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MJP
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Great-grandfather Private Arthur Henry Prior
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Hi all,
A relative was kind enough to lend me an old family document. It is about 10 small sheets of paper folded in the middle and sewn along the fold to form a booklet. It was used to record BMDs - probably written in the 1830s or 40s. The ink is still in good shape - quite readable.
I have had it digitized, and now I must give it back to the owner. However, I would like to give it back to him in a state that will be easy for him to preserve, sort of a subtle hint to take care of the document. I was thinking I should just wrap it in some archival acid-free tissue paper. Or is there something else I should do?
MJP
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Information given in census transcriptions is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.ukEagle (Yorkshire), Prior (Berkshire), Buckland (Nottinghamshire), Short (Devon), Sinclair (Caithness, Scotland), Patterson (Co. Tyrone, Ireland) |
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PrueM
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Hi MJP 
You could interleave each page with a sheet of tissue cut to size, and then fold a bigger sheet around the whole thing...sounds like it would benefit from a more rigid enclosure too, like a wallet or box made from archival card. This topic:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,66915.0.html
has a couple of links that might be useful - perhaps you could print off a fact sheet or two to hand back with the document, saying that you've found them really interesting or something?
Cheers
Prue
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I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (Banff) – SWAN (Fife) – WOOD (LND)
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Lydart
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Good gracious Prue ... whatever has happened to Grandad Harry ? He's getting younger every time I see him ... and I have to say, his present incarnation doesn't get the heart flutters going like the older Grandad Harry did !
But look at those eyes ... Coorrrrrr !
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more Cornwall/Devon/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire/CANADA: Stubbs, Walmesley Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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PrueM
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 Lydart....I used the latest pic just to see if you are all paying attention! I think I'll leave it up for a while, then change him back - that should give you all a thrill! 
MJP - if a photo store doesn't have what you need, try an art supply store, or one of the archival/preservation material suppliers on the net. Where are you located? If in the UK, you could try
http://www.conservation-by-design.co.uk/productlist.html
or
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ca/
Prue
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Paper and Photograph Conservator
I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (Banff) – SWAN (Fife) – WOOD (LND)
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