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Preserving Your Memories, a special issue from the editors of Family Tree Magazine, is your complete guide to saving and sharing your family history. We provide all the tools and instructions you need to turn family "artifacts" into timeless treasures: You'll find must-know techniques for gorgeous heritage scrapbooks, tips and tricks for creating beautiful family trees, a pro's secrets to taking great family photos and a directory of archival suppliers and essential resources.

Preserving Your Memories September 2003 includes:

Giving Thanks
Leave your legacy now. By Allison Stacy

TIMELESS TREASURES

Clothes Call
Keep your heirloom clothing in style and stave off the effects of time with these safe storage solutions. By Lauren Eisenstodt

Conservation Commandments
Find your family Bible's path to salvation. By Erin Quinn

FAMILY PHOTOS

Photo Firsts
Daguerreo-what? If you're confused by cased images—daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes—zoom in on our expert guide to identifying and caring for these early photographs. By Maureen A. Taylor

Camera Ready
Develop your picture-taking skills: A prize-winning professional photographer shares his secrets for snapping memorable family photos. By Andy King with Patricia McMorrow

MULTIMEDIA MEMORIES

Lasting Impressions
Today's ink-jet printers can produce prints that will stand the test of time—without breaking your budget. We'll show you which models fight fading best, plus what papers and inks to use for maximum longevity. By Rick Crume

Time Frames
There's nothing like the reel thing to make your family history come alive. Keep the memories rolling by learning how to analyze and preserve your clan's old home movies. By Maureen A. Taylor

GENEALOGY KEEPSAKES

The Write Ingredients
Want to give your descendants the dish on your ancestry? Here's how to write and publish a family book. By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

Charting Your Progress
You don't have to be a calligrapher, artist or graphic-design whiz to create an attractive family tree. Our complete guide to chart making and book printing proves it's easy to show off your research in style. By Rick Crume

HERITAGE ALBUMS

Scrap Nostalgic
Try these tools and techniques to safely scrapbook your precious memorabilia—you'll see why 3-D pages are all the rage. By Diane Haddad and Patti Swoboda

Days of Their Lives
With these 17 hot heritage scrapbook techniques, your album will be anything but ordinary. Follow our step-by-step instructions to create gorgeous layouts from pictures of your relatives' everyday activities.

SPECIAL RESOURCE DIRECTORY!

Your Preservation Primer
Find everything you need to preserve your family's memories: Our ultimate collection of 286 Web sites, books, suppliers and resources will get you started saving your heritage.

Preserving Your Memories September 2003 is sold out. Check your library for a copy, or browse our list of available back issues for more archival-preservation articles.


 
 

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