How to Use Your Digitized Collection to Create a Legacy Book
What Is a Legacy Book? A legacy book is a personalized and meaningful way to immortalize your family history, memories, and stories and preserve them for future generations. It is a printed and/or digital book that showcases your digitized collection of photos, documents, letters, interviews, and often written stories that give context to your legacy. […]
How to Preserve Your Legacy: Practical Tips and Advice
Preserving your legacy is not only a way of honoring your past, but also a gift to your future. Whether you want to share your family or business history, your personal achievements, or your creative work, you need to take steps to ensure your digital and physical assets are protected and accessible for generations to […]
[Watch] A Legacy of Love – Getting Started
https://vimeo.com/946624707/0fcb79fc4f In this clip from our webinar, A Legacy of Love: Digitized Letters Bridge Generations, guest Rosemary Cassie explains the emotional core this collection of letters holds for her family, especially after her mother passed away in early 2020. Making sure the letters were available to the family and using them to maintain connection were two […]
[Watch] Preserving Family Legacy Through Digitization
https://vimeo.com/923408840?share=copy In this portion of our latest webinar, Protecting Family Legacy Through Digitization: A Conversation, Director of Operations Hadley Grow talks with Anderson Archival client Kelly Donovan about how her collection came to be digitized. If video isn’t for you, the transcript for this portion of the talk is below. To view the full webinar and […]
Key Documents for Unlocking Your Family History
Genealogists, whether professional or purely informal, know there is no true replacement for detailed family records and primary source documents. Predecessors with a mind towards preservation end up doing work for their progeny, providing essential names, dates, locations, and the answers to many other burning questions. But let’s face it, most people researching their family’s […]