Saving Family Stories
Articles & Websites 📄
Preserve the Stories that Matter (AARP): AARP provides tips and resources for preserving family stories, emphasizing their importance for future generations.
How I’m Preserving My Family’s Story—And How You Can, Too (The Good Trade): This article offers practical advice on documenting and preserving family histories, with personal anecdotes from the author.
Archivist Shares Importance of Preserving Family Stories (Potawatomi): An archivist discusses the value of preserving family stories and the techniques used to keep them alive.
Preservation Week: Trash or Treasure? (The Family Curator): The Family Curator offers advice on deciding which family artifacts to keep and how to preserve them.
Books 📚
Place, Race, and Story by This book explores the intersections of place, race, and storytelling in the context of historic preservation, discussing how these elements shape our understanding of history and influence the preservation of cultural heritage.
