Hometown Heritage
The unified archive of Jeffery Guin’s Natchitoches Times heritage columns, including the earlier Natchitoches Preservation Network and Preservation News years. Original headlines, dates, and provenance are retained for each article.
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Preserving a Personal Photo Collection
Original Hometown Heritage manuscript; subheads added for readability. In October 2006, I was away on a business trip when a freak 150-year flood event destroyed the contents of my family’s rural home. Facing an oncoming five-foot…
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Preserving Your Born Digital Data
Restored original Hometown Heritage manuscript. Section subheadings are editorial additions; the source text retains its historical context. If you want to see the future of heritage, look into your computer screen. I’ll explain what I mean.…
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Returning to the Place of Memories: Family, Loss, and the Stories We Carry
Original Hometown Heritage personal essay submitted December 30, 2010. The essay reflects the author’s family memories and views at that time. the manuscript submission date is recorded; the newspaper issue date is not recorded here. I…
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Create a Family Calendar to Preserve the Moments That Matter
Hometown Heritage archival manuscript. Submitted December 9, 2010, marked as needing proofing; newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Website links and software descriptions in the original text reflect 2010, and should not be taken as…
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Preserving Your Family History by Sharing It
Hometown Heritage archival manuscript. Submitted November 18, 2010, with a request to run it the following week; the date shown is the documented submission date, not a verified print date. Website links and software descriptions in…
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How to Make Heritage Scrapbooks That Last a Lifetime, and Beyond
Restored Hometown Heritage newspaper manuscript, submitted October 28, 2010. The date represents the email submission; original newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Preservation materials and techniques are described in their historical context, not offered as…
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Devices for Recording Oral History and Research Interviews
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper manuscript archive. Submitted October 14, 2010; the original newspaper printing has not yet been independently verified. Equipment, prices, applications, and links below reflect 2010 and are preserved as historical evidence, not…
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Who Cares for Community Archives? Mary Linn Wernet and the Cammie G. Henry Collections Workshop
Restored Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted September 23, 2010. This historical announcement records a collections workshop organized by Mary Linn Wernet and colleagues. Event dates, fees, and contact details are historical; original newspaper newspaper issue date is…
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Preparing for Your Oral History Interview
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper archive. The original submitted prose is retained; subheadings were added during archival restoration. If you’ve decided to take on an oral history project for the first time, you’re probably already obsessing…
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First Steps for Planning Oral History Projects
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper archive. The original submitted prose is retained; subheadings were added during archival restoration. One of the easiest and most enjoyable ways we can all preserve our heritage is through oral histories.…