How To Use Old Postcards
If you find some old postcards in your family history piles. Here are a few ways you might want to use them.
But first, digitize them (use the process in this blogpost)
Second, regularly backup the digital files
Third, if you're a keeper, archive them correctly
Fourth, even if you're not a keeper, consider saving ones that might have the sender's DNA on the stamp if there's any possibility you'll want to extract DNA (totheletter DNA)
Fifth, if you're not a keeper, give the meaningful ones to family who will want them
Sixth, use the digital files or leftover postcards! Here are some ideas.
For me, the value of old postcards is in the images. That's it.
In our family postcards, few of the messages contain especially valuable information. I've saved a few if I think I might someday want/be able to glean the sender's DNA from the stamp (totheletter DNA) but generally the subject matter is somewhat trivial or the postcard was never used, it was just …
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