Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Organize, Present, and Restore Your Precious Family ImagesGenealogists and non-genealogists alike love old photographs and many people have photo collections of their ancestors. Preserving Your Family Photographs shows them how to organize and store these photos so that future generations can also enjoy them. Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper storage materials, then organize the family photo archive and safely display it for all to see. * Photo preservation and display techniques appeal to both genealogist and non-genealogist alike * the book provides instruction through the use of beautiful sample photos Maureen Taylor is the author of Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs. She is a regular contributor to Family Tree Magazine and is a former picture research coordinator and photo curator. She is a frequent lecturer at genealogical conferences and workshops across the country on the subject of photograph identification, organization and preservation. She lives in Westwood, Massachusetts. |
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... ORGANIZE There are many different ways to organize a photograph collection , and the variety of methods and techniques changes as new technology becomes available . At the moment , you can arrange photos alphabetically by name , use ...
... ORGANIZE There are many different ways to organize a photograph collection , and the variety of methods and techniques changes as new technology becomes available . At the moment , you can arrange photos alphabetically by name , use ...
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... organize your pictures is used in museums and libraries for large groups of unre- lated images . Arranging your photographs by surname and alphabetically by first name is a great system for family photographs . A strictly alphabet- ical ...
... organize your pictures is used in museums and libraries for large groups of unre- lated images . Arranging your photographs by surname and alphabetically by first name is a great system for family photographs . A strictly alphabet- ical ...
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... organize her images in terms of her grandparents . Placing her own photographs in albums as she creates them is a good way to organize contemporary pictures . A list of individuals and a table of contents in the front of each volume ...
... organize her images in terms of her grandparents . Placing her own photographs in albums as she creates them is a good way to organize contemporary pictures . A list of individuals and a table of contents in the front of each volume ...
Contents
Stories Worth Saving | 5 |
The Preservation Facts | 18 |
Cased Images Daguerreotypes Ambrotypes and Tintypes | 41 |
Copyright | |
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