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From: "Jeanne Muse" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Help Archiving Personal Collections
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 07:15:16 -0400


Dear WRG: No one in my immediate family gives a flying fig about
genealogy -- at least not now. Later generations might and I want to
share my 12+ years of research with them in some form. Towards that
end, I have some questions to pose to you, since your opinions have the
most weight in my mind.

1) Original birth, death & marriage certificates as well as copies of
bible pages and other hard-to-locate documents are a large part of the
"proof". Where should I store them and how? Should I put them in
binders and put them in my safety deposit box at the bank? And a
regular e-ring notebook would probably not last. Finding a high quality
binder with acid-free insert pages may be necessary. Anybody have a
source?

2) I plan to print a complete Journal Narrative and could keep this in
the same place as the above documents. The same applies -- how and
where should I store it? Where could I find a "bound-book" style binder
for it? Or..should I have it 'privately published'?

3) Wall-size family chart. Printing one out on the computer just
doesn't seem sufficient. Has anyone had experience with an artist or
calligrapher who could design one for me? This would be the final
accomplishment - a beautiful piece of artwork for my wall.

4) It goes without saying that, after I'm gone, the wonderful published
genealogies in my library would need a home. Let's hope that my family
members would keep them -- but how do I make sure of this? Should I add
a line or two in my will?

Any suggestions?

Jeanne

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