Family Heirlooms & Home Sources - Researching Your Family Tree
Browse tips for discovering family artifacts and heirlooms that can provide clues to your ancestors, plus guidelines for cataloging and preserving heirlooms for future generations.
Five Places to Dig Up Family Treasures
Not all of us are so lucky to have such family photos, bibles and other family heirlooms in our possession, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Try one of these five places for digging up a few mementos from your past!
Not all of us are so lucky to have such family photos, bibles and other family heirlooms in our possession, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Try one of these five places for digging up a few mementos from your past!
Preserving Family Treasures & Heirlooms
Family heirlooms are a great treasure, but can be easily damaged by light, heat, humidity, pests, and handling. Here are a few basic things you can do to preserve these heirlooms for future generations.
Family heirlooms are a great treasure, but can be easily damaged by light, heat, humidity, pests, and handling. Here are a few basic things you can do to preserve these heirlooms for future generations.
Cousin Maggie's Dishes
George G. Morgan explains how to delve into the history of one or more of your own family heirlooms and record their stories.
George G. Morgan explains how to delve into the history of one or more of your own family heirlooms and record their stories.
Heirloom Hints
Family antiques and heirlooms are passed down through generations as rememberances with great sentimental value. Allison Stacy explains their genealogical value.
Family antiques and heirlooms are passed down through generations as rememberances with great sentimental value. Allison Stacy explains their genealogical value.
Historical Archaelogy Enlightens Family Research
Roseann Reinemuth Hogan points out the benefits of combining historical documents with historical archaeology in the search for your ancestors.
Roseann Reinemuth Hogan points out the benefits of combining historical documents with historical archaeology in the search for your ancestors.
Protect Your Books
Joan Nay offers advice on the proper storage and handling procedures of rare, precious, and treasured books.
Joan Nay offers advice on the proper storage and handling procedures of rare, precious, and treasured books.
Protect Your Textiles
George G. Morgan presents a list of basic rules to follow when storing textiles for posterity. Reprinted from the May/June 1999 issue of Ancestry Magazine.
George G. Morgan presents a list of basic rules to follow when storing textiles for posterity. Reprinted from the May/June 1999 issue of Ancestry Magazine.