Genealogists, like archivists, encounter staples, metal paper clips, rubber bands, tape and other...
Enemies of Your Genealogy Documents: Metal Fasteners, Paper Clips, and Tape
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Preservation Articles
7 Steps for Preserving Old Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
Preserving old albums means figuring out what to do with everything inside. What if items are dirty or mildewed? How...
4 Easy Steps to Preserving Old Letters
Preserving old family letters is one of the best things you can do to be sure their precious content is available to...
Here are the Genealogical Resources You are Not Seeing
In the digital era, it's more important than ever to digitize your family history: tree data, photos, stories,...
How to Archive Family History Documents
Jennifer recently wrote in with a question about how to archive family history documents, and I knew just who to turn...
Voice-O-Graph Brings this Listener’s Grandfather’s Voice Back from the Past
Can you imagine the excitement of stumbling into family history memorabilia that included a voice from long ago on a...
The Power and Preservation of Oral History
How can you preserve a family's history when it exists only in the memories of tribal storytellers? Visit the tribe...
Go Digital! in the New Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 183
Digitization tips for old home movies and photos. Online storage and computer backup tips. The Genealogy Gems Book...
4 Fabulous Ways to Use the Library of Congress for Genealogy
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a dream destination for many U.S. genealogy researchers, but most of us can't get...