THe Hoarder's Buide to Family History Preservation

This session addresses how to identify valuable documents and photographs, preserve them, and find appropriate permanent homes for the family collection. It also highlights the problem with keeping everything which can paradoxically result in losing the most important elements of family history, encouraging a shift from hoarding to thoughtful curation.

Cheri Daniels, MSLS: Author, speaker, librarian, archivist, genealogist, historian, educator, and host of the BloodRoot Podcast. Spanning a career of over 30 years, Daniels has worked in various types of repositories –

including local, state, and national libraries and archives. Among her previous roles she has served as Head of Library and Archives for the Kentucky Historical Society for over a decade, where she also served as the Editor of their genealogy publication, Kentucky Ancestors Online (2013-2022), and as a Producer/Research Coordinator for Kentucky Ancestors, the award-winning state-wide television program devoted to helping families break down their brick walls. Daniels is also an NGS GRIP Course Coordinator and Instructor (2026), Chair of the APG Southeastern Chapter’s Kentucky Committee, TIGR Instructor (2025) and a contributing author to the book Genealogy and the Librarian (2018, McFarland). You can learn more about her personal projects and upcoming speaking engagements at genealogyliteracy.com.