Tips For Preserving Historic Family History Items

Preservation Specialist, Terri Blanchette, writing in Worthwhile Magazine, notes that it costs zero dollars to organize family photos and momentos that document your family history. Even though you may not have all of the climate control equipment to provide a Library of Congress preservation environment, she provides tips for improving what you do now (e.g. get rid of the paper clips). In the event you cannot bear to tackle that mountain of historic items, this article will give you the strength to take that first step. Click here to see what I mean.

Conservator at work (detail) from NE Document Conservation Center website