Preservation of records

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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	16 Mar 2007 17:29
	Lamination gradually eats away at paper. Buy some acid free envelopes and keep them in the dark Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	16 Mar 2007 17:27
	do you mean you really want them preserved? If so ,if they were mine i would scan them in first and print off copies . then i would take the originals and get them laminated. that would preserve them but you wont be able to use them again, You would have the copies tho for every day use. Just one suggestion. Shirley
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 94 Send Message	Leclerc	Report	16 Mar 2007 17:21
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 94 Send Message	Hi, I'm looking for tips on how best to preserve records, I have in my possesion 2 original BC's for my GMother & GAunt dated 1887 & 1912 as you can guess through use and time they are very delicate. As they are hierlooms now I'd like to preserve for my grandkids etc. Any tips? Ta Kevin