Book description
Organize your family photos, heirlooms, and genealogy records
In every family someone ends up with Mom's and Dad's
"stuff"Â-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 Levenick is a writer and genealogist who writes about
organizing, preserving, and sharing family history at her website www.
thefamilycurator. com, voted one of Family Tree Magazine's 40
Best Genealogy Blogs in 2010 and in 2011.
