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

2012 | History & Politics

Organize your family photos, heirlooms, and genealogy records In every family someone ends up with Mom's and Dad's "stuff"-a lifetime's worth of old family photos, papers, and memorabilia packed into boxes, trunks, and suitcases. This inheritance can be as much a burden as it is a blessing. How do you organize your loved one's estate in a way that honors your loved one, keeps the peace in your family and doesn't take over your home or life? How to Archive Family Keepsakes gives you step-by-step advice for how to organize, distribute and preserve family heirlooms. You'll learn how to: * Organize the boxes of your parents' stuff that you inherited * Decide which family heirlooms to keep * Donate items to museums, societies, and charities * Protect and pass on keepsakes * Create a catalog of family heirlooms * Organize genealogy files and paperwork * Digitize family history records * Organize computer files to improve your research Whether you have boxes filled with treasures or are helping a parent or relative downsize to a smaller home, this book will help you organize your family archive and preserve your family history for future generations.

Denise May Levenick (Author)