HISTORY ARCHIVAL

A Family History Archival Project

Using a combination of macro photography and cataloguing skills I am now available to archive your important family documents - but in a way that brings them to life for you.

What is the benefit of a well thought through process?

A family history that is no longer just hidden away in a book to be protected - or even still limited to residing in a single format on a hidden desktop computer in the junk room.

A family history that is available to come to life on your iPads, smartphones, your TV. A family history than can be shared with older generations at their home in the format they can access while also being available as resource for your children's school projects.

My current test project is to digitise a 1927 journal of a sea cruise from Wales to Sicily and back via Tunisia to Scotland. This project demonstrates that the output can be used by the entire family according to each member’s favourite way of interacting with media - from grandparents to tech-savvy school kids.

Just imagine how your own children and eventually even your children’s children will be able to access this material and bring it to life for school projects. While the original diary sits tucked away safely to be bought out on special occasions, its contents are immediately available to all the members of the family.

Images, slideshows, movie files, framed prints - imagine how you can share what was once locked away.

Another family history project is emerging in early 2019 - a six-generation history of the Robarts Arnolds. This archival project will take some time - but by placing it on an online photographic site (such as Flickr) I am able to gather in new information from family members and update the library database that is feeding the flow onto online sites.