Bliss It Was In That Dawn To Be Alive | Stories That Live In Us | Episode 3

🖼️ "They're going bad... these photos in your basement are actually eroding." When Eric Allen inherited thousands of family slides, he realized the urgent race against time to save precious memories. Join me as I sit down with Eric, VP of Marketing at Ancestry, to learn how he turned his grandfather's legacy into a mission to preserve family stories one image at a time.

Discover how Eric's passion for digital preservation has uncovered incredible stories - from finding photos of mysterious strangers in 1950s Hawaii to documenting the lives of those who died too young to share their own tales. His journey shows us that every image holds a story worth saving, and time is running out to preserve them.

⌚ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Eric's Journey into Family History
7:46 His Grandfather's Legacy as Family Historian
14:05 The Digital Preservation Mission
24:31 Equipment and Technology Tips
31:32 Hope for Future Generations

🌟Featured Guest:
Eric Allen - VP of Marketing at Ancestry, Digital Preservationist

🎙️ What you'll discover in this episode:
The urgent need to preserve deteriorating family photos
How modern technology can save and enhance old images
Tips for digitizing your own family archives
The story of reuniting strangers with long-lost family photos
Why preserving visual memories matters for future generations

📝 Ready to start preserving your own family photos? Read the companion blog post with step-by-step tips and actionable strategies:
https://www.cristacowan.com/blog/your...

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Stories That Live In Us helps you form deeper connections with your family - past, present, and future. Host Crista Cowan, known online as The Barefoot Genealogist, shares powerful stories that help craft your family narrative and create a legacy of resilience, healing, and connection.

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