Storing old documents/papers

[Ugahunter2013]

I have some very old documents,letters, papers that are very sentimental to me. Some of them date back to the 1870’s. Currently i have them in a small fire proof safe. I was thinking about moving them to my safe deposit box at the bank. Should i put them in a bag, or leave them be? Theh are in very good shape consodering their age. Most of the documents are tri folded like a brochure.

 

[NOYDB]

Scan them and save copies on a zip drive. Can then be looked at as often as desired. Contact a state or national library or museum to see what is the current method for preservation of documents.

 

[JustUs4All]

Great advice.

 

[Oldstick]

Saw it on Pawn Shop Stars the other day. They said coolish temps, low or no humidity and in the dark.

 

[TJay]

Whatever you decided to store them in some desiccant would be a good idea.

 

[dwhee87]

Put them in a ziplock bag, and drop in a couple desiccant packs to eliminate any moisture. I keep birth certs, wills, etc. that way in my fire safe. Nothing really old, but important.