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		<title>How to Organize Photos: Shocking (?) Advice from a Gen-u-ine Archivist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Re: The "?" in the title: Although it comes as a surprise to many people, this information and advice is not even remotely shocking if you are an archivist. Just sayin. ]
Contrary to popular belief, archivists  do not keep everything.
Whaaat?
An archivist?
Throwing things out?
Yep.
I spent more time  learning the art of archival appraisal than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy of Organizing Photos Starts This Sunday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve got a large family photo collection that you&#8217;ve been meaning to organize and properly house, this is a chance to get the live version of my Joy of Organizing Photos class for the pre-recorded price.
Why is that a big deal? Because it means you can customize the class to meet the needs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of Organizing Photos (Two versions: Full + Free)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joy of Organizing Photos, The Full.

Friends, this has been a looong time coming. It feels nothing short of forever. I&#8217;ve worked on this new program for months. Years, really&#8230;since it encompasses everything I know about how to organize, preserve and share your photographs.
I am super excited &#8212; and if I&#8217;m being honest I&#8217;ll admit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/newprogram-joy-of-organizing-photos/</link>
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		<title>The Talismanic Aura of Authenticity (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, my. I love that phrase so much I built a whole goshdarn series around it. 
The Talismanic Aura of Authenticity &#8211; The Series

This is Part 1 in a series exploring why certain objects have a kind of power over us. It&#8217;s is the kind of power that transforms an ordinary object into a treasure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/talismanic-aura-of-authenticity1/</link>
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		<title>Newspaper Clippings: Can They Be Saved?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Lisa Louise Cooke and I had an interesting chat about how to preserve newspaper clippings. You get to listen in our conversation because we recorded it for Lisa&#8217;s Genealogy Gems podcast. Yay!
Episode 83 is ready and waiting for you. Below are my notes from that talk.
Before we begin our examination of old clippings, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Respect Scarcity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post about how to organize photos, I talked about respecting age.
The older the photograph, the harder you should try to find another home for it if you don&#8217;t want to keep it yourself. Part of the reason why you should respect age is because age goes hand in hand with scarcity.
What makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/how2-organize-photos-respect-scarcity/</link>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Respect Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.

I realize that my advice about tossing photos (&#8220;lose the dreck!&#8221;) can make some folks nervous.
If you are one of those people, I want to reassure you that I do not suggest anyone toss out ancestor photos willy-nilly. No way.
Respect Age (when you toss photo clutter)

&#8220;Respect Age&#8221; &#8211; means just that. The older a photo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/howto-organize-photos-respect-age/</link>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Presentation is Only the Icing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scrapbooking is a very popular hobby here in the United States. Surely you&#8217;ve seen stunning examples in your own family or group of friends. And who wouldn&#8217;t appreciate a personalized scrapbook made for them by someone they love? What a beautiful, thoughtful gift! Scrapbookers are creative artists who have collectively raised the bar on what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/howto-organize-photos-icing-last/</link>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Can Photographs Be Clutter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our favorite photographs are valuable beyond measure. Many folks name a photo or album of photos as the possession they would grab first if they ever had to flee. Just last month, I heard a story about a woman who escaped her burning office tower on September 11th&#8230;only to rush back inside to retrieve the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/howto-organize-photos-aretheyclutter/</link>
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		<title>Do you twitter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re on The Twitter, here&#8217;s a visual representation of what my tweets are about:
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		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/do-you-twitter/</link>
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