A Perrysburg stop for tapes and a mixed family collection
Kohne explicitly includes VHS tapes in its video services, alongside 8mm movie film. Its wider digitizing description also covers printed photos, home movies, slides, reels and special documents. That is helpful if a family collection includes several kinds of material: you can start the conversation with a list of what you have, rather than assuming every item needs the same transfer process.
The published contact address is 120 W South Boundary Street, Suite C, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551. The contact page describes the business as serving Lucas County, Wood County and Metro Toledo. For a visit, its listed store hours are Monday through Saturday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, closed Sunday. Confirm those hours before making a special trip, particularly if you want time to discuss a larger collection.
Choose the copy around the people who will use it
DVD, Blu-Ray, USB drive and cloud delivery are different ways of receiving the result, and Kohne lists all four. Before choosing, think about the equipment your relatives already use. Someone with a familiar disc player may appreciate a disc; someone who wants to organize recordings on a computer may prefer access to digital files. A delivery choice alone does not establish the file type, resolution or compatibility with a particular device.
Ask what each option contains, whether a downloadable video file is included and how any cloud delivery is accessed. If there is a download link, establish how long it remains available. For a future family archive, request details of the digital format before ordering. Also ask about the current quote, turnaround, tape-length allowances and charges for extra copies. The published details here do not establish those terms.
Prepare a clear handover for the local drop-off
Kohne instructs customers to drop off video, movie or audio media at its store for digitizing. Its statement that items never leave the property or get shipped away is especially relevant if you want a local handover. It also says all original media will be returned when the process is complete. These are useful published commitments to discuss when you arrange the job.
Make a simple inventory before the visit. Number each cassette and copy any existing label into your list, including uncertain dates or names. Keep tapes in their cases and avoid testing a cassette that has visible mold, a broken shell or loose tape. Describe the condition and ask whether it can be assessed. Request an itemized receipt so your inventory and the handover record can be checked together when everything comes back.
Watch the result before putting the originals away
Once you receive the conversion, open every file or test every disc. Check the beginning, a few points in the middle and the ending, listening as well as watching. Compare the results with your inventory, including tapes whose labels may have been misleading. Ask relatives to help identify people or occasions while the footage is fresh in everyone’s mind; keep guesses marked as guesses.
Keep the returned originals safely stored even after the digital copies work. Save a separate backup of the files on another device or storage service, and check that the backup opens. Use descriptive filenames without discarding the tape numbers that connect each recording to your list. This is practical family record keeping, rather than a statement about Kohne’s own file naming or checking procedures.
From a delivered recording to a private family archive
Memrial is a separate private family archive for photos and home videos after conversion. It does not digitize tapes and is not part of Kohne’s transfer service. The free archive includes 2.0 GB of shared storage with no card needed. Check the size of your finished files before uploading, since that allowance is shared across the archive and is not unlimited.
Invite relatives to add comments and stories, then use Timeline to place recordings by exact or approximate dates and find memories by year. A summer gathering can still have a useful place in the timeline when nobody remembers its precise day. Live Watch Parties synchronize an uploaded home video, with host play, pause and seek controls plus voice and text chat for relatives nearby or far away. Free Watch Parties include 3 hours per month and up to 6 participants.
For a reunion, Event Memories provides a secure occasion contribution link. Contributors sign in but do not need archive membership; their photos and videos collect in the event album. Closing the link keeps the memories already gathered. That gives new reunion pictures a place alongside older footage, while a separate backup remains part of your own preservation routine.