Stories from the Archives: Scrapbooks

Family scrapbooks can serve as a unique window into the lives of your ancestors—they often contain photographs, postcards, travel tickets, newspaper clippings, and other items that can help you uncover family stories that may have been otherwise lost. The treasures found in scrapbooks can also reveal genealogical details that can help fill in gaps in your family tree and break down brick walls. This session will look at several examples of scrapbooks held in the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center archives and R. Stanton Avery Special Collections at American Ancestors. We will also provide tips on finding examples at other repositories and archives and offer suggestions on how to preserve such items in your personal collection.