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How Well Do You Know How to Research Your Family History?

Family historyBy adminFebruary 2, 2023

You may have heard colorful stories but how well do you know your family’s history, and do you know how to research both your inspiring and quirky relatives? Researching your family history is like piecing together a puzzle because you’re personally affected. As you bring together the elements of your story then you have a…

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A 4-Step Strategy to Research Your Family History and Organize Your Family Photos

Family historyBy adminJanuary 11, 2023

Researching your family history goes hand-in-hand with organizing family photos, home movies, and your other media files. Various tools are useful in researching your family history but how do you store the information as you find it? Here’s a strategy for uncovering the people and stories in your family line while also organizing your most…

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Celebrate Your Family History During Christmas and New Year’s

Family history, HolidaysBy adminDecember 7, 2022

Have an old-fashioned Christmas this year. How? By researching your family history and piecing the history together with brief, written descriptions and your collection of photos and videos. I’d love to have Christmas photos of my parents and grandparents from the World War Two era and earlier. But like many of us, I don’t have…

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Capture Family Stories During the Holidays

Family, Family historyBy adminNovember 25, 2022

Christmas, Hannukah, and other holidays are filled with—family stories. The stories we hear and the ones we tell are part of a family’s legacy. And they go hand in hand with the photos and videos we take. Unfortunately, written memories and visual ones have usually been separated. Until now. Read below to see how you…

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Researching Family History with Photos and Digitizing Handwritten Letters

Family history, Photo organizingBy adminNovember 2, 2022

If you’re researching family history, you know that photos and newspaper clippings are great sources of information to collect and share. But there’s another part of family history that we should never overlook … family letters. Letter writing is becoming a lost art and a lost chronicling of history due to the practical speed of…

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Using Newspapers for Researching Your Family’s History

Family history, StorageBy adminOctober 5, 2022

How do you put depth to those old family photos you find or still have in your traditional scrapbook albums? Digging into your family’s history and journaling brief stories. I’ve been a photo coach for almost 30 years Newspaper clippings are often quite helpful, especially if your relatives lived in smaller towns.   Using newspapers…

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3 Easy Steps to Write Your Family Story When You Don’t Have Time

Family history, Photo organizingBy adminSeptember 14, 2022

Your family history is unique and your story is worth telling. But how do you do it in a busy world filled with the demands of jobs and families? Here’s a system you can set up and use for 10 to 15 minutes a day. But let’s first highlight what it means to write your…

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Preserve Your Sports Photos to Document Your Family’s History

Family history, Preserving PhotosBy adminSeptember 8, 2022

Guess what’s happening this month? The photos in this post give a major clue! College football is underway and the NFL season kicks off September 11. Plus, volleyball, soccer, hockey and basketball. And baseball playoffs, too. Oh, yeah, and golf. And—there are still more to mention. Our sports world is churning at full throttle and…

Researching family history is traveling into an earlier era

Family history, Preserving PhotosBy adminAugust 4, 2022

The fun of researching your family is enjoying another era and finding answers to the question: What was life back then? Think about how we live our lives and what’s important to us. These are the moments we photograph and videotape.   Vacations How were vacations similar, but different to the ones we take today?…

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Choosing How Far Back You’ll Go in Researching Your Family History

Family history, Preserving Photos, StorageBy adminJuly 7, 2022

Researching your family’s history can mean different things depending on your interest level. You can satisfy your curiosity about your family’s past by looking at old photos, home movies, slides, or other media and jotting down your recollections and understanding of what you’re viewing. Or you can dig deeper and travel back farther in time.…

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