Still deciding whether or not you need a copy of my new family history handbook How to Archive Family Keepsakes? Check out these reviews and news bytes from genealogists and family historians you may know —
and remember:
Proceeds from book sales throughout the blog book tour will be used to fund the 2013 Student Scholarship Grant awarded to assist the genealogical education of a promising young family historian.
Midge Frazel, cemetery / gravestone expert and techie, writes at Granite in My Blood:
OK, so I AM organized. I love being organized, but I discovered very early in my reading of her [My California-Girl friend, Denise Levenick‘s] book that I still have a LOT to learn from this book. Buy it! I guarantee that you will findthings and Web sites you do not know about.
In honor of her book tour, I purchased an different archival box for my file. . . This is what genealogist want for Valentine’s Day plus a copy of Denise’s book.
Denise Olson, news hound, tech guru and bookseller, writes at Moultrie Creek Books and Amazon.com:
In How to Archive Family Keepsakes, Denise Levenick has created an amazing reference for anyone who has inherited a collection of family letters, documents and personal items. For family historians and genealogists, this is an essential guide for organizing and managing the family archive.
How to Archive Family Keepsakes is a great reference and one you’ll want to include in your library of research essentials.
Caroline Pointer, genealogy and technology artist at 4YourFamilyStory, writes
. . . after reading her book, How to Archive Family Keepsakes, I have to say she rocks it in her book. . . In fact, in reading her book you can tell it is her passion, which is always awesome.
With her simple how-to’s, checklists, and forms, when you purchase Denise’s book {Not if. I’m that confident you will purchase this book.}, you will not only be motivated to preserve your family’s keepsakes, but you will have the tools to go through that box {Or if you’re like me, boxes} of your family’s ‘stuff’ you have tucked away in that closet in your guest bedroom that you keep telling yourself you need to go through and do ‘something’ with.
Moreover, what I really appreciate is how Denise writes her tips and suggestions in How to Archive Family Keepsakes. She gives you many options in her preservation suggestions, and she does so in a way that makes you feel like she’s right next to you sharing her knowledge.
Lynn Palermo, family history writing coach at The Armchair Genealogist, comments
There comes a time in your research when you decide to take all the documents, artifacts and photos you’ve accumulated throughout the years and formulate them into stories. One of the biggest obstacles we face as writers is the overwhelming task of getting all that information organized so we can begin to write. . .
After reading Denise’s book it became clear to me she had written a book that stood at the core of helping authors prepare to write.
footnoteMaven, Editor Publisher of the popular online photography magazine, Shades of the Departed, writes
You can use the book for quick answers, efficient archival workflow, digital savvy, collecting strategies, and most importantly confidence. Confidence that no matter what you acquire you have an answer as to how to proceed.
I keep the book on my desk and refer to it often. Treat yourself! It is so worth it.
Shades gives it 4 out of 4 old cameras:
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