Thanks for this I feel sure that any basic advice you can give list members on preserving would be gratefully appreciated .Biros going out window Thanks Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenny MacKay <jabol@wn.com.au> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, please don't use > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are a very soft > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known to leak > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and I hold > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their precious > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and elsewhere > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > Kind regards > > Jenny MacKay > Geraldton West Australia > > ---------------- > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on the back of > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can only recognise > my > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these trying to guess > who > > is who. > > > > Christine > > Northamptonshire, England > > www.highlandhearts.com > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > To check out previous messages > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >