Preparing yourfamily history prints for scanning

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of digital photos, that’s especially true, because image files can contain far more than just the photo itself. You can embed all kinds of use

You have been thinking about researching your ancestry, your relatives are emptying out the cupboards to find old family documents to help, and the family stories are beginning to flow. But how should

There’s never been so many well-stocked sources of historic photographs online. We’ve tried to pull together some examples of regional image libraries, as well as useful nationwide resources. While ma

Wendy Sutherland says: I share some photographs: the first is in a leather box, and I am almost sure it shows the Reverend Archibald Gardner and Mary Hall, as it came with a few other Gardner family p

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Sitting on the sofa next to my dad as he tapped away on Ancestry, I was instantly drawn to the mass of names, dates and places. The colourful graphics caught my eye and I couldn’t possibly resist. I a