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Storing your photos and records
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Kay???? | Report | 23 Sep 2010 11:06 |
I think so RobG as those airing archived records have been stored in the right conditions ,away from moisture,damp,and changing tempatures,we at home dont have that controlled enviroment so care to protect is a must as far as possible should you want your findings to be part of hairloom. |
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RobG | Report | 23 Sep 2010 10:57 |
I find it ironic that all this information we've gleaned from sources that are, in many cases, hundreds of years old, give us cause for concern about our versions of them lasting ten years! |
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Estelle | Report | 23 Sep 2010 10:18 |
Chris, that's a good point actually about modern technology. We use an external hard drive for backing everything up. |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 22 Sep 2010 20:21 |
Thinking about it... |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 22 Sep 2010 20:04 |
And as someone once pointed out to me... |
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Kay???? | Report | 22 Sep 2010 18:41 |
As CDs have a shelf life of about 10 year before they start to go brittle do a copy after 5/6 years. |
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Estelle | Report | 22 Sep 2010 17:17 |
Jonesy thanks for the suggestion. I think my husband would love to be able to organise me! |
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Barbara | Report | 22 Sep 2010 16:47 |
Further about photos. It might be an idea to scan them all in and create a photo gallery in Word or whatever - create table with maybe 2 or 3 columns. Insert photo in each column - create 2nd row for information about the photo. Next row - more photos - etc. You can then store photos away safely. |
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Barbara | Report | 22 Sep 2010 16:38 |
On computer have folders for each person (surname, first name year of birth) I have documentation/photos and store electronic version in there. Also a word document with spinnets of information about the person (stories, what seaches done and excluded etc). |
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Jonesey | Report | 22 Sep 2010 15:56 |
Make full use of available resources. In your particular case appoint your husband as chief archivist, he sounds well qualified. |
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Estelle | Report | 22 Sep 2010 15:41 |
I just wondered how you all store your family history data? I seem to have some stuff online that I've downloaded - copies of the census and BMD data then added that to my gallery here on Genes. Then I have some stuff at home in various boxes. And a handbag full of photos from my grandad! My husband is very organised and has proper records folders. |
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