Archival Methods Family History & Genealogy, How To, Presentation & Storage, Preserving Collections, Products in Action acid-free, archival care, book storage, how-to, preserving old books
If you own or inherit a set of old books, whether its a valuable historical collection or just a set of grandma’s old (but cherished!) recipe books, you’ll want to keep them safe. Old books can be damaged by several factors including moisture, heat, excessive sunlight and general mishandling. If they’re exposed to one or […]
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You may be an artist who creates drawings and therefore already knows all of the best practices for archivally preserving paper drawings. You may, on the other hand, have inherited a drawing or a work of art from a distant family member and are not quite sure what to do with it. Or perhaps you’re […]
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It’s confession time. I have a MAJOR holiday regret: I “coulda / shoulda / woulda,” but I didn’t. And now I can’t. I’m talking about learning more about my family history as recorded in all those hundreds—if not thousands—of family photo albums, snapshots, and scrapbooks that are part of the family archive […]
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Part 3: Setting Up a Work Space to Sort My Archives Why I Gotta Do This: A Journey into Ancestry, Genealogy, Family History, Antique Photographs, Disorganization, Dysfunction, Chaos, and One Man’s Search for Archival Salvation So, now its time…. The first thing I gotta do is find, and […]
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Part 1:
The Overall Philosophy of
Personal Family Archives
Why I Gotta Do This:
Family Archives: A Journey into Ancestry, Genealogy, Family History, Antique Photographs, Disorganization, Dysfunction, Chaos, and One Man’s Search for Archival Salvation
Let’s face it, we’ve all got one. Usually someplace where the sun doesn’t shine. Yup, its the “family archive” – those shoeboxes full of snapshots, formal portraits, newspaper clippings, old home movies, christening presents, wedding dresses, childhood toys and artwork, diplomas, the list of “stuff” goes on and on (and on and…).
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