by Melissa Barker | 27 Jun 2023 | Genealogy Tips
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the thought of preserving a scrapbook, fear not! Melissa Barker, also known as the Archive Lady, addresses a common question about preserving scrapbooks. Melissa shares her expertise and offers five easy steps for archiving and...
by TheEventsCal | 17 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Some of the most interesting items we have in our own family collections as well as in archives are items made of some sort of fabric. Things such as a christening gowns, quilts, high school sweaters and doilies are just a few of the items some of...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Learn from a professional archivist how to preserve, protect and archive family records, photographs and artifacts. Best practices for organization, purchasing archival materials and practical records preservation that any home archivist can...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Family historians spend years, sometimes decades, gathering and compiling records, photographs, and family heirlooms to preserve the past and guide the future. Let’s talk about ways to ensure that all this hard work isn’t lost in any number of...
by Tricia P Aanderud | 1 Dec 2022 | Genealogy Tips
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words to a Family Researcher The relationship of photography to genealogy is as important as the date, name, and place that you are in search of in completing your family group sheets. As you are questioning relatives in your quest to...