Michelle, Sabrina's Mom wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with a project that I started and don't know how to > finish.. I want to do the right thing but I am not sure what the right thing > is. The project involves a scrapbook that belonged to my mother from the > early 60's. This scrapbook contains a lot of photos, some movie ticket > stubs and a few newspaper clippings. Alot of the photos are attached to the > pages with small staples, some of the photos that were attached at one time > have fallen off as well as the movie theater tickets and newspaper > clippings. I was wondering what is the best way to approach this. I already > scanned each page that has pictures on it as is and saved the images in tif > format.. But now what should I do with the loose pictures and other items, > Should I reattach them and then scan or should I take all of the pictures > off the pages and then reattach everything in a way that will preserve them > safely. I was thinking acid free mylar film for everything but I am not > sure.. I want to keep everything in the original scrapbook, but the staples > are issue. I can see what seems to be rust spots forming around them. Please > help. I want to finish this and put it away in a safe place. > > Thank you, > > Michelle > > A relevant article just posted to the Ancestry.com blog: http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2191

"Mark Roy" <xxx@comcast.net> wrote in message news:VOKdnThG1cQ5XRfanZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@comcast.com... > Michelle, Sabrina's Mom wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a problem with a project that I started and don't know how to >> finish.. I want to do the right thing but I am not sure what the right >> thing is. The project involves a scrapbook that belonged to my mother >> from the early 60's. This scrapbook contains a lot of photos, some movie >> ticket stubs and a few newspaper clippings. Alot of the photos are >> attached to the pages with small staples, some of the photos that were >> attached at one time have fallen off as well as the movie theater tickets >> and newspaper clippings. I was wondering what is the best way to approach >> this. I already scanned each page that has pictures on it as is and saved >> the images in tif format.. But now what should I do with the loose >> pictures and other items, Should I reattach them and then scan or should >> I take all of the pictures off the pages and then reattach everything in >> a way that will preserve them safely. I was thinking acid free mylar film >> for everything but I am not sure.. I want to keep everything in the >> original scrapbook, but the staples are issue. I can see what seems to >> be rust spots forming around them. Please help. I want to finish this and >> put it away in a safe place. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Michelle > > A relevant article just posted to the Ancestry.com blog: > http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2191 Thanks Mark, that is a fantastic article. The author describes the same type of book that I am dealing with. : ) Michelle