Posts about the best ways to care for, preserve, interpret, and use family photos & records in your genealogy research.

11 Jan 2011

Tuesday’s Tip: Dismantle Those Framed Photographs

By |11 Jan 2011|Family Photos & Records, Preservation|6 Comments

Tuesday's Tip: Dismantle Those Framed Photographs - today. Did you inherit framed family photographs? When framed photographs are donated to an institution, archivists always disassemble the frames and usually store the photographs unframed. Archivists [...]

30 Dec 2010

Your Kodachrome Slides: Treasure Chest Thursday

By |30 Dec 2010|Family Photos & Records, Treasure Chest Thursday|0 Comments

If you've got 20th-century family photographs, then you have Kodachrome in your collection. So let's talk about your Kodachrome slides for Treasure Chest Thursday. A lab in Parsons, Kansas, processed the last roll of [...]

13 Oct 2010

Top Ten Considerations for Donating Your Family Papers

By |13 Oct 2010|Archives, Family Photos & Records|2 Comments

Top Ten Considerations for Donating Your Family Papers answers to questions by interested genealogists from recent presentations I've made. Questions about deeds of gift for donating family heirlooms, scanning and file names, file structure, [...]

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