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Maintenance Essentials for Genealogy

I've had maintenance on the mind this summer. So many friends and family are dealing with problems that are largely a result of lack of maintenance. It's made me think how easy it is to lose all our gains, simply because we don't do the day-to-day and month-to-month maintenance projects.

Why am I doing massive fence repairs in July? How'd we regain all this weight?How did the sewer line break?

It goes on and on. So while I work on projects and have to set aside my family history, I'm assessing what are the maintenance essentials for genealogy in my home.

We made some incredible family history gains last year, digitizing everything (photos, papers, cassette tapes) for my side of the family and we're close to finishing this for Mike's side of the family. I can't afford to lose these gains. Here are some ideas for projects we need to either start, finish, or maintain.

Some Family History Maintenance Ideas

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Last Two Days to Sign up for Lifetime Access to the Save Your Photos Summit

If you haven't yet signed up for the September Special, Save Your Photos Summit, from SaveYourPhotos.org, DO IT NOW! Select Join the Summit. "Registration is open until September 30th. When Save Your Photos Month is over, we'll close registration. Once you've signed up, you'll have lifetime access to the content!" [su_heading size="24"]Lifetime, Free Access [/su_heading] If you like FREE handouts, webinars, and printables, you have two more days to sign up!!! It's the second Saturday in fall and you're probably not interested in Organizing and Protecting Your Old Photos, an E-book on Digital Backup Basics, a printable Digital Photo Organizing Checkbook, etc TODAY. Me neither. I'm going out to prune shrubs, harvest the garden, and visit family. But take 5 minutes and sign up for this free Summit so you'll have unlimited, lifetime access to these great tools. I went to a contributor's website to find a link I could share for a great handou…

Save Your Photos Month – Free Handouts

September is Save Your Photos Month and the Association of Personal Photo Organizers (APPO) has free videos and handouts as part of their Save Your Photos Summit. Save Your Photos Summit This is a month-long series taught by professionals geared toward photo preservation and storage. You can sign up this month to receive free access to videos, handouts, and printables. And watch for the hashtag #SaveYourPhotos to see what's being offered across social media channels. Three Reasons Why You Should Sign Up Now APPO has brought together professionals with diverse teaching and preservation techniques and you'll have the chance to sample different ideas and points of view for printed and digital photo management. Even if you don't have time to watch the videos this month, and new courses are being released each week of September, if you sign up this month the videos remain free for you to view at a later time. Even if you never have time to watch th…