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The Unofficial Family Archivist: A Guide to Creating and Maintaining Family Papers, Photographs, and Memorabilia Paperback – October 6, 2011

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“Within every home is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, many irreplaceable documents that help tell individual stories, and the stories of our communities, are deteriorating among our personal belongings.” With that warning in mind, this book focuses on the care of personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia found in the typical home. Written for individuals who hope to protect family history, this book provides everything an unofficial archivist needs to ensure materials that connect us with our past are available for future generations. Its goal is to help you create and maintain a valuable family and community resource of recorded information about your world from the unique point of view of you and your loved ones. The Unofficial Family Archivist is organized into eight sections that discuss preservation; creating and identifying materials that represent you; how to properly organize, preserve, and describe these items; how to prepare them to pass on to future generations. This book provides information to guide you so you may enjoy your materials, easily access them, feel comfortable that they will last for a long time and be treasured by your descendants

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248 pages
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October 6, 2011
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7.5 x 0.56 x 9.25 inches
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0982727615
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978-0982727614
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Archivist and cultural heritage consultant with twenty years of experience promoting collaboration and professionalism among museums, libraries, historical societies, town governments, and private collections. She is the owner and principal consultant of ArchivesInfo.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ ArchivesInfo Press (October 6, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0982727615
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0982727614
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.56 x 9.25 inches

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William K. Johnson

Very Informative

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This guide is written for the novice but it does contain a wealth of excellent information. Although I have been doing genealogy for many years, there were still a number of excellent hints contained in the book.

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Book for genealogists

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It wasn't what I expected. It was just for people who collect a lot of pictures and articles about ancestors.

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J. Riley

Much-needed how-to for family archivists!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2012

In the course of managing a university archives, my colleagues and I often come into contact with smart, interested, conscientious family history researchers who want to do right by their precious family documents and artifacts, but have not been exposed to the do's and don'ts, the so-called "best practices" of the archival profession. For these eager researchers, Melissa Mannon's new book, "The Unofficial Family Archivist" is a god-send. It is written in crystal-clear, jargon-free language, the information is solid and the advice is most practical. Add to that the appealing anecdotal style, glossary of terms, sample documents, finding aids and illustrations, and you have a truly wonderful resource for family historians, genealogists, local historians, and even keepers of the collection of smaller historical societies and repositories. It is true that "many irreplaceable documents [...] are deteriorating among our personal belongings" but this book will certainly help to reduce those losses. Highly recommended.

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DenEverett

Wonderful guide for the amateur!

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2011

Melissa Mannon does a terrific job reaching her target audience - people like me who have drawers and closets overflowing with years of family memories in the form of artwork, pictures, letters, and legal documents and not a clue how to maintain or preserve them. Ms. Mannon reduces the technical concepts and terms of the professional archivist or curator to easily grasped and readily performed tips for the family archivist. In addition she provides insights and ideas for how to personalize an archive with family stories, event recollections and thoughts captured on paper or audio, and of course provides practical guidance on preservaton, organization and indexing. I highly recommend it for the custodian of family history, but even more so as a gift to the young family members who will be the future custodians...Ms. Mannon's book is a how-to for avoiding problems, and maximizing the life and enjoyment of family memorabilia!!

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