Remembering Suwannee: Reflections on a new year, Part 2

Eric Musgrove County Historian Last week, to start 2026 off, I began a discussion on how to preserve your family's records and photographs. Today, I’ll complete that discussion before we continue with other historical matters this year. I understand that preservation supplies can be expensive. If all else fails and you cannot afford preservation supplies, there are a few easy tricks to help lengthen the life of your documents. First, keep the documents in a climate-controlled environment. Unheated, un-air-conditioned areas (like attics, garages, and storage sheds) will do more damage to your documents than almost anything else. Keep them at a near-constant temperature to kee