Webinars: January 2026

Webinar
Written By Kate Daniels

Struggling to organise your community history or looking for a better way to share it?

This month’s YourArchive webinars focus on two common challenges: organising historical material and creating a digital home where community history can live, grow and stay accessible.

Join us for practical demonstrations, clear guidance and ideas you can put into action straight away.

Explore the sessions below and follow the links to register to attend.

If you can’t make these dates, and would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to send us a message and we can arrange for a recording to be sent your way!

Building a digital home for the history of your community. 14th January 2026. YourArchive Webinar.

Building a digital home for the history of your community

Are you passionate about your local community or the custodian of a history that needs organising? Perhaps you've already started collecting interesting stories, saving photos or need somewhere to keep people informed.

Join us to find out why YourArchive is the perfect platform to preserve bygone days for posterity whilst capturing more history and keeping people informed.

Date: Wednesday 14th January, 2026
Time: 12pm PST/ 3pm EST/ 8pm GMT

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Bringing order to the chaos - organising your community history. YourArchive webinar. 28th January 2026

Bringing order to the chaos - organising your community history

Are you sorting your community history but swamped by files, folders, boxes and albums? Join us to learn how YourArchive can help you quickly and easily organise the chaos to create an easily navigated archive for your whole community

Date: Wednesday 28th January, 2026
Time: 3pm GMT

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Webinars: January 2026
Webinars: January 2026

Two practical webinars for community groups and local historians, focused on organising existing collections and creating a digital home to preserve and share community history.

10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Your Digital Archive
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Your Digital Archive

Modern digital archives do far more than preserve historical records. From creating instant videos and social media content to supporting genealogy research, community storytelling and privacy-aware facial recognition, today’s archives are dynamic platforms for engagement. This article explores ten powerful (and often unexpected) ways digital archives can bring heritage to life, grow community participation and turn collections into living, evolving resources.

Beyond Preservation: How to Turn Your Archive into Videos, Stories and Shareable Digital Content
Beyond Preservation: How to Turn Your Archive into Videos, Stories and Shareable Digital Content

Digitising an archive is no longer the end goal…it’s the starting point. Today’s audiences expect stories, videos, and interactive experiences, not static repositories. This article explores how heritage organisations can move beyond preservation to activate their archives as living content engines. From video creation and podcasts to virtual tours and community storytelling, it shows how modern digital tools can transform archives into dynamic, shareable resources that build connection, relevance, and long-term engagement.

5 Easy Ways to Capture Oral Histories in Your Community
5 Easy Ways to Capture Oral Histories in Your Community

Oral histories preserve the voices, memories and lived experiences that shape your community. This guide shares five simple ways museums, libraries, and local heritage groups can record oral and video stories using YourArchive (no specialist equipment needed). Preserve the past, capture the present, and inspire the future by documenting and sharing the voices of your community.

Webinars: November 2025
Webinars: November 2025

Every community has stories worth preserving, from local heroes and traditions to the photos and films that bring shared history to life. This November, YourArchive is hosting two free webinars exploring how to capture and protect those memories for future generations.

Whether you’re part of a heritage project, local society, or simply passionate about your community’s past, join us to discover practical ways to record living memories and create a lasting digital home for your shared history.

Preserving Local History: How Digital Archives Strengthen Communities
Preserving Local History: How Digital Archives Strengthen Communities

Every community has a story, but too often, those stories fade as photos, memories, and conversations disappear into social media timelines or over time. This article explores how YourArchive turns fleeting online moments into permanent, living records of local heritage. From facial recognition that links generations of photographs to community storytelling that preserves context and connection, discover how digital archives can bring people together and strengthen the identity of the places we call home.

Capturing Your Community’s Story: How to Create a Digital Time Capsule for Your Next Big Celebration
Capturing Your Community’s Story: How to Create a Digital Time Capsule for Your Next Big Celebration

Communities, clubs, and heritage groups are reimagining the traditional time capsule for the digital age. Instead of burying a metal box, they’re using YourArchive to build interactive, online collections filled with photos, videos, stories, and memories. From milestone celebrations to annual reveals, it’s an engaging way to capture your shared history and keep people connected long after the event is over.

5 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate America 250 in Your Community
5 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate America 250 in Your Community

America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate local history, connect generations, and preserve your community’s stories. In this post, we share five meaningful ways to mark the Semiquincentennial, from digitising archives and recording oral histories to engaging residents through storytelling projects. With YourArchive, every community can easily capture, organise, and share its legacy for future generations.

Preserving Regimental History: How Digital Archives Honour Service
Preserving Regimental History: How Digital Archives Honour Service

Regimental history isn’t just about medals and records, it’s a living legacy of service, sacrifice and camaraderie. As collections age and memories fade, military organisations face a vital challenge: how to preserve this heritage in a way that honours those who served while inspiring future generations. Digital archives offer the solution, turning fading records into powerful stories that connect veterans, families and communities.

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