Photos & Preservation
How to Preserve Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, and Programs
A careful workflow for copying, housing, storing, and sharing fragile clippings and programs without mounting the only original in a memory book.
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Photos & Preservation
Handle originals, digitize family photographs and papers, label files, back up collections, and choose safer materials.
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Practical, preservation-aware help arranged around the work families are actually trying to finish.
Photos & Preservation
How to Scan Old Photos for a Memorial Book: A Careful 7-Step Guide
A careful seven-step workflow for choosing a capture method, protecting original photographs, creating useful master files, and checking every scan.
Photos & Preservation
File Naming and Metadata for Family Photos
A repeatable way to name family photo files, record what is known and uncertain, pair fronts with backs, and keep context outside one app.
Photos & Preservation
Best File Formats and Resolution for Family Photo Scans
A practical guide to choosing TIFF, JPEG, or PNG and a useful scan resolution without confusing file size with real image detail.
Photos & Preservation
What Acid-Free, Lignin-Free, Photo-Safe, and Archival Really Mean
A plain-language guide to preservation labels, PAT evidence, stable plastics, reversible mounting, and the limits of the word archival.
Photos & Preservation
3-2-1 Backup for Family Photos and Memory-Book Files
A practical 3-2-1 backup plan for family photographs, scans, captions, and memory-book source files, including restore tests and account handoff.
Photos & Preservation
How to Preserve Photographs for a Memorial Scrapbook: 6 Careful Steps
A six-step preservation workflow that separates irreplaceable originals from scrapbook copies and explains safe handling, scanning, mounting, storage, and referral.