Preserving Photographs & Documents: Difference between revisions

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=== Photographs and old documents  ===
=== Photographs and old documents  ===


If you’re like most people, you’ve taken a lot of family photographs over the years. They may be in an album or thrown in a box to be look at from time to time by the kids. You might also have old family photographs of various ancestors which are in very poor condition. <br><br>
If you’re like most people, you’ve[[NORWEGIAN_SETTLEMENT_IN_THE_UNITED_STATES|taken ]]a lot of family photographs over the years. They may be in an album or thrown in a box to be look at from time to time by the kids. You might also have old family photographs of various ancestors which are in very poor condition. <br><br>


Alone with photographs, you might have some old letters or journals written by family members or even ancestors. And you probably have various miscellaneous documents like birth, marriage and death certificates. Here are some suggestions on how they should be stored and/or displayed  
Alone with photographs, you might have some old letters or journals written by family members or even ancestors. And you probably have various miscellaneous documents like birth, marriage and death certificates. Here are some suggestions on how they should be stored and/or displayed  
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Include narration as well on the DVD to describe the picture. Tell the date it was taken, the people in it, what they were doing if not evident, and anything else you feel that the viewer should know about.<br><br>There is nothing more frustrating than to have a family photograph and not know who is in it, or when or where it was taken.  
Include narration as well on the DVD to describe the picture. Tell the date it was taken, the people in it, what they were doing if not evident, and anything else you feel that the viewer should know about.<br><br>There is nothing more frustrating than to have a family photograph and not know who is in it, or when or where it was taken.  


 
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