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Acid free A4 certificate pockets

Acid free pockets in an A4 size are available in two formats - landscape (above), which fit into the long certificate binders and take the newer style A4 birth, marriage and death certificates, and the portrait format (left) that fit into A4 certificate binders. All are acid free and suitable for storing precious family history documents or photographs.

The standard clear acid free polypropylene pockets protect your certificates from dust, handling and deterioration due to contact with acid leaching materials.

We recommend using a sheet of acid free card, available as acid free card inserts, to double the storage capacity of each pocket, allowing two certificates or documents to be stored back to back. The card, available in white or black also stiffens the acid free pocket and provides support for delicate and fragile documents.

More information about A4 card inserts

Main picture: A4 landscape acid free sleeve with an A4 marriage certificate.

Smaller picture: A4 portrait acid free pocket with an A4 marriage certificate.

The different formats provide extra flexibility: the landscape pockets allow certificates to be displayed in the long certificate binders, the A4 portrait wallets are for display in A4 binders.

A4 landscape clear acid free polypropylene pocket for certificate storage

Pack of 10

£5.00

  
 
  
  
A4 certificate pocket landscape pack 10

   CERTIPOCK-A4Land10

  

A4 portrait clear acid free polypropylene pocket for certificate storage

Pack of 10

£5.00

  

 

  

  

A4 certificate

                  pocket portrait pack 10

   CERTIPOCK-A4Port10

Acid free card insert for certificate pockets

280 gsm

Pack of 10

£2.00

  

 

  

A4 Certificate card inserts pack 10 white

A4CERTICARD-wpk10

Acid free card insert for certificate pockets

350 gsm

Pack of 10

£3.95

  

  

A4 Certificate card inserts pack 10 black

   A4CERTICARD-blkpk10

 Acid free products

Certificate binders
Acid free card inserts
Tabbed dividers
Acid free adhesive
Acid free papers

Why use certificate binders and acid free polypockets?

Many people starting family history are given some original certificates - a grandparents marriage certificate, their own birth certificate, a parent's birth certificate. These are longer than the A4 size, and can be extremely fragile, particularly if decades old. Most have unfortunately also been folded.

To stop them deteriorating and to store them in the best conditions possible you need to archive acid free. Acid free archival materials are widely used by record offices and the legal profession and are now popular with family historians. At Family Tree Folk, we have a range of acid free products to help - and we are sourcing more for summer 2008.

Instead of keeping your certificates folded in an envelope - or even worse still, in a cheap PVC polypocket (this accelerates the ageing process acting on the paper, and strips the ink from the document), put them in acid free polypockets that allow them to be straight and unfolded. The acid free sleeves will prevent further yellowing and disintegration of the paper, and will stop accidental damage by handling.

Storing your original certificates in acid free pockets in a certificate binder keeps them flat and safe and away from light. They are clearly visible through the clear polypropylene or polyester and can still be used for reference as required. 

As well as our long certificate binder, folders for storing A4 certificates only will be on our site next month. These are useful if you only have the newer style certificates, which are all now supplied by the General Registry Office as A4 sheets. As with our deluxe certificate binder, folders to take A4 certificates will be availabe with a full range of acid free wallets, acid free card inserts and acid tabbed dividers.

Using acid free card inserts allows two certificates to be stored in each acid free pocket and prevents the certificates touching. It also stiffens the acid free pocket and provides an attractive background to the certificate.

The deluxe certificate binders and acid free pockets can also take landscape A4 certificates (all newly purchased certificates are A4 landscape) as these also need careful acid free storage.

At £7.00 cost for each certificate, this represents quite an investment, after all. So safeguard them now for future generations to view. REMEMBER - use acid free materials.

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