Digital Preservation
Have you ever wondered how and what to save digitally
when doing your family history work and research?
On the FamilySearch Blog, Gary Wright writes a wonderful
in-depth article about preserving records digitally. Mr. Wright introduces, in Part 1, the article
by stating:
While gathering family history records over the years,
you’ve probably been preserving them physically. So why consider preserving
them digitally now? This paper discusses the benefits and challenges of using
digital preservation to both augment and enhance the preservation of your
family history records. It also presents solutions to the challenges,
identifies what types of family history records are suitable for digital
preservation, and summarizes what is required to get started archiving digital
records.
In Part 2, Mr. Wright discusses how to label your files,
copyright issues, sharing your files and some valuable technical concerns. Both articles are great and will be helpful
to anyone saving their family history digitally!
Personally when I began to save records digitally, I
struggled with incorporating digital and paper records and the organization of
each. However, now I have a system and
it is working great! One of the benefits
I have found to digital preservation is the ease with which to share items and
the benefits of having the document with you at all times. This is handy while out in the field
researching and having the ability to review the document right then and there
at the research site. In addition, if I
ever lose my paper documents, at least I have saved them digitally as a backup.
Source: Digital
Preservation
Preserving Your Family History Records Digitally—Part 1
and Part 2
July 24, 2013 and July 26, 2013, By Gary Wright
Here are the links for Part 1 and Part 2
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