Digitize everything!
Take pictures of family heirlooms with a digital camera. Write a little note about what it is, the lineage it's been passed down. Transfer old reel-to-reel, VHS, micro-cassette tapes to digital. Scan old pictures.
You can do it yourself (see below), or send them in. Be sure you are dealing with a reputable, prepared company and be sure your final product can be edited so you can add it to your family history archives. We recommend:
You can do it yourself (see below), or send them in. Be sure you are dealing with a reputable, prepared company and be sure your final product can be edited so you can add it to your family history archives. We recommend:
How to capture reel-to-reel 8mm video.
How to transfer VHS to digital
How to transfer Microcassette to digital
How to scan images and keepsakes
How to transfer video from your smartphone.
How to digitize slides and negatives.
How to digitize medium format negatives of all sizes.
How to transfer VHS to digital
How to transfer Microcassette to digital
How to scan images and keepsakes
How to transfer video from your smartphone.
How to digitize slides and negatives.
How to digitize medium format negatives of all sizes.
Archive it!
Save it and pass it on. When you think about all the formats that you've just overcome, all the research you've just done, all the stories you've just compiled...don't you want your future family members to start where you left off instead of "reinventing the wheel"?
Treasured Archives believes in redundancy so that no matter when in the future or who continues capturing your family history, they can access all the work you've already done.
Here's what we do:
Save it and pass it on. When you think about all the formats that you've just overcome, all the research you've just done, all the stories you've just compiled...don't you want your future family members to start where you left off instead of "reinventing the wheel"?
Treasured Archives believes in redundancy so that no matter when in the future or who continues capturing your family history, they can access all the work you've already done.
Here's what we do:
- We turn your family history into a digitized book and movie that can be printed to be passed on within the family.
- Archiving your pictures, history and movie onto Forever.com allows you to own your own storage account for your lifetime +100 years! Read the fine print of every other photo storage account or cloud storage and you'll find they own your photos, not you. That means you are at the mercy of their willingness to hang on to your family history. They also have the right to use your family history so your privacy is not a guarantee either. Not so with Forever! Forever is like having your own "digital safety deposit box." Passing your password on in the family is like passing on your key.
- Your photos, movie and history are not only redundantly stored in a space YOU own and can pass on, they are constantly updated to the latest technology - whatever that becomes in the future! No more conversions necessary - EVER!
- We can help you post clips of your movies and links to your books on Ancestry.com the leader in family history research. Just imagine what a future family member will see! Not just old unnamed photos but you and your family moving, interacting, sharing stories. They'll hear voices that would otherwise be silent and forgotten. They may see where they got those blue eyes, that expression, or that laugh that no one else in the family has. What a gift!