Posts about the best ways to care for, preserve, interpret, and use family photos & records in your genealogy research.

16 Nov 2017

Fall Sale on Archival Supplies for Genealogy

By |16 Nov 2017|Family Photos & Records, Preservation|0 Comments

The fall sale on archival supplies for genealogy is going on right now. Get 20 percent off everything at Hollinger Metal Edge, where professional archivists, libraries, museums, and archives buy their supplies. USE CODE: FALL2017 I [...]

12 Oct 2017

19th-Century Occupational Portraits

By |12 Oct 2017|Family Photos & Records, Unusual Records|0 Comments

Is your ancestor's job included in these 19th-century occupational portraits at the Library of Congress? The Prints and Photographs Division highlights these images in the article "Profiling Portraits: Occupational Portraits of the 19th Century." [...]

4 May 2017

Caring for Scrapbook Family Photographs

By |4 May 2017|Family Photos & Records, Genealogy, Preservation|0 Comments

Are you caring for scrapbook family photographs? Do your scrapbook family photographs look like the one above? Here are some solutions from an archivist-genealogist. During #AskAnArchivist Day, Missy asked: I've been given large portions [...]

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