Showing posts with label digital preservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital preservation. Show all posts
Sunday, April 19, 2026

How to Turn Your Old Home Videos Into a Family Archive That Lasts Forever

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 Somewhere in your house or your parents house there is probably a box of old tapes. VHS. Betamax. 8mm film. Hi8. MiniDV. Camcorder tapes fr...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Your Voice Is the Most Irreplaceable Thing You Can Preserve and Here Is How to Do It Today

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 Think about the people you have lost. Your grandfather. Your grandmother. A parent. An older friend. Someone who was part of your life for ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Why Every Photograph You Take Is a Historical Document

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 There is a photograph taken in 1900 of a street in a small American town. Nothing special is happening in it. People are walking. A horse a...

You Are Making History Right Now and Nobody Is Writing It Down

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 Think about what is happening right now. Artificial intelligence is changing everything. The cost of living has been crushing working famil...
Monday, March 30, 2026

The History Books Lied to You — And Here's How Ordinary People Can Fix It

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 There is a famous saying that history is written by the winners. Like most famous sayings it is not entirely accurate — but it points at so...

The 6 Million Had Names. Here's Why Remembering Individuals Changes Everything.

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 Joseph Stalin is reported to have said that one death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a statistic. He was describing something true abo...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

10 Simple Ways to Start Preserving Your Personal History Today

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 Most people assume that preserving history is something done by museums, libraries, and governments. They think their own lives are not imp...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

You Are Making History Right Now — And Nobody Is Saving It

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 Every generation thinks history belongs to kings, presidents, and generals. The people who won wars. The people who built empires. The peop...