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Preseve Your Family History With Photos

Photos are an important way to save your family history. Who doesn't have a box of old photos of family members in their attic? If you're writing your family history, photos can enhance your story. Here's a list of books that can help you organize your photo collection.

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  • How to Archive Family Photos

    a Step-by-step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photos Digitally

    May-Levenick, Denise S.
    This is a great guide for digitizing, preserving and sharing family photos. A must read for serious family history buffs.
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, [2015] — 771.4602 MAYLE
  • Chin presents photos of actors, models and musicians, that demonstrate how to capture the outward look and essence of the subject. You can learn the proper way to take photos for your family history.
    BookZurich : Edition Stemmle ; London : Art Books International, 2001. — 779.092 CHIN CHIN
  • How to Archive Family Keepsakes

    Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia & Genealogy Records

    May-Levenick, Denise S.
    This book will help you organize, preserve and catalog heirlooms for family history and genealogy. It's very useful for beginners and experienced genealogists.
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, 2012. — 929.1 MAY
  • Susan Sontag explains how photographic images can accentuate any work or project. People are naturally drawn to graphic images.
    BookLondon : Penguin, 2002. — 770.1 SONTA
  • Recording Your Family History

    a Guide to Preserving Oral History With Videotape, Audiotape; Suggested Topics and Questions; Interview Techniques

    Fletcher, William
    This book is a comprehensive guide on how to use technology, formulate questions and perform a family history interview. Here's a great place to start.
    BookNew York : Dodd, Mead, [1986] — 929.1 FLETC
  • You can learn a lot about the role photography plays in history, economics, politics and culture. You'll get a different perspective on taking pictures.
    BookNew York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002. — 770.9 MARIE
  • Creating Vacation Scrapbook Pages

    [How to Preserve Your Travel Photos and Memorabilia]

    Photos can help preserve memories from family vacations, weddings, anniversaries and other special events. These can be stored together in scrapbooks for future generations.
    BookDenver, Colo. : Memory Makers Books, [2004] — 745.593 CREAT
  • Written for beginners or experienced photographers, this book will help you get the most out of your camera.
    BookUpper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, [2005] — 770 PHOTO
  • Digitizing Your Family History

    Easy Methods for Preserving Your Heirloom Documents, Photos, Home Movies and More in a Digital Format

    McClure, Rhonda R.
    Digitization is the accepted method of preserving family records today. Read about this modern process.
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, [2004] — 929.1 MCLUR
  • Photography

    the Definitive Visual History

    Ang, Tom
    Photographer, writer and broadcaster Tom Ang presents a record of the most iconic photos and photographers of all time. Its important to understand how photography has emerged as an important tool.
    BookLondon : Dorling Kindersley, 2014. — 770.9 ANG