Family archive

It’s been well over a month since I last posted on this blog, and despite the fact that I’ve been itching to get back to it, life in general just seems to keep getting in the way. But that’s quite okay, life’s for living and that’s what our time on this earth is all about. Summer on the farm: shifting sheep Besides the very busy Christmas period that I’ve no doubt we all experience, life on the farm has also been so busy, busy, busy lately. Whenever I think that I’m about to get a free hour…

Create and organize a family archive of heirlooms and old photos that future generations will cherish.

The Minimalist Family History Pages Template for Canva is a multi-purpose design to help turn your family history into a shareable and lasting legacy.

Inspired totally, by the fantastic talk that I attended at #RootsTech London, by the wonderful Amberly Black (@genealogygirl_), I have finally started to sort, organise, catalog, digitise and archi…

Photo album with black cloth covers over cardboard. The covers and pages are tied together on the left side with one large black cord running through two...

For Aram Balakjian, clearing the family home after his father’s death led to a ghostly photographic project

trying to create order from a jumbled box of family photos

These easy projects and everyday objects make valuable keepsakes. Hand them down to your descendants to enrich their appreciation for the past.

When you’re all gathered together, sometimes there are just too many cooks in the kitchen, or younger siblings underfoot. Not everyone is into football or jigsaw puzzles, so why not gather together a couple of people from separate generations and branches of the family tree and do some photo identification and preservation? Set aside an hour between or after the meal to pull out a photo album, scrapbook, slides, family film and video, or those love letters in shoeboxes tied-up with string.

Family History Books – Bespoke History

When we first met Jim Morrison at the UGA Family History conference last April, he was interested in having us create a book about his wife's family. We were fascinated as he described some of the history his father-in-law, Robert "Rip" Young, a two-star brigadier general in the US Army.

Preserve and document your family history with this customizable ancestry book template. Share your family genealogy, historic records, family photos, and stories. Makes a great one-of-a-kind gift for holidays, weddings, and family reunions. Capture and share your family traditions with your siblings, children, grandchildren, and friends! Duplicate pages to build a book of any length. Invite your family to send you their memories, photos, and stories. ✔ 25 pages that can be duplicated to…

When a granddaughter inherited two generations of photo collections, she came to Pixologie for helping in saving a family legacy.

baby family pics

Photographs from family albums are a testimony to many stories – we watch family photographs and talk to family members to determine our own identity. However, we must always take into consideration the memory factor, which, on one hand, is shaped by photographs and people, and on the other hand, affects the study in many ways. Confronting such an experiment with famous concepts of photography is an interesting experience. Is the reconstruction of our history based on watching family…

Ever since my fiance treated me to an Ancestry membership last Christmas, our family photos and findings have been shared amongst close ones on Facebook. We've found it extremely fascinating, discovered secrets, tragedies and long

Don't leave the fate of irreplaceable keepsakes to chance. Follow these guidelines to preserve your photos for many years to come.

The Process of Digitizing Family Archives We all know that digitizing your memories is the best way to preserve them longterm and to prevent deterioration. Here is Smooth Photo Scanning‘s Brandon Harris with an overview of the process and why it matters! For more information on how to handle your outdated media, be sure to look at this article! Enjoy! #photography #digitalphotos #organize #photos