Who we help

Organisations, collections and families

Manuscripti began with councils’ and estates’ records. Today we scan for anyone with documents worth keeping, from police forces to private collectors.

Who we help

For archives, and for attics

Councils, police forces, museums and estates trust us with collections of every size. The same care goes into a single family album.

For organisations

Collections of any size, handled to archive standards

From one fragile register to a store room of files: scanned, transcribed, indexed and returned, with the originals cared for at every step.

  • Local authorities
  • Police and justice
  • Archives, libraries and museums
  • Estates and heritage houses
  • Landowners and farm estates
  • Businesses and legal firms
  • Churches, schools and societies
  • National collections
Organisations we work with

For you and your family

Your family’s history, kept safe and shared

Old photographs, letters, a family bible or the deeds to a house: we scan, restore and transcribe them, and give you copies to keep and pass on.

  • Photographs and albums
  • Letters and diaries
  • Family bibles and books
  • Maps, deeds and certificates
  • Artwork and textiles
  • Slides and negatives
Personal scanning

Sectors we know well

Each has its own records, rules and reasons. We have worked with them all.

  1. No. 01

    Councils and public sector

    Burial and cremation registers, planning files, minute books and rate books.

  2. No. 02

    Police and justice

    Occurrence books, case files, custody records and court registers, handled securely.

  3. No. 03

    Archives, libraries and museums

    Manuscripts, local studies collections and rare books, for research and exhibition.

  4. No. 04

    Estates and heritage houses

    Estate maps, plans, account books and family papers, from a single plan to the whole muniment room.

  5. No. 05

    Landowners and farm estates

    Old estate and farm maps that prove the land you hold, field by field.

  6. No. 06

    Personal and family

    Photographs, letters, diaries, family bibles and deeds, scanned, restored and shared.

  7. No. 07

    Businesses and legal firms

    Client files, deeds, archives and company records, scanned and indexed.

Projects

Collections we have cared for

Ducal archives, national records and a family’s albums: each in its own way.

Illustration

In the news

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland · 1703 onwards

The Duke of Northumberland’s archive

Household inventories from 1703 and a duchess’s travel diaries, scanned, transcribed and made searchable, with software we wrote to help read them.

The household inventory, digitised room by room
1703
Every inventory entry and diary page
Searchable
Software written to help read the diaries
Bespoke
Illustration

In the news

Kew and Brompton, London · 19th and 20th centuries

Burial books of the British Empire

Burial books for cemeteries across the British Empire, digitised at The National Archives, from Aleppo to Brompton, for families tracing historic and war graves.

Illustration

A private family collection · Victorian to the present day

The Scott family albums

Generations of family photograph albums, divided between branches of the family, copied so every branch has the full set, and shared online for the family to name the faces.

All projects

Whatever you hold, ask us

If it is paper, parchment, fabric or film, we can probably scan it.

Get a quote

Tell us about your originals and we will come back with advice and a quote.

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