Preserving your treasures
Preservation Tips
Please visit the links below for preservation information and tips.
Caring For Your Collections
Library of Congress on Preservation: Need advice on the care of books, photos, videos, and other media in your collections? These publications from the Preservation Directorate answer many questions about the care, handling and storage of your valuable collections.
Minnesota Historical Society on Conservation
This site provides information on Textiles, Books and Paper, Photographs and Objects.
Conserve-O-Grams
National Park Service
This site contains a very comprehensive collection of information that is geered towards museums.
Preserving Vital Records and Other Family Treasurers
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This 7 page PDF file contains briefly touches on proper storage techniques for several items.
Stored Alive!
Created by Elizabeth Goins of the Image Permanence Institute, this is a fun and interactive site to learn how to store your family treasures.
Please visit the links below for preservation information and tips.
Caring For Your Collections
Library of Congress on Preservation: Need advice on the care of books, photos, videos, and other media in your collections? These publications from the Preservation Directorate answer many questions about the care, handling and storage of your valuable collections.
Minnesota Historical Society on Conservation
This site provides information on Textiles, Books and Paper, Photographs and Objects.
Conserve-O-Grams
National Park Service
This site contains a very comprehensive collection of information that is geered towards museums.
Preserving Vital Records and Other Family Treasurers
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This 7 page PDF file contains briefly touches on proper storage techniques for several items.
Stored Alive!
Created by Elizabeth Goins of the Image Permanence Institute, this is a fun and interactive site to learn how to store your family treasures.
Caring for an historic house
Researching your house
Research a Historic Property, National Register of Historic Places
A General Guide to Sources. This page will provide you with a list of possible sources for researching your home. The entire site is dedicated to outlining and explaining the research and historic background that is requested before a property can become listed on the National Register of Hisoric Places.
For a list of historic homes in Wisconsin, visit this section of the Wisconsin Historical Society website: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/register/
A General Guide to Sources. This page will provide you with a list of possible sources for researching your home. The entire site is dedicated to outlining and explaining the research and historic background that is requested before a property can become listed on the National Register of Hisoric Places.
For a list of historic homes in Wisconsin, visit this section of the Wisconsin Historical Society website: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/register/
Genealogy
Genealogical help is available from these local organizations:
Fox Valley Genealogical Society
Winnebagoland Genealogy Society
Neenah Public Library offers local genealogy and history resources, including online access to census records
Oak Hill Cemetery records
Oak Hill cemetery, established in 1848, is one of the areas largest and oldest cemeteries. They offer a searchable online database.
Oshkosh Public Library
The Oshkosh Public Library includes many genealogical resources, including an index of all obituaries appearing in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper from 1861 to the present. Many Neenah obituareis would have been reported in the Northwestern.
Univ. of Wisconsin Area Resource Center, Oshkosh
LDS Church Family History Center, Appleton
Fox Valley Genealogical Society
Winnebagoland Genealogy Society
Neenah Public Library offers local genealogy and history resources, including online access to census records
Oak Hill Cemetery records
Oak Hill cemetery, established in 1848, is one of the areas largest and oldest cemeteries. They offer a searchable online database.
Oshkosh Public Library
The Oshkosh Public Library includes many genealogical resources, including an index of all obituaries appearing in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper from 1861 to the present. Many Neenah obituareis would have been reported in the Northwestern.
Univ. of Wisconsin Area Resource Center, Oshkosh
LDS Church Family History Center, Appleton