Hurricane season will be upon us in a few months. Melting snow will cause some major flooding even before that, typically in March or April. We should learn from the experiences of past storms. Recent hurricanes and flooding taught all of us again that paper is a very fragile storage medium for old records. However, …
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How to Preserve Water-Soaked Books and Papers in an Emergency
Hurricane season will be upon us in a few months. Melting snow will cause some major flooding even before that, typically in March or April. We should learn from the experiences of past storms. Recent hurricanes and flooding taught all of us again that paper is a very fragile storage medium for old records. However, …
MyHeritage Adds Several Million Lithuanian-Jewish Records from LitvakSIG, 1795–1940
A huge collection of Lithuanian-Jewish Records from LitvakSIG, 1795–1940 is now available online on MyHeritage.com. The collection consists of several million historical records and covers the era from the Russian Empire (1795 to World War I) to the period of independent Lithuania (1919–1940). The majority of records are from places in present-day Lithuania. However, due to …