From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 27 09:12:12 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1RGCCjb013728; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:12:12 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1RGC6NM020814 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:12:06 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1RDgOFI008161 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:42:25 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1RDgOP7008160 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:42:24 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1QNJWFI006262 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:19:33 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1R1mvup028306 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:48:57 -0700 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Sun Feb 26 18:48:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1R1mvjb028295 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:48:57 -0700 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.206]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1R1mrRk010841 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:48:53 -0700 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o37so782131nzf for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:48:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=iDaXkbgTD/F0Erb14A18aJNNMmjgRMs+kxHmyT7My69S+6iknUQ1R43XF/aQZhvJghYfuheoE1jg7v4DIR+ry30igsvYOd9qkqE/AOzHQkpKdJE3Bf1LGAIqQlRnMpXuuLcrCU5kwZzYYdXOyfT9CiRzMnYEoPWFr1zqo4NJRRc= Received: by 10.64.179.19 with SMTP id b19mr3169000qbf; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:48:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.243.2 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:48:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:48:54 -0700 From: Colleen To: "Holly Bell" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Preserving newspaper clippings or pages Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <000801c63b0e$98dfe9f0$aefcba43@ownerohu0kq310> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <000801c63b0e$98dfe9f0$aefcba43@ownerohu0kq310> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com The cardinal rule of preservation, whether it be photgraphs or documents, is to *never* do anthing that cannot be reversed. So that rules out using acid-free tape and lamination. Please, please do not do these things. If you are going to use plastic sleeves, use those made of polypropylene or mylar (per many internet sites and from a new book I received from an expert on using photographs in genealogy, Maureen A. Taylor). Newspapers, if memory serves me correctly, is very difficult to prevent discoloration and rather rapid deterioration. I have some sites on document and photo preservation, but am not at home and don't have access to the links. However, go too www.google.com or any search engine and type in the search fields "Newspaper Preservation" or "Document Preservation" (without quotes will work fine and give you lots of really good resources). One good resource to try is http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/. Somewhere in his archives I believe I saw an article on preservation. On 2/26/06, Holly Bell wrote: > > I have a number of newspaper clips that I would like to preserve and I > have friends who have whole articles. I know that I can scan them, but I > would like to preserve the actual clip or article. Any suggestions? I > thought of using acid free two way tape to attach them to acid free paper > and then putting them in acid free sheet protectors. Or what about > laminating them? Is that acid free? Thanks for any imput on > this. Holly Bell > hollybell@mstar2.net > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com