7 Things You Need to Know Before Organizing Your Genealogy Heirlooms
Published: Sun, 10/11/15
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Vol. 20, No. 87 - October 11, 2015
7 Things You Need to Know Before Organizing Your Genealogy Heirlooms
Do the people in your family give you genealogy heirlooms all the time? It is not unusual for the family genealogist to get the reputation as the one to go to when one needs to give away an heirloom when downsizing and wants to make sure it stays safe and protected. If this is you, you may find yourself with a house full of genealogy heirlooms before long. When you start amassing a large collection of them, you need to start organizing them, or future generations will not know what they are, who they belonged to, or their genealogical significance.
These are seven things you need to know before you organize your genealogy heirlooms...
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