The book includes a step-by-step plan of action that will teach you how to create an album that will include your family photos, stories, memorabilia, and genealogy. You will learn how to preserve your original photos, what to include in your album, how to decorate your album, plus much more. If you have questions about the book or want to order a copy, email me at [email protected].
The class will help both the scrapbooker and the genealogist.
CLASSES I TEACH:
CREATING A FAMILY HERITAGE ALBUM
The Heritage Album class teaches the importance of creating a Family Heritage Album. You will be given a step-by-step plan of action that will teach you everything you need to know to create your own family heritage album. You will learn how to gather the stories, and where to find the photos of your family, past and present.
You will learn how to interview your family members, how to journal the family stories, and how to include genealogical charts in your album.
SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF FAMILY PHOTOS
This class will teach you how to date a photo, and will help you to determine who is in your unidentified photos.
I will illustrate several different resources to show you how you can identify the photos in your collection. Handouts are provided to help you identify your photos at home.
Another class I teach deals with your family documents. I will teach you the proper way to store your documents and family papers, letters, and memorabilia. You will learn how home conditions, humidity levels and temperature contributes to deterioration of paper. You will learn what types of storage products to use, and products that you can purchase to help you clean your old documents, and what to use to lower humidity levels, which is often a cause of mold growth on papers.
ORGANIZING YOUR GENEALOGY PAPERS & DOCUMENTS
You will learn how to organize the "stuff" you accumulate as you research - all your documents, letters, miscellaneous papers, books, magazines, and more. You will learn the safe way to store your documents and how you can find what you need quickly. You will learn about the basics of file storage, and we will cover the best office products to use to store your items. You will learn how to organize paper files as well as Internet files.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
I have been a family historian for approximately 25 years. I have been a professional scrapbook consultant for over eight years, and a scrapbooker for 35 years. I am currently the President of the Central Florida Genealogical Society.
PHOTO RESTORATION
I also restore photographs. No need to mail me your photos. Just scan them into your computer and send them to me as a .jpg email attachment and I will restore your old, scratched, or cracked photos so you can proudly display beautiful photos of your family. Contact me for more information and rates.
THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
A portion of the sales of my Heritage Album book is contributed to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum located in Virginia. My 7th great grandfather worked as a Doorkeeper for the Virginia House of Burgesses in Williamsburg prior to the Revolutionary War. I am also a member of their Duke of Gloucester Society.
Email me at [email protected] for more information or to schedule a time when I can present a program to your group.
COMMENTS FROM PROGRAM ATTENDEES:
* "I didn't know where to begin until I heard your program. Your advice has helped me so much."
* "Your presentation is so thorough."
* "Thank you for so much WONDERFUL information on so many subjects regarding the creation of my heritage album."
* "Your many years of experience as a genealogist are so valuable to the information you present."
* "I learned the correct way to store and frame my family photos and now my family can really enjoy them."
* "I had no idea there way so much to learn about the care and preservation of family photos."
* "I would have never believed that my photo, which over time had rolled up as tight as a pencil, could be restored. Thank You!"
* "Your detailed information was invaluable to me while creating my heritage album."
* "I had so many photos that you helped me identify. Thanks so much!"
* "Our members thoroughly enjoyed your program."
* "Thanks for teaching me the safest way to store my albums and genealogical documents."
* "Every genealogist needs the information you present on organization."
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