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How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia and Genealogy Records
Author(s): Denise May Levenick (Author)
- Publisher: Family Tree Books
- Publication Date: 13 Sept. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1440322236
- ISBN-13: 9781440322235
Book Description
Organize your family photos, heirlooms, and genealogy records In every family someone ends up with Mom's and Dad's "stuff" a lifetime's worth of old family photos, papers, and memorabilia packed into boxes, trunks, and suitcases. This inheritance can be as much a burden as it is a blessing. How do you organize your loved one's estate in a way that honors your loved one, keeps the peace in your family and doesn't take over your home or life? How to Archive Family Keepsakes gives you step-by-step advice for how to organize, distribute and preserve family heirlooms. You'll learn how to: Organize the boxes of your parents' stuff that you inherited Decide which family heirlooms to keep Donate items to museums, societies, and charities Protect and pass on keepsakes Create a catalog of family heirlooms Organize genealogy files and paperwork Digitize family history records Organize computer files to improve your research Whether you have boxes filled with treasures or are helping a parent or relative downsize to a smaller home, this book will help you organize your family archive and preserve your family history for future generations.
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About the Author
Denise Levenick is a writer and genealogist who writes about organizing, preserving, and sharing family history at her website http://www.thefamilycurator.com, voted one of Family Tree Magazine's 40 Best Genealogy Blogs in 2010 and in 2011.
