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Our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how our site (FamilyHistory.Education) uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

We are committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. This policy may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What Information We May Collect

  • We do NOT store any personal information whatsoever. Should you contact us by email, supplying your name and email, we respond and then delete all email content.

What Happens With Any Information We Collect

  • We do NOT use any personal information, as we do not gather any.
  • We will not sell, distribute, or lease any of your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission to do so, or are required by law to do so.
  • We will NOT send you any promotional information about third parties.
  • Should we begin to use mailing lists, etc in the future, this policy will be updated.

Security

  • Any personal emails to us with questions about family history topics are deleted from our email server once that contact question has been answered.

Links to Outside Websites

  • Our website will contain links to other resource websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over those other websites. We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites as such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Learn How to Preserve Your Heritage

"Family History Work" is not just about researching our ancestors. It also involves preserving their heritage of stories, photos, documents, audio & video recordings, journal, and so forth. These things help to "bring our ancestors to life". Preserving our OWN heritage is also important for our own posterity!
Try out the website links below to start preserving your heritage now:

  • Create STORIES about your ancestors and yourself Stories
    Stories are an important part of our heritage. They give posterity a better idea about the legacy of each individual.
  • Digitize photos, negatives, & slides about your ancestors and yourself Images
    Visual images provide a rich mix with stories about individuals. They help to bring our heritage to life. These webpages will give you some help in knowing how to scan your images, organize them, and also how to improve the quality of the images.
  • Digitize old audio recordings Audio Recordings
    Can you image listening to a great grandparent tell a story or sing a song? If you still have the recordings and the audio player, it is so simple to capture the recording into a digital, shareable "computer" file.
  • Digitize your old film and VHS movies Movie Film & VHS Tapes
    Some folks are lucky to still have old 8mm or Super 8mm films of their family. How many of us still have have VHS tapes of our family activities? The technology is quickly disappearing to digitize these types of family heritage. This webpage will help you understnad how to preserve these old items.
  • Digitize old letters and documents Old Documents
    How do we preserve old letters written by 3rd great-grandparents? Would you not want to save special letters or documents about your parents, grandparents, and ebyond? Learn how to digitize them and then organize and share these documents with family.
  • Practice safe backup strategies! Safe Backups
    So many of us spend hundreds of hours digitizing our heritage and then forget to safely backups our files! Poof! In one brief moment a hard drive crashes and our data is gone! Learn how to safely backup your digital files.
  • Share your heritage with family Sharing
    Using FamilySearch (preferable) or other "cloud drives", you can easily share all your heritage with other family members! Learn how to do this using information from this webpage.