The start of a new year tends to be a time when people do a lot of organizing—cleaning out closets, tidying drawers, and generally bringing order to their lives. I hope that you are considering doing the same with your family history collection—your photographs, documents, stories and heirlooms. One aspect of the family legacy that…
Are you one of those people who have piles of documents, mounds of genealogy research, and boxes of photographs? Do you want to pull all that data together and write a family history that you can share with others and preserve for future generations? If you are serious about writing a family history, here are…
You’ve all seen them. Those faces staring out at you when you stroll the aisles of an antique store. No, it’s not the security guard or the anxious owner checking to see if you are actually going to buy something. I’m talking about the faces you find on the photographs that wind up displayed on…
Over the past several years, there have been many articles written about how grown children aren’t interested in keeping the older generation’s stuff—the family heirlooms, the furniture that family homes were built around, the items with sentimental value. It often causes trauma for both generations: the kids feel bad but don’t want to be saddled…
Not everyone has a pair of little white cotton gloves at home to wear when you are handling your precious photos, but there are a few tips that would be good to keep in mind when you digging out the old pictures. Wash your hands before you start to prevent dirt and oils from being…
Okay. Admit it. You have one of those awful photo albums with the sticky pages. Either the photos are falling out or they are stuck like cement to the backing. If you have photo albums from the 1970s or 1980s, there is a good chance you have at least one of these beauties. No matter…