JoyFlips Giving Away $80,000 Worth of FamilyArchive™ Kits at RootsTech

The following news release was received from Tami Mize, at JoyFlips: JoyFlips giving away $80,000 worth of FamilyArchive™ Kits at RootsTech Launch of Version 4.0. Groundbreaking technology for preserving and sharing family stories being launched at world’s largest family history Continue reading JoyFlips Giving Away $80,000 Worth of FamilyArchive™ Kits at RootsTech

The Louisiana State Archives Has Posted Tips For Saving Flood Damaged Documents & Photos

The following excerpt is from an August 17, 2016 article posted at TheAdvocate.com: The [Louisiana] State Archives has offered several tips for Louisiana residents trying to save flooded documents and photographs. Wide-spread flooding has left thousands of homes with damage Continue reading The Louisiana State Archives Has Posted Tips For Saving Flood Damaged Documents & Photos

View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America

The following teaser is from an article posted on nytimes.com A thousand years after the Vikings braved the icy seas from Greenland to the New World in search of timber and plunder, satellite technology has found intriguing evidence of a Continue reading View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America

Teens tipped over headstones at 175-year-old Michigan cemetery

The following teaser is from an article posted on clickondetroit.com Teens tipped over headstones at 175-year-old Michigan cemetery ‘because they were bored’ GENEVA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities say three teenagers have confessed to tipping over and damaging more than 30 Continue reading Teens tipped over headstones at 175-year-old Michigan cemetery

Donation to Conserve & Digitize Documents From the 1911 New York Capital Fire

In the very early morning hours of March 29, 1911, a fire got started in the 3rd floor Assembly Library of the New York Capital Building. The fire quickly spread throughout the third floor, then on to the fourth floor Continue reading Donation to Conserve & Digitize Documents From the 1911 New York Capital Fire

Advice on the Preservation of Your Family Papers

The following excerpt is from an article posted in the November 14, 2013 edition of the El Dorado Springs Sun Online. [Missouri] Secretary of State Jason Kander advised Missourians about significant threats to the long-term preservation of all types of Continue reading Advice on the Preservation of Your Family Papers

Original Surveyor’s Plat Map Donated to the Kentucky State Archives

The following excerpt is from an article published in the September 12, 2011 edition of TheGleaner.com of Henderson, Kentucky. Gen. Samuel Hopkins would be doubly pleased this week. Friday morning the community plans to dedicate the cemetery where he is Continue reading Original Surveyor’s Plat Map Donated to the Kentucky State Archives

National Archives Conservators Reveal Previously Illegible Text in Magna Carta

The following News Release was posted by the National Archives July 20, 2011: Washington, DC… After weeks of intensive conservation treatment, the National Archives has completed the first phase of a major project leading to the re-encasement and public display Continue reading National Archives Conservators Reveal Previously Illegible Text in Magna Carta

Tips to Preserve Wet Papers Documents & Photographs from the North Carolina State Archives

The following information is from the North Carolina State Archives: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – If your special papers and photographs are not in plastic, or stored somewhere safe, there are steps that may save water-damaged treasures. Gov. Bev Perdue requested Continue reading Tips to Preserve Wet Papers Documents & Photographs from the North Carolina State Archives

Saving the Water-damaged Items from the Flooded Local History Room at the Rockingham Library

Earlier this moth, a water pipe burst in the Local History Room in the Rockingham Library of Bellow’s Falls, Vermont. The following excerpt is from an article in the December 30, 2010 edition of the Vermont Public Radio website. It Continue reading Saving the Water-damaged Items from the Flooded Local History Room at the Rockingham Library

The Boxford Historical Document Center in Boxford, Massachusetts

Boxford {Masachusetts] – Tucked into the heart of West Boxford Village is an unassuming building that houses many of the town’s treasures — the Boxford Historical Document Center. The modest one-story brick building, situated next to the Second Congregational Church Continue reading The Boxford Historical Document Center in Boxford, Massachusetts