The Halloween costumes in our family have always been the product of "loving hands at home." Guided by whim, mischief or childhood obsession, we managed to transform our little angels into circus performers, soldiers, and skeletons. Some of the results are embarrassing to look at in photos; I can … [Read more...]
Social History for Genealogists: Last Days for Early-Bird Rates at Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
Ring in 2014 with a full-week of outstanding genealogy education. Places are still open in a few courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) but they won't last long. And if you register before the owl hoots at midnight October 31, 2013, you can' get in on the Early-Bird Registration … [Read more...]
Amanuensis Monday | Martin Winsor Arrives Too Late, Finds His Mother Buried; Grasshoppers Jumping in January
My imagination was stirred by the journalist who penned this poignant notice in the Muscotah (Kansas) Record, 26 January 1887: Martin Winsor, a former resident of this city but now of New Mexico, arrived here last Tuesday. He came to be with his mother in her last illness, but on his … [Read more...]
Will You be NaNoWrMo-ing Next Month?
I sort of feel like I joined NaNoWriMo in spirit when I wrote How to Archive Family Keepsakes. Under deadline, I wrote 45,000 words from Sept 15 to Jan 15 with two New England trips, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a fractured elbow. Ouch! I loved every minute. Something happens when I get … [Read more...]
M-Disc the 1,000 Year Archival Solution – Tech Tuesday Review
Right now, I have a stack of cassette tapes on my desk that need to be digitized and archived. I want those files readable in 25, 30, 50, or 100 years, and I don't want to have to worry about migrating from CD to CD or from one cloud service to another. I'm pretty excited about … [Read more...]
Is It Worth the Trouble to Clean Dirty Old Negatives?
Old film can get pretty grubby. At the least, loose negatives are often dusty and smudged. Inquiring minds wanted to know if do-it-yourself film cleaners made a difference, and how well they worked with dirty old negatives. So, The Family Curator burned up $20 so you don't have … [Read more...]
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