Preservation
Preservation
Find Genealogy Clues in Old Home Movies Premium
Your old home movies are filled with family history. Learn how to preserve these treasures and mine them for research clues.
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5 Steps for Backing Up Your Genealogy Files
Create a custom, comprehensive "insurance plan" to back up your valuable family photos and genealogy research files.
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4 Ways You Can Preserve Family History in Evernote
Here are four ways you can use Evernote to preserve your own family history.
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How to Preserve Historical Places Premium
Our ancestors are long gone, but some of the places in which they spent time still stand—for now.
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Cloud Genealogy: A Short Glossary
We were joking here in the office yesterday that "cloud genealogy," a nebulous term (haha—see what I did there?) you might've heard tossed around, is when you're having bad luck in your genealogy life. But what cloud genealogy really means is that your research is...
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Family Archivist: Picture Postcards Premium
What should you do with the old photo postcards in your collection? An expert weighs in.
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Four Pointers to Preserve Your Family Heirlooms in a Disaster
As a natural worrier, I do my share of worst-case-scenario thinking—natural disasters, economic ruin, environmental destruction, etc. Uplifting, I know. But the good thing about National Preparedness Month, which happens each September in the United States, is the abundance of information about how to minimize harm to...
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11 Ways to Protect Your Genealogy Research From Disaster Premium
Prepare for the worst with these tips for preserving your heirlooms and genealogy files and records against fires, floods and computer crashes.
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How to Preserve Heirloom Baptism Gowns
Are you saving a baptismal gown for a future family member to wear? Here’s how to keep it in tiptop shape.
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8 Photo and Document Scanning Tips for Genealogists
Does a pile of papers and pictures stand between you and your dream of a digitized family archive? Digitized files are easier than their paper counterparts to share with relatives, back up, and turn into a family history book one day. Get started scanning with these quick tips from...
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