tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880167181565529072024-03-12T18:35:47.693-07:00Genealogy Tips and NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-89037416075940099122013-02-04T07:28:00.003-08:002013-02-18T10:17:52.527-08:00The Letter H -- Family History Through The Alphabet<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">H can be for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_283785&feature=iv&src_vid=Nrkvpi9IuSk&v=Ofj3dCKyI38" target="_blank">Haka</a>, Happy, Home, Honorable, Humble, Healing, Hungry…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was blessed to be raised in a Happy Home we were taught to Humbly live a life Hungry to be Honorable – – an environment that was soothing and Healing as one faced the dangers and heartache of growing up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I would like to dedicate letter H to Henry Hixon Hamon, my grandfather. Grandpa Hamon was born – – 1900, in – – New Zealand. Henry Hixon was the great-grandson of Tunewha (toon-ee-fa) one of the great </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maori</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> chiefs during the Maori Wars with the British over misappropriated lands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was a man of great faith and I have to believe that the spiritual giant my father is has a lot to do with his father and their forefathers and mothers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Henry Hixon and Edithe Violet had 12 children survive. A cousin in Australia told me that my grandparents had a way of nurturing their children such, that every one of them were convinced that they were their parents favorite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was about 12 years old and we were living in Calgary Alberta, Canada. All my life I'd heard about my grandpa Henry Hixon Hamon– and what a great man he was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had met him in New Zealand when I was about two years old and had no recollection of him or grandma who passed away in 1970 when I was 10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again, around the time I was 12 I got an insatiable hunger to meet my grandfather --but it looked like I might never have that opportunity in this life. I couldn't shake the feeling and took to praying about it--every night for three years I prayed that I would get to meet him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then when I was 15 years old we got the news that the family in New Zealand was sending grandpa over to spend a month with us. To this day reflecting on that experience warms me all over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a nice transistor radio I really enjoyed and I gave it to grandpa to remember me by. About six years later my sister got to spend a year in New Zealand. She would tell me how grandpa loved that little radio and listened to it all the time. Grandpa Hamon died in 1987 in New Zealand– – but he walks with me still.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family members in the photo--thank you <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">Sarah </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 13.59375px;">Chapman for providing this beuatiful picture</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-88444825510017800342013-01-09T01:46:00.000-08:002013-01-09T02:19:26.618-08:00The Letter F---Family History Through The Alphabet Challenge<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I think of <b><u>The letter F</u></b> I think of the words faith, family and friends as well as fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every family member past, present and future has had some type of impact on me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am made up of little parts of every member of my family tree, the sum of the parts is more than the whole.<b> </b>I am the culmination of every generation of my family.</span><br />
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family has a lot to do with faith---faith in a higher being, faith in values, faith in people/society, and faith in oneself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you contemplate your past, present and future family, ask yourself---what do I want my family now to become, to believe, and how can I effect that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a child everything revolves around family, it's where you get your physical, emotional and spiritual <span class="st">nourish</span>ment---it's your center. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you get older </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">around teenage-hood, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">friends and society become so important. It's funny how life has a way of doing circles; as you get older, you go back to the first place you got your </span><span class="st" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nourish</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ment and better realize the value and strength of family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's important to point out here that it's ok if you have not always had a good family, because you can create your own....not all good people came from good families. Family can be defined many different ways too:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not all families look alike, some have one parent, some families are extended family, some are not even related, some friends become like family, whatever the case, a sense a family is important in every life.</span><br />
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Kelly HamonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-55590229871767901952012-12-29T11:59:00.003-08:002012-12-29T11:59:42.224-08:00The Letter D---Family History Through The Alphabet Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">D is for dog<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> <span style="font-size: small;">w</span>asn<span style="font-size: small;">'</span>t that what we first learned as we attempted to grasp the <span style="font-size: small;">concept</span> of the <span style="font-size: small;">alphabet</span> when we were little kids?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a great dog, his name is Hea<span style="font-size: small;">thciff and he<span style="font-size: small;">'s the best dog any one could ever have - even though<span style="font-size: small;"> he is quite naughty at ti<span style="font-size: small;">mes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hea<span style="font-size: small;">thciff is</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> a beautiful black lab that <span style="font-size: small;">still will from time to time, misappropriate sock<span style="font-size: small;">s, hangers, t<span style="font-size: small;">issue and shoes<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">A</span>s you can see from the the pictures below I am a prou<span style="font-size: small;">d labby moma</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last picture on the right hand side is of my husband and my pup at a park very near where my grandfather used to live<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> in New York.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moving on to <u><b>The Letter D</b></u>. The Letter D is for Dewey Henry Witt. Dewey H. Witt was my grandfather on my mother's side of the family, born <span class="datePart" title="Standard: 20 April 1923">20 April 1923 at </span><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States">Buffalo, Erie County, New York, and died </span><span class="datePart" title="Standard: May 1985">16 May 1985 </span></span></span><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Newfane, Niagara, New York. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States">He served in the United States Navy for just less then a year; Enlisted </span><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States">23 Aug 1945, he was released </span>19 Jul 1946, due to the end of the war<span style="font-size: small;">---he did one of the jobs th<span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">t my husband (served for 20+ yrs) did in the Navy, shop keeper <span style="font-size: small;">on the ship. From what my gram said he was in dry dock in <span style="font-size: small;">Florida <span style="font-size: small;">during his time in the Navy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He w<span style="font-size: small;">ent to Kin<span style="font-size: small;">sington High School in Buffalo, N<span style="font-size: small;">ew York, wh<span style="font-size: small;">ich I didn't know until after we moved from Buffalo. Funny thing is that I <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">lived</span> <span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="font-size: small;">nly a couple of blocks away from that school while livin<span style="font-size: small;">g in Buffalo. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a short stint</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> my mom (<span style="font-size: small;">Dewey's daugh<span style="font-size: small;">ter) actually worked as a school nurse in the elementary school her father attended. <span style="font-size: small;">I used to drive bythe school every Sunday on the way to church.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When <span style="font-size: small;">we would visit him he would play h<span style="font-size: small;">is <span style="font-size: small;">accordion</span> for us;<span style="font-size: small;"> in finding his Year Book at Ancestry.com, I also discovered he played the p<span style="font-size: small;">iano<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When it came to his Ger<span style="font-size: small;">man heritage he went all <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">out hahaha - he even<span style="font-size: small;"> got a pa<span style="font-size: small;">ir of </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">lederhosen</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">and would wear th<span style="font-size: small;">em as he would play German Polkas and dance around<span style="font-size: small;"> a bit<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He lived in Burt New York for a long time and always said he hated to visit the city, so we <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">rarely</span> saw him in Buffalo where we lived, but we visited him.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every year we wou<span style="font-size: small;">d bring our Hallow<span style="font-size: small;">een <span style="font-size: small;">pumpkins</span> to grandpa<span style="font-size: small;"> to carve. <span style="font-size: small;">Before ca<span style="font-size: small;">rving them he would take us outside for a small hike to look for different things to use in the decorating/carving of the pumpkin. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">These pumpkins were like no other. <span style="font-size: small;">Grampa would use pine c<span style="font-size: small;">ones as eye brows or <span style="font-size: small;">mustaches, leaves for a hat<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, <span style="font-size: small;">quarter apples as ears, seeds as teeth...etc. <span style="font-size: small;">When we t<span style="font-size: small;">ook the walks he use<span style="font-size: small;">d to tell us about the nature a<span style="font-size: small;">round us, he loved nature and the ou<span style="font-size: small;">tdoors.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grampa was very artistic, every <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">pumpkin carving was a masterpiece<span style="font-size: small;">, he also painted with oils and water colors, he took photo's, drew, and sculpted with clay t<span style="font-size: small;">oo<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think I got<span style="font-size: small;"> my love of nature and photography from him. He was also inventive, be<span style="font-size: small;">fore any<span style="font-size: small;">one was selling<span style="font-size: small;"> water-proof camera's he ha<span style="font-size: small;">d invented an </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;">a</span>pparatus</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for taking pictures under the water<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d34Avd8sQos/ToykVIClUNI/AAAAAAAABSI/GpMVF2yvqOM/s1600/LetterE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" id="il_fi" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d34Avd8sQos/ToykVIClUNI/AAAAAAAABSI/GpMVF2yvqOM/s320/LetterE.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="302" /></a><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Letter E</span></span></b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmmm - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Letter E is for Elephant, Earth, Eggs, Eggplant, Eagle, Edward, Eskimo, Elk, and so forth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All said though, my favorite letter E: word/object/animal is elephant, I mean who doesn't like elephants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Somewhere a long the line I began to collect elephants - figurines of course. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">I have a small, choice collection - not every elephant can join my collection, they have to be very special.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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T<span style="font-family: Verdana;">hey are such </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">majestic</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> animals with many human like characteristics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my friends, that's deaf told me that when she was young her brother would tease her and say she had Elephant Shoes. To a deaf person who is reading lips, "elephant shoes" looks like "I love you", go to your mirror and check it out, and be sure not to say </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'elephant shoes" to a deaf person, unless you mean it :)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my adopted sisters gave me a necklace that has an elephant on it, I adore it, not just because it has an elephant on it, but because it was from her and she knows who I am and understands me---I believe that's what family is all about, that and liking each other even though we do see each others flaws and foibles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well to bring it back to a genealogical perspective, The Letter E is for Edward Baron who was my grandfather on my father's side. <span class="datePart" title="Standard: 5 April 1912">He was born the 5th of April 1912 and Died the </span><span class="datePart" title="Standard: 22 January 1992">22nd of January 1992 at </span><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States">Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States and was buried in </span><span class="st">St. Stanislaus cemetery<i>. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="st">I didn't know much about him other than he was my grandfather and his folks names were John Baran and Anna Jaskier from Austria. The lone documentation I've been able to find is a census record. The only way I knew what his folks names were was due to an interview I had with his brother Walter several years ago, just before Walter died.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="st">I don't know this side of the family due to my mother and father's divorce when I was 4. After the divorce I didn't see my father except for the odd visit he would make on birthdays. I've come to realize in my own life as well as other people's that a family works best when all the members are an active part of it.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://theveeword.blogspot.ca/2011/10/veganmofo-e-is-for-ethiopian-greens.html</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/elephant</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://kristengrace.hubpages.com/hub/Kindergarten-Activities-Learn-the-Letter-E#slide4402111</span></span><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd-LtWtNvDw</span></span><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></u>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-63926332512368811222012-12-28T10:48:00.002-08:002012-12-28T10:50:29.101-08:00What are you creating? What's most important to you?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://inspirationaldaily.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/love-inspirational-daily.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" id="il_fi" src="http://inspirationaldaily.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/love-inspirational-daily.jpeg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.</i> <span style="font-size: large;">Chuck Palahniuk</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://liveruralnl.com/2011/07/24/family-the-cornerstone-of-our-lives-society/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I think of the letter C, I hear the song "C is for Cookie" sung gruffly and energetically by Cookie Monster. I still remember the first time I ever heard that silly song - I was the nanny for a young child. This little boy used to watch Sesame Street every day like clock work. One day this song comes on--and it has been stuck in my head since. I thought I would share the joy/agony.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Excuse the tangent I just went off on, but honestly that's what I think of every time I think of the letter C, hahaha.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When it comes to family history, <b><u>C is for Christmas</u></b>. When </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">my </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cousin </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I were little<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">girls</span></span> we could always count on getting two types of gifts from my Great Great Aunt <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Ruth Teschner </span>and my <span style="font-size: small;">Great Great Aunts </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meta Hammer (nee Teschner) and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Gertrude Nisely (nee Teschner)</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">;</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">clothes from Great Aunt Ruth and an embroidered pillow case from Great Great Aunt Meta and Gerty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I guess I should back<span style="font-size: small;"> up<span style="font-size: small;">...</span></span> to me - family history isn't just genealogy, which ma<span style="font-size: small;">ny </span>people see as trying to find old records of old ancestor<span style="font-size: small;">s</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To me family history is a combination of 1) genealogy: uncovering the past and where I come from<span style="font-size: small;"> and</span> 2) relishing, preserving, and focusing on the family we have now: taking <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/608468" target="_blank">pictures/<span style="font-size: small;">scrap-booking</span></a>, family get togethers<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>etc -- and 3) preserving our day for future generations: through journals, <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/608468" target="_blank">scrapbooks</a>, <a href="http://www.scaneasy123.com/index.html" target="_blank">pictures</a>, traditions, etc---so in essence I think of family history as the past, present, and future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So today's post is about a tradition that happened every year as I was growing up, but didn't really appreciate until the season of that tradition was gone<span style="font-size: small;"></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn't appreciate her thoughtful gifts<span style="font-size: small;"> of</span> clothes so much until I got a little older<span style="font-size: small;"> -</span> and actually cared about what I wore. Aunt Ruth had great taste, she always bought the clothes from JC Penny's which was a big deal back than. Christmas eve I was allowed to open one gift and in hope<span style="font-size: small;">ful anticipation of <span style="font-size: small;">getting P.J<span style="font-size: small;">.s </span></span></span> I always opened Aunt Ruth's<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great Great Aunt Meta and Gerty al<span style="font-size: small;">ways gave us hand embroider<span style="font-size: small;">ed pillow cases, many times ou<span style="font-size: small;">r names were emb<span style="font-size: small;">roidered<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. They were so pretty, I wish I had </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">kept them, but I was too you</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ng to really understand or appreciate the<span style="font-size: small;"> gift, but now I love to continue the tradition with my niece.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I chose this picture of the letter B because some times doing family history is like a maze<span style="font-size: small;">, you never <span style="font-size: small;">know what's just around the next turn.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>The Letter B</u></b> is for Burger. My 6th great grandfather's name was Zachariah Burger.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Zachariah lived from 1761 to 1836 and was buried <span class="datePart" title="Standard: February 1836"> in </span><span class="placePart" title="Standard: Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States">Terpenning Family Ground Cemetery, <span style="font-size: small;"></span>Esopus, Ulster Co., New York. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">With a little</span> googling I learned that he ha<span style="font-size: small;">d</span> fought in the Revolutionary War<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">an exciting <span style="font-size: small;">discovery</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for a<span style="font-size: small;"> patriotic <span style="font-size: small;">American</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am grateful to<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>live in a country where I can practice <span style="font-size: small;">my </span>religion freely, speak<span style="font-size: small;"> freely<span style="font-size: small;">, and enjoy an element of security from <span style="font-size: small;">tyrannical</span> rule.</span></span> I have always admired the founding father's for <span style="font-size: small;">havin<span style="font-size: small;">g the</span></span> strength to fight for their liberties<span style="font-size: small;">, as well <span style="font-size: small;">as all those <span style="font-size: small;">who have paid for <span style="font-size: small;">our freedoms<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">with <span style="font-size: small;">their blood</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Freedoms I partake of daily. Finding that one of my relatives <span style="font-size: small;">fought in the <span style="font-size: small;">Revolutionary <span style="font-size: small;">Wa<span style="font-size: small;">r mad<span style="font-size: small;">e my heart well with </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>pride.<span style="font-size: small;"> Made me want <span style="font-size: small;">sing -</span> Lee Greenwood's<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>"God Bless the USA"</span> and wave a flag.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I think of the<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>insurmountable challenges </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zachariah Burger </span></span>and those who have fought to keep America free faced and overcame- I find myself looking at my trials differently because I know <span style="font-size: small;">if I am </span>brave and stand up<span style="font-size: small;"> for what is right -</span> freedom<span style="font-size: small;"> can </span>survive and thrive.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The letter B leaves me proud of my country, freedoms, and family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This kind of reminds me of <span class="st"> <i>Sesame Street</i>, when they would say "and the letter today is" and "brought to you by the letter..." then they would have all kinds of things that began with that letter--it was fun as a <span style="font-size: small;">child</span> thinking about all the things that day that began with that letter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">It also reminds me of a game that I made up when I was taking a trip up to Toronto to get tickets for Phantom of the Opera with a friend of mine---he wanted to be more than friends and I felt a bit uncomfortable on the drive back home so I made up the game I called The Alphabet game. Every one (if you have more than 2 people in the vehicle it makes it fun) in the car in turn has to say one word that begins with the beginning letter, which we all know is A, none of the words can be the same, and when some one can't think of a word they loss the round and need to move on to the next letter---you keep on playing until the last letter. It's a great distraction and that's what I needed on my trip home.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As for our <a href="http://scaneasy123.blogspot.ca/2012/12/family-history-through-alphabet.html" target="_blank">alphabet challenge</a> it's not to distract but have some fun with family history.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I think of the letter A and family history I think of one of my<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">great grandmother's Augusta Meyer.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="datePart" title="Standard: February 1872"><span class="st">Augusta Meyer was born </span>February 1872 in Germany she married one of my great grandfathers (Charles Witt) </span>in 1894 in America and had 7 children<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>.</u></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've found a couple US Census records with her and her family</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11671-85746-62?cc=1727033&wc=12551012" target="_blank">US Census 1910</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I get so excited when I find records about my family, because it makes them more real to me, not just people on my family tree or a pedigree chart, but real people who lived, breathed, wept, loved and laughed just like me----that are a part of me even though I may have never known them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to one of the census records she was called Gusty, I really like that, Gusty has a ring to it, it makes her seem to me a bit whimsica<span style="font-size: small;">l</span>. Maybe it was a childhood nickname or maybe her sweetheart, my great grandfather called her that in way of affection. I believe one day I will be able to ask her.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just ran into this great idea from the blogger at Genealogy and History News. That blogger suggested the idea way back in May, but since I just found it---let the challenge begin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The challenge was to use every letter in the alphabet some how every week about family history.</span></span></div>
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Image: <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">http://tinyurl.com/7h7ov5b</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-34536985736792309672012-12-17T16:27:00.002-08:002012-12-29T09:46:43.208-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Store digital photographs in several areas<div style="text-align: left;">
<u><span style="background-color: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Store digital photographs in several areas</span></span></strong></span></u></div>
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<a href="http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/118/p11849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/118/p11849.jpg" width="320" /></a><span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">CD/DVD</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Hard
drive</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Print
it</span>---Hard copy </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #191919; font-weight: normal;">"Whatever brand of printer you choose," he says,
"use the manufacturer's own paper and their best inks, listed on their
websites. Don't mix paper and ink brands."-- Prints can last for decades,
if not centuries</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">External
hard drive</span> or some where else other than your home</span></span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Cloud</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">Resources</span></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Image: <a href="http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=2949">http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=2949</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm"><b>http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin"><b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin</b></a>,
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4">http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4</a>,
</span><strong><span style="background-color: #faf8cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html">http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html</a>,
</span></strong><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #30302e; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html">http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format</a>,
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1">http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html">http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html</a>,
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks#</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small">http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-59074157590250085622012-12-17T16:27:00.000-08:002012-12-29T09:41:11.900-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Make Scans of Your Photos and Documents<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.scaneasy123.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://scaneasy123.com/wpimages/wp1cf95758_06.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.scaneasy123.com/" target="_blank"><b style="text-indent: -24px;"><u><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Make Scans of Your Photos and Documents</span></u></b></a></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">"Digital pictures can remain as perfect a thousand years from now as they are today," Lester Lefkowitz, author and photographer </span></strong></span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcpCp4OlMgNVArYgacRqF9mX5GMj-qKS6lXulfHIsTCSzIlwsmbwZ-ZAl6hBvgLhtPD2-Nz8MmGP3Nn8i9kw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div style="text-align: left;">
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<li><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">ave someone else do
the scanning (at <a href="http://scaneasy123.com/">scaneasy123.com</a> we will scan your photos for you, just ask us for a quote)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"If you have the negative of a
picture—and a good quality scanner—scan the negative, not the print,"
advises Lefkowitz. "The negative will give you a sharper result."<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Don't correct the
color, sharpness, or other attributes of the picture while scanning. </span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;">Take a
copy of the scan to edit, then archive the original scan as a TIFF (TIFF<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(originally
standing for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tagged Image File
Format) is a file format for storing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">images</span><span style="background-color: white;">, popular among graphic artists, the publishing
industry,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and both amateur and professional
photographers in general.</span><span style="background: white;">)</span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if the photo is
black and white, set the scanner to color. This will result in a scan that you
can decide to tint later if you wish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</ul>
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Resources </span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Video:<b> </b><a href="http://youtube.com/">youtube.com</a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><a href="http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm">http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin"><b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin</b></a>,
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4">http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4</a>,
</span><b><span style="background-color: #faf8cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html">http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html</a>,
</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html">http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format</a>,
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1">http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html">http://scaneasy123.com/flip-pal%20scanner.html</a>,
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks#</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small">http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-85264412583997414442012-12-17T15:58:00.004-08:002012-12-29T09:37:35.878-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: How to store Photos and Documents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></u><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RNrl2Gr0VwI/S3nZg2f-DFI/AAAAAAAACLc/zYtA7btLGt0/s1600/cephalopod+productions+aged+newspaper+clippings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RNrl2Gr0VwI/S3nZg2f-DFI/AAAAAAAACLc/zYtA7btLGt0/s400/cephalopod+productions+aged+newspaper+clippings.jpg" /></a></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>How to
store Photos and Documents</strong></span></span></u></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">News
Paper Clippings should be photocopied onto alkaline paper.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">Use
only lignin free (</span></span><em><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Lignin</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">or lignen is a complex chemical compound most
commonly derived from wood</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">), acid free, un-buffered paper<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>storing
photographs or as interleaving paper in albums<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">Use only PVC-free plastics such as
Polyester, Mylar, Polypropylene, Polyethelyne and Tyvek (</span></span><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; font-weight: normal;">Other plastics are
not chemically stable and will release damaging acids over time.
Especially dangerous is PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic commonly found in
"store-bought" binders; it emits hydrochloric acid over time</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">)</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Most items in storage, especially in
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">collectibles</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>arena, would benefit from storage in a
buffered enclosure (non-buffered is alkaline and buffered is leaning town more
neutral environment). This is especially true for the vast majority of paper
items. Because of its ability to neutralize acids and extend the life of paper,
photographs, textiles, and artifacts, buffering is more often than not a
benefit</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Scrapbooks
and albums should be boxed and stored flat on shelves. Given their structure
and the techniques used to mount items, scrapbooks and albums are often bulky
and do not close tightly. For this reason, boxing is important to keep dust
from sifting into the volumes. Flat storage also will keep loose items from
falling to the bottoms of volumes, where they could become bent and damaged.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Photographic
materials (prints and negatives) that are to be retained within files of
textual records should be placed in polyester sleeves. Polyester film
enclosures allow immediate visual access to images without the need for
researchers to remove photographs Polyester film also serves as a good barrier
between photographic materials and adjacent textual records in the same file. Ideally,
each print or negative should be placed in an individual sleeve, and prints and
negatives should be filed separately. Before they are sleeved, photographs
should be lightly dusted with a soft brush.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">No
attempt should be made to remove photographic prints from mounts, backings, or
similar supports.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">In most
instances, loose archival records should not be run through automatic feed
devices; records that are in poor condition<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are
especially vulnerable in such situations.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Damaged
or fragile records that have been placed in polyester sleeves for physical
protection should not be removed from sleeves before they are photocopied.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: center;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">No
attempt should be made to copy oversize records and bound volumes on photocopy
machines with small copying surfaces. Records will be damaged as they are
manipulated to piece together a complete image.</span></span></h4>
<h4 style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt; text-align: left;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background: white; color: #30302e; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></span> </h4>
<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Resources</span><br />
<div>
<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Image: <a href="http://propnomicon.blogspot.ca/2010/02/aged-newspaper-clippings-tutorial.html">http://propnomicon.blogspot.ca/2010/02/aged-newspaper-clippings-tutorial.html</a></span></div>
<div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm"><b>http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin</span></a></b></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4</span></a></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<strong><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html</span></a></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #30302e; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html">http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-36937138845394535892012-12-17T15:49:00.002-08:002012-12-29T09:34:12.654-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Where to store Photos and Documents<strong><u><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Where to store Photos and Documents</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harpers-tom-thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harpers-tom-thumb.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="273" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">S<span dir="LTR">torage
materials specifically designed for long-term stability (called
"archival" products)</span></span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dark
place</span><br />
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place </span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">High shelves well away from water pipes and in locations not
prone to flooding or leaks</span></span><br />
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temperature</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/magazine-articles-chronicle-circus">http://www.worthpoint.com/article/magazine-articles-chronicle-circus</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm" style="color: #993322;"><b>http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm</b></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin</span></a></b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.universityproducts.com/resources.php?m=how_to_detail&id=4</span></a></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html</span></a></span></strong></h4>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html" style="color: #993322;">http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1" style="color: #993322;">http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/feature/preserving-photos-text/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks" style="color: #993322;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XY0h4NVbqks#</a>! <a href="http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php" style="color: #993322;">http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html#small</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24" style="color: #993322;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://voices.yahoo.com/scrapbooking-preserving-pictures-68116.html?cat=24</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-66384151904698433912012-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:002012-12-29T09:30:51.347-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Where not to store Photos and Documents<a href="http://gomighty.com/wp-content/themes/gomighty/lib/goal_images/files/clean-out-attic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://gomighty.com/wp-content/themes/gomighty/lib/goal_images/files/clean-out-attic.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="200" /></a><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Where not to store Photos and Documents</span></u></b><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">basements</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">attics</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">garages</span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">negatives in the same place as your photographs</span></span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">display important photos in your home</span></span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">closet which backs on a shower, tub or sink </span></span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">near water pipes </span></span><br />
<span dir="LTR"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">near fireplaces, heaters, dryers etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin</span></a></b></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #faf8cc; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html</span></a></span></strong></h4>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html">http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/preserving-family-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-48841671628658922012012-12-17T15:31:00.000-08:002012-12-29T09:27:47.458-08:00Document and Photo Preservation Workshop: Enemies of Photographs and Documents<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Villainc.svg/220px-Villainc.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Villainc.svg/220px-Villainc.svg.png" width="146" /></a><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Enemies of Photographs and Documents</span></u></b></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Direct sunlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-weight: normal;">Adhesives---</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do not use glues (especially rubber cement) or pressure sensitive tapes to mend photographs or hold them in albums. Most glues contain substances such as sulfur and acids which will cause your photos to deteriorate. Look for special photo-safe glues and tapes in the archival section of your favorite photo or craft store.</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sulfur compounds that can be given off by wood or rubber and trigger fading many of the products sold by frame shops and retailers contain materials like high-acid wood pulp and Polyvinyl Chloride that can trigger deterioration.</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Widely fluctuating humidity </span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extreme temperature fluctuation </span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paper that’s not acid-free and lignin-free</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Magnetic" photo albums can leave adhesive residues on images</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vinyl album pages can give off harmful fumes</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Ink</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Rubber bands</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Paper clips </span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">sulfur dioxide</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">fresh paint fumes</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fumes from cleaning supplies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Avoid cheap photo albums and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>paper and plastic storage products that aren't specifically made for storing photos. Regular envelopes, ziplog bags and other things commonly used for photo storage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not take special family photos (wedding photos, baby photos, etc.) to an inexpensive photo developer for processing, especially one hour services.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It is important that the film is developed with fresh chemicals and that the negatives are washed sufficiently (for at least an hour) and only professionals usually provide these services. Ask questions and make sure you get what you are paying for.</span> </span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396635706984418956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688016718156552907.post-5936583105067713312012-11-10T02:16:00.000-08:002012-11-10T02:16:05.723-08:00Digging Up Your Roots<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">Digging Up Roots: Genealogy has become the fastest growing hobby in America, It can be addictive, here is a great article from The Farmers Almanac:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.999998092651367px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">"Warning: Delving into your family’s history is bound to cause sleep deprivation, delight in visiting cemeteries, and obsessive tendencies when it comes to scraps of paper and online hints.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.999998092651367px;"><br /></span>
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