Our very own Bertram Lyons was asked to do a 3-part series for the New York Times Ask an Expert section back in 2013 when he worked at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Find the questions he was asked and how he answered them in the following links.
Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 1
Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 2
Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 3