified Translation Required to Enforce Arbitration Agreement

Spanish Translations for Service of Process in Argentina under the Hague Service Convention

“Inspiring families, businesses, and organizations to preserve and share their history.”

Archive Your Past is all about family history and historical documents.  Organize, digitize and preserve your historical documents or family history collection with Archive Your Past. 

For historical societies and libraries with archival collections, Archive Your Past will preserve, process, and describe your collection as an onsite contractor.  Archive Your Past can also help with digitization projects.    

For businesses and organizations, Archive Your Past can process and describe a collection before it is donated to a repository.   Place your collection in archival folders and boxes with a beautiful finding aid that will make the repository excited to accept your materials.

For genealogists, Archive Your Past offers solutions for arrangement and preservation or digitization of your family documents and visual memories.  We can also help you display your family documents for all to enjoy. 

Archive Your Past offers a variety of genealogy skills classes through in-person group presentations in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Check out the variety of classes that are offered on the website genealogy page and have your library, historical society, or other organization reach out to Archive Your Past by email.  

ArchiveInABox® is a complete turn-key platform to digitize and host your archive online. We provide high quality scanning and years of know-how to effortlessly move your print and microfilm archives online. Full logistics services, round trip shipping, military-grade shipping containers and premium portable hard drives are included. You only pay for scanning/digital production -- optional hosting and online access are free! Example Client: Granite Falls Historical Society.   READ MORE

We scanned their entire newspaper collection, processed for OCR and indexed. Client integrated existing digital assets along with the newspapers by uploading to their ArchiveInABox® online archive, exported select PastPerfect™ records then uploaded with new client-created database indexes.

ArchiveInABox® allows even the smallest historical stakeholder to create a digital museum with features and benefits found in expensive publishing systems. You decide how to create your indexing scheme using Archives, Collections, Subgroups, Records, Items. Full OCR included and Records may contain multiple Items. Easily upload your PastPerfect™ records or use the built in uploader which handles large uploads with ease.

Features & Benefits of ArchiveInABox® online archive platform:

• Powerful administrator tools
• Flexible watermarking
• Set up accounts for helpers to add indexing
• Sell your own local ads and sponsorships
• Associate with other stakeholders using Historical Connections
• Communicate with public users
• No licensed terminals -- use with any browser

Optional Features

• Customize Interface
• Use our API to create your own solution
• Scanning of newspapers & periodicals, photos, slides, negatives, books, art, maps -- from tiny to huge
• All scan jobs proofed online at no additional cost
• Export your PastPerfect™ records to publish in your ArchiveInABox® using powerful reindexing and definable/reusable templates and tools

Scan Center: Frederick, MD

Scan Center: Eaton Rapids, MI

Scan & Engineering Center: Shelton, WA

We have hundreds of highly satisfied customers, please contact us for referrals or more information. 

Visit https://www.archiveinabox.com/default/ for complete program details.

Backlog specializes in archives management for organizations with rich histories. 

Bright Archives is an independent archival production house. We connect archival preservation with the power of creative media, helping our clients safeguard valuable historical records while bringing them to life through dynamic storytelling.

Bright Archives provides professional archives, oral history, and creative media services. With over 30 years of experience, owners Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo are experts in narrative-driven archival preservation and specialize in projects that require a thoughtful, multi-faceted approach. 

Our clients come from a wide range of industries, including nonprofits, arts, healthcare, education, and business. Whether you need a full-service package or a custom solution, we’ve got you covered. From creating audioguides and recording interviews to organizing and digitizing archival records, we make it simple to preserve and share your history. Our services help protect your legacy, create new opportunities, and offer creative ways to engage a broader audience—inviting others to connect with your content.

Getting started is easy. Simply reach out to us to schedule an initial consultation. We’ll talk about your needs and goals, go over what support you’re looking for, and answer your questions. Whether you need a professional archivist or assistance conducting oral history interviews, we’d love to help.

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Learn more about our approach and work on our website, www.brightarchives.com.