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 hidden away in a book to be protected, or even limited to residing in a single format on a forgotten desktop computer.
A family history that is available to come to life on your iPads, smartphones, your TV. A family history that can be shared with older generations at their home in a format they can access while also being available as a resource for your children's school projects.
My first test project involved digitising 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 children, and eventually even your grandchildren, 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 brought out on special occasions, its contents are immediately available to all family members.
Images, slideshows, movie files, framed prints - imagine how you can share what was once locked away.
Another family history project emerged in 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 can gather new information from family members and update the library database that is feeding the flow onto online sites.
And in 2025, I visited NZ to start archiving my mother’s histories.
I am developing a method for safely storing these memories on a Google account that can be babysat by generations to follow.
More on this later - a detailed description is being crafted.