Material we would like to preserve
- Old family photographs and albums
- Letters and postcards
- Family Bibles and handwritten notes
- Birth, marriage, and death records
- Newspaper clippings and obituaries
- Property, military, school, and church records
- Home movies and audio recordings
- Written family histories
- Stories remembered by older relatives
- Names of people in unidentified photographs
- Corrections to names, dates, or relationships
- Research notes and source information
Contribution upload method coming next.
The site will provide a simple way for relatives—including people who do not use Facebook—to send material for review. The archive will record who contributed each item and, when known, who originally owned it.
The site will provide a simple way for relatives—including people who do not use Facebook—to send material for review. The archive will record who contributed each item and, when known, who originally owned it.
Already on Facebook?
You can also join the Hilpert Family History Facebook group to share discoveries, ask questions, help identify photographs, and connect with other descendants.
You can also join the Hilpert Family History Facebook group to share discoveries, ask questions, help identify photographs, and connect with other descendants.
What happens to contributed material?
The original digital file will be preserved, its source and contributor will be recorded, and historically useful information will be cataloged. Selected material may be linked to people in the family tree and published on this site with appropriate context.