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Digitizing and Preserving Family Archives
2025-04-16 15:30:00 2025-04-16 16:30:00 America/Chicago Digitizing and Preserving Family Archives Learn how to preserve your family's history in this introduction to digitizing photographs, letters, and other cherished materials. Skokie Public Library - Business and Community Center

Wednesday, April 16
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-16 15:30:00 2025-04-16 16:30:00 America/Chicago Digitizing and Preserving Family Archives Learn how to preserve your family's history in this introduction to digitizing photographs, letters, and other cherished materials. Skokie Public Library - Business and Community Center

Skokie Public Library

Business and Community Center

Learn how to preserve your family's history in this introduction to digitizing photographs, letters, and other cherished materials.

Discover simple tools and techniques to create a digital archive that’s easy to share and access.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Presentation |

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Tue, Apr 15, 9:15am - 12:15pm
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Business and Community Center
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Tue, Apr 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Storytime Room
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