ARTIFACTS: Preserving your Family Audio and Video Heirlooms
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Most families today not only have photographs, but also home movies, and tape recordings of family members. The original medium may be a format that is not currently in use, such as reel-to-reel tapes and old home movies. Now is the time to get those heirlooms converted to CD.

For more information read:

"Data Preservation Problems," a scholastic presentation on the problem, with solutions - PDF

Caring for Your Family Archives (National Archives)

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Audio Preservation

• Audio Cassette Preservation
• Audio Compact Disk (CD)

Visual/Video Preservation

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Photograph Preservation

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Document Preservation

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