Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago

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Make sure historical family diaries and journals don't end up in the trash. Follow these preservation and family historian tips.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction
00:31 Do What You Can
01:09 Organize
02:09 Preserve
03:38 Create a Finding Aid
04:55 Donate the Journal
07:16 Digitize the Diary
09:20 Transcribe the Handwriting
10:10 Share Digitized Journals
11:20 Bonus Preservation Idea for Old Journals

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