Learn from a professional archivist how to preserve\, protect\, and archive family records\, photographs\, and artif acts. Best practices for organization\, purchasing archival materials and practical records preservation that any home archivist can achieve! Learn how to process your collection of genealogical records from start to finis h. Learn the steps archivists use to process small and large records colle ctions at the archives and how you can use these steps to get a handle on your family records collections! Presented by Melissa Barker.
\nMeli ssa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County\, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionally k nown as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures\, teache s\, and writes about the genealogy research process\, researching in archi ves and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across th e United States and Canada for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a wel l-known genealogy and history book reviewer. She has been a Professional G enealogist for the past 17 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 32 years.
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