Personal & Family Archives · Oxfordshire

Digitising Family Papers & Personal Records

Professional digitisation of family papers, photographs, original records and fragile personal archives — carefully converted into high-quality digital files for preservation, research and sharing.

Family papers & photographs

Digitising Family Papers and Photographs

Archival master files
Archival masters TIFF/RAW files can be produced for long-term preservation.
Accessible digital archive files
Accessible files PDF, PDF/A, JPEG and multipage PDF options are available.
Searchable digital records and OCR
Searchable records OCR can be applied to create searchable digital content.

Archive formats

Personal Records, Books & Specialist Materials

Personal collections often contain a mixture of formats. We can work with individual items or larger collections, including bound volumes, newspapers, registers, ledgers, laboratory books, diaries, magazines, photograph albums, scrapbooks, photographs, parchment, manuscripts and fragile papers.

Professional archive digitisation

From Personal Collections to High-Quality Digital Archives

Our team can advise on all aspects of archive digitisation, from preparing original records for imaging, including conservation and safety considerations, through to data and storage. We recognise the uniqueness of each collection and can create a service around your requirements.

Fragile media can be faint because of age and deterioration. To counter this, we digitise to National Archive Standards, preparing high-quality TIFF files before post-producing them to your chosen PDF, PDF/A or PDF/OCR output. JPEG options are also available alongside the original archival TIFF files.

Non-Destructive Book Scanning Calculator

Estimate the cost of digitising books without removing their bindings. Choose the book size, digital output, capture method and number of pages to calculate an estimated price.

Estimated Cost

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Estimate only. Prices exclude VAT unless stated otherwise. Complex, fragile or unusually bound books may require individual assessment.

Non-Destructive Book Scanning Prices

Per-page prices are based on the total number of pages in each book. All prices below are in pounds sterling and exclude VAT.

600dpi and 300dpi Uncompressed TIFF

Book Size 1–250 Pages 251–999 Pages 1,000+ Pages
A5£1.00£0.75£0.55
A4£1.00£0.75£0.55
A3£1.00£0.75£0.55
A2£1.25£1.00£0.75
A1£1.50£1.25£1.00

PDF 600dpi, PDF 300dpi and JPEG 300dpi

Book Size 1–250 Pages 251–999 Pages 1,000+ Pages
A5£0.75£0.55£0.35
A4£0.75£0.55£0.35
A3£0.75£0.55£0.35
A2£1.00£0.75£0.55
A1£1.25£1.00£0.75

Additional Services

Service 1–250 Pages 251–999 Pages 1,000+ Pages
TIFF Images Converted to PDF / OCR Searchable File £35.00£30.00£25.00
TIFF Images Converted to Word £35.00£30.00£25.00

Additional conversion services are charged per book. Minimum scanning charge: £40.00 per book. VAT is charged at 20%.

Non-Destructive · Up to A3

Fragile paper digitisation up to A3

TIFF 1–250 pages: £1.50 per page

TIFF 251+ pages: £1.25 per page

TIFF 1000+ pages: £1.00 per page

Minimum order £40. Output: TIFF 600dpi, PDF or JPEG.

Non-Destructive · Up to A2

Fragile paper digitisation up to A2

TIFF 1–250 pages: £3.00 per page

TIFF 251+ pages: £2.25 per page

TIFF 1000+ pages: £1.75 per page

Minimum order £40. Output: TIFF 600dpi, PDF or JPEG.

Non-Destructive · Up to A1

Large-format and newspaper scanning up to A1

TIFF 1–250 pages: £5.00 per page

TIFF 251+ pages: £3.75 per page*

TIFF 1000+ pages: £2.75 per page*

Minimum order £40. Output: TIFF 600dpi, PDF or JPEG.

Our wider scanning service

Books, Newspapers, Registers & More