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what do you do with original certificates?

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 24 Jan 2010 15:19

Ah!!!!!! great............I suspected there must be some way of registering that you are holding this 'genealogistis gold-dust!'!!!!!!!!!!! I will take time to do that and register the ones I have,
and,
Yes
you are all right..............I guess I should get my act together and store them all properly, and ours too for that matter......................
thanks all!
Liz
ps........this comes after this week discovering two certificates from the 1800's of my g-g aunt and uncle slipped inside pages of the old family bible :)

Aveyronnaise

Aveyronnaise Report 24 Jan 2010 15:09

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Jan 2010 14:59

i have scanned the few i have and printed them out to put in my FTM genealogy files BUT also have put the originals in acid free wallets and filed them in the appropriate family file at the top of the family history paper
I am very proud of my original birth cert with its Edward the 8th postage stamp on especially as he then later abdicated !

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 24 Jan 2010 14:54

Store them in acid free wallets

Researching:
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 24 Jan 2010 14:54

Put them in the folder with the rest of your certificates.

You can get acid free plastic wallets - the right length for the original ones.

If they're a bit fragile I would scan them and keep copies with the rest of the certificates and put the originals somewhere acid-free and safe.

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 24 Jan 2010 14:53

I have inherited several (about 10) b d or m certificates from my grandparents. They are originals.
Is there a sort of protocol as to how you are meant to store them? Am I meant to record somewhere that I have got them? or do they just linger in a box under the bed until I pop my own cloggs??????
Liz