At Ital Preservation, LLC, we recognize that our histories are layered, multifaceted, and significant. Through thoughtful preservation, storytelling, and programming, we help individuals, families, and communities document, safeguard, and share their stories. In doing so, we transform the complexities of life into opportunities for learning, connection, and empowerment.
We also provide expert guidance to support organizations and institutions in preserving collective histories and cultural heritage. Our work spans communities across the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and other regions of the African Diaspora, capturing experiences, sustaining legacies, and telling stories with care and authenticity.
Our range of services offers meaningful ways to reclaim and celebrate your stories and culture.
Need help tracing your ancestors and creating a family tree? Want to interview your family members and capture unique stories? Do you have a large collection of family photographs or papers piling up? Do you know the historic value of what you have in your home?
Well, Ital Preservation is here to help you discover the unknown about your family lineage and history.
We assist with oral history interviews, research guidance, and the review of historical documents and personal materials that help piece together your family’s story. Our services also support you in organizing, safeguarding, and understanding the value of your family’s cherished records and heirlooms. For families looking to gather and celebrate their heritage together, we offer family reunion planning support that helps bring stories, memories, and generations together in meaningful ways.
By keeping your family’s history alive, we help ensure that future generations understand and carry forward the importance of their legacy.
What We Do:
•Family Reunion Planning
•Personalized Family Archives
•Heritage Keepsake Design
•Records Disposal
•Oral History Recording
•Personal Narrative Development
•Heirloom Preservation Services
•Workshops and Seminars
•Donation Assistance
Preserve your community’s stories, history, and heritage — today and for generations to come.
At Ital Preservation, our Community Legacy Preservation services are dedicated to helping local and community-based groups, organizations, and institutions safeguard their unique cultural memory and shared heritage. We partner with you to protect valuable records, artifacts, and stories, ensuring that your cultural legacy is maintained.
Because we believe that every community carries stories worth protecting, we provide guidance, structure, and compassionate expertise to help you document your community’s history with intention. Whether you are gathering oral narratives, planning preservation for precious materials, or seeking ways to highlight local voices, our mission is to help you hold onto what matters most.
What We Offer:
•Research Guidance
•Outreach & Community Engagement
•Preservation Planning
•Collections Development
•Team Training & Capacity Building
•Guided Storytelling & Dialogue Sessions
•Collective Memory Documentation
History is not just something we record. It is something we live.
Ital Preservation celebrates cultural history by bringing stories to life through meaningful programs, community gatherings, and educational initiatives. We support organizations and communities in honoring their legacy, whether that means celebrating a historic milestone, highlighting community achievements, or creating events that connect current generations to those who came before them. Through intentional engagement and guided programming, we ensure that lessons of the past are translated into accessible, memorable, and transformative experiences.
What We Do:
•Historical Event Coordination
•Educational Outreach Programs
•Event/Fundraiser Assistance
•Community Engagement & Workshops
•Collection Donation Management
•Project Management
•Tour Guidance
Need help tracing your ancestors’ and creating a family tree? Want to interview your family members and capture unique stories? Do you have a large collection of family photographs or papers piling up? Do you know the historic value of what you have in your home? Well Ital Preservation is here to help you discover the unknown about your family lineage and history.
We assist with oral interviews, guidance in your research, examine historical records, and any records you personally have that could help us solve the puzzle. We also provide preservation and records management service that help you stay organized and sustain your family heirlooms. We offer support with finding the value in your family records and how to either maintain them or create ways to educate the community about their value. Knowing our family history is essential to understanding ourselves and civilization. Let’s keep your families memory alive and remind the next generation about the legacy they came from.
What we do:
•Family home preservation
•Home Records Management
•Photograph Preservation
•Records Disposal
•Oral History
•Family Reunion preparation (family tree included)
•Family Archivist/Historian Training
•Donations assistance museum/archives
There are many challenges archives face, especially with keeping up with the changes in how we manage records. Ital preservation will provide support to help you sustain your historical materials and make available innovative ways to make your records accessible and functional. We are in the twenty-first century and keeping up with the digital age can be an obstacle. Ital Preservation believes that our records should be accessible on a global scale and maintaining our focus on managing electronic documents and making our documents accessible online is a transition we can also help with. We also believe that some documents are sensitive and may require discretion in how they are preserved and managed. Ital Preservation offers help in restoring your archives. Are you dealing with mold, running out of space, or need to conduct inventory? We provide material assessments and maintenance to your records. We also help you construct or conserve collections for the public or private groups.
What we do:
•Archives rehabilitation
•Inventory
•Collections Management
•Digitization
•Holdings Maintenance
•Written or Video Descriptions of your archives.
Working on a publication, but don’t have the time or funds to travel and conduct research? Ital Preservation values the importance of historical research. We understand how complex and time-consuming it is with identifying and interpreting documents relevant to your topic. Our mission is to preserve and interpret information and properly educate people. Let us take some of that time off for you and do the research! Need photo copies, photographs, or an eye for details for what you are looking for in your search? Ital preservation is here for you. We work with students, authors, businesses, churches and anyone who needs support. Ital Preservation believes in accuracy and telling the truth about your unique story.
What we do:
•Archival research
•Provision of copies or photographs of records which are essential to your work
•Assistance with interpretation of historical information and data collected.