Photos can connect us with our families in unique ways. However, photos are perishable. How do you preserve photos from that old shoebox or album before they start to fade or disintegrate?

The article “Photo Preservation for Family History” provides tips for preserving printed family history photos, such as keeping them in a controlled environment; documenting your photos with names, dates, and locations; and scanning your photos to create digital copies.

But if your photos are already digital, do you need to worry about preserving them? What if your computer crashes or your cloud storage service goes away? Read tips for preserving digital photos as well.

Read the article “Photo Preservation for Family History.”