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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 looked 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 taken a lot of family photographs over the years. They may be in an album or thrown in a box to be looked 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> | ||
Along 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 | Along 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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=== Preserving photographs forever === | === Preserving photographs forever === | ||
Scan in all photographs and burn on to a DVD. The technology of preserving photographs will change over the years but one thing is for sure these technologies will only increase the ability to preserve or enhance your photographs so they will be available for future generations to see. For a fuller discussion on this topic see [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Personal_Archiving_White_Paper_8_Oct_2010.pdf Preserving Your Family History Records Digitally]<br><br> | Scan in all photographs and burn on to a DVD. The technology of preserving photographs will change over the years but one thing is for sure these technologies will only increase the ability to preserve or enhance your photographs so they will be available for future generations to see. For a fuller discussion on this topic see [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Personal_Archiving_White_Paper_8_Oct_2010.pdf Preserving Your Family History Records Digitally]<br><br> | ||
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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FamilySearch Tech Tips, [https://www.familysearch.org/techtips/category/how-tos-and-tips/photography-how-tos-and-tips Photography How tos and tips] | FamilySearch Tech Tips, [https://www.familysearch.org/techtips/category/how-tos-and-tips/photography-how-tos-and-tips Photography How tos and tips] | ||
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