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The Connecticut Historical Society is Digitizing Historical Film Footage on the Brink of Being Lost to History

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following teaser was posted March 21, 2019 at connecticutmag.com: Tasha Caswell was walking between the shelves containing the film collection of the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford three years ago when she got a strong whiff of vinegar. Caswell, Continue reading The Connecticut Historical Society is Digitizing Historical Film Footage on the Brink of Being Lost to History→

Creating a Genealogy Research Disaster Plan

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following article was written by Bryan Mulcahy, M.L.S., Reference Librarian at the Ft. Myers Regional Library, Ft. Myers, Florida: Genealogical research can be one of the most fulfilling experiences in a person’s life. Yet it is also a time Continue reading Creating a Genealogy Research Disaster Plan→

Producing a Quality Family History — Now in Hardcover

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Last year I reviewed Producing a Quality Family History, which I have copied below. This helpful guide is now available in hardcover from Family Roots Publishing. The hardcover looks just like the softcover, with the same four-color printed cover, only Continue reading Producing a Quality Family History — Now in Hardcover→

Hart Island, The Largest Mass Grave Site In the U.S.

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Dale Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following excerpt is from Gizmodo.com website, 11/07/13 It’s a place where few living New Yorkers have ever set foot, but nearly a million dead ones reside: Hart Island, the United States’ largest mass grave, which has been closed to Continue reading Hart Island, The Largest Mass Grave Site In the U.S.→

Fire at the Internet Archive’s San Francisco Scanning Center

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Wednesday morning at about 3:30 a.m., a fire got started at the Internet Archive’s San Francisco scanning center. No data was lost, but about $600,000 in high end digitization equipment was destroyed. The scanning building was also badly damaged. According Continue reading Fire at the Internet Archive’s San Francisco Scanning Center→

Vandals Damage Headstones at Canton (New York) Cemetery

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dale Meitzler — No Comments ↓

CANTON, NY — Vandals knocked over headstones and did other damage Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery on Riverside Drive in the town. St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies said 36 headstones were knocked over or displaced. Flags and flower Continue reading Vandals Damage Headstones at Canton (New York) Cemetery→

How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia and Genealogy Records

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Archiving valuables and keepsakes is a perpetual problem for the family historian. This may be even more true for the family member who is not a “genealogists” or “family historian” but finds themselves the keeper of the family’s history and Continue reading How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia and Genealogy Records→

Producing a Quality Family History

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

What does it take to put together a family history worth reading? The short answer is time, money, and effort. However, after all the work you have done in researching, collecting documents, gathering pictures, sorting, and recording genealogies and family Continue reading Producing a Quality Family History→

Digital Family History Preservation from Gen-Ark

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following story was uncovered at prnewswire.com: Preserving Your Family History Gets Easier, More Reliable with New Service from Gen-Ark™ Cloud-based, Full-Service Gen-Ark Protects and Maintains the Sentimental Content of Digital Estates and Family Archives SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ Continue reading Digital Family History Preservation from Gen-Ark→

Writing the Family Narrative

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Eventually, most genealogist come to realize that years of collected data, records, diaries, pictures, heirlooms, and more cannot endlessly pile up in boxes and still serve living or future generations. Organizing and sharing volumes of data in a practical and Continue reading Writing the Family Narrative→

Answering the Popular Question: How to Preserve Your Family Photographs

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — 1 Comment ↓

Over the years, as I operated a publishing business and spoke at genealogy events, I have been asked time and again questions about archiving and preservation. In particular, I found researchers are concerned about preserving their family photos. Family photos Continue reading Answering the Popular Question: How to Preserve Your Family Photographs→

A Preservation Guide

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

What is the best option for preserving an old photograph? Store it in acid free packaging in an environmentally controlled room? Scan it and store digital copies on CDs, DVDs, Hard Drives, or other digital device? If saved digitally, how Continue reading A Preservation Guide→

Protect Your Precious Documents

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Every genealogist has something special worth preserving. From their own research to family photographs, from ancestral diaries to family heirlooms there are countless treasures to be collected and given the best preservation possible. Protect Your Precious Documents was written to Continue reading Protect Your Precious Documents→

A Reminder To Preserve Copies of Your Family History

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Leland Meitzler — 1 Comment ↓

A recent article in the Allied News, from Grove City, Pennsylvania, serves as a key reminder as to why creating and keeping offsite copies of family photos and information is so important. Family history goes up in flames FINDLEY — Continue reading A Reminder To Preserve Copies of Your Family History→