
What to Do When You Find a Damaged Family Photo
Time can take a toll on old photographs. From humidity to water damage, here are our tips for how to fix your damaged family photos.
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How to Care for Old Christmas Ornaments
Ready to pack up your Christmas decorations? Learn the best way to display, clean and store your heirloom holiday ornaments.
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What to Do After a Genealogy Disaster Strikes
If a fire or flood has wiped damaged your family history research, follow these quick tips for salvaging your genealogy files, photos and heirlooms.
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Preserving Memories: Saving Water-damaged Photos
Recent weather has caused severe flooding on the Gulf Coast. Can water-damaged photos be saved? Let's look at the steps to saving water damaged photos.
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Caught on Camera: Smartphone Camera Tips Premium
Learn to use your smartphone to capture high-quality photos of genealogy records, relatives, gravestones and family homes.
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10 Tips to Preserve Historical Campaign Memorabilia Premium
Learn how to preserve your campaign buttons, flyers and more with these quick tips from the Family Archivist.
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5 Quick Steps for Preserving Holiday Toy Trains Premium
Is your old electric train set hidden in the garage or basement? Pull it out, dust it off and bring back the excitement of your very own Polar Express. All aboard!
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How To Save Family Photos From Magnetic Photo Albums Premium
Don't let magnetic photo albums destroy your family photos.
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Family Archivist: Letters From the Past Premium
Learn how to preserve and archive the old letters your ancestors wrote.
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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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Your Genealogy Research: Back Up This, Not That Premium
If you use a cloud backup service with storage limit, you may be looking for files to eliminate from your online archive. You probably don’t need to back up every single file, but do use caution when excluding: Better to back up a file now than wish you...
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