[Ansteorra] A question for those in academia...

[Michelle Dodd]

How interesting, about your great-uncle. I have one that was in a shoot-out with Dillinger.
I'm doing my tree on MyHeritage.com . It is a free site. 
Figuring out the different branches can be very interesting and frustrating, with different spellings of names, different dates on documents, etc. 
One of the interesting things I've discovered, is that my fathers great grand fathers were brothers. Which made their children cousins. They married and had six children, four boys and two girls. One of which was my grandfather.Gabriele
 
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are allowed to remain children all our lives. (Albert Einstein)> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:44:30 -0600> From: ovanoff57 at clearwire.net> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] A question for those in academia...> > Greetings,> I have been working on my families genealogy for a few years now. One> thing that I have found is to get a good clear plastic sheets that you can> slip the letters and/or photos into. Something like what you would put> photos into for an album. There is one style that has a lip on the open end> that allows you to kind of seal up the open end once you've put your> document into it but allows you to be able to take it back out if needed. If> it says "something (chemical) free" thats even better. A good place to find> these would be at some place like Walmart in the office/school supplies or> even at a office supply store. As you fill up these pages put them in a> three binder or a box that they can lay flat in. If you put them in a binder> on a bookshelf that's not in direct sunlight. Once you have scanned> everything onto a CD put into someplace like a fireproof safe or a safe> deposit box just in case something like a fire happens at your home the> information will be protected. This way the photos and letters can still be> printed out again. Sure the originals are always great but a copy is better> than nothing at all.> > I hope this is at least gives you a place to start. You can find out> some really interesting things about relatives that you didn't know before.> Like I have a great-uncle that ran around with Dillinger and Baby Face> Nelson back in the 1920's and 30's.> > > Ld.> Griffin Van Meteren> > ovanoff57 at clearwire.net> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Viviana Rowntree> <tinygypsylady at gmail.com>wrote:> > > Good Day to all those in our Fair Kingdom,> > I come to those I consider my brethren for help as I know our eclectic> > group> > has some many wonderful minds and knowledge to impart.> >> > I am working on a personal project of scanning a box of documents that are> > my families history. My son is studying genealogy this year and thus the> > cause of this event.> >> > My question is this: how or where to I go to save the documents for> > prosperity? This box contains letters written in 1920's to 1940's in, what> > I believe, is Austrian. I have other documents that are as old as the> > 1910's. Obviously, due to a lack of care, the paper is very brittle and> > starting to deteriorate.> >> > Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated!> >> > Please feel free to forward outside our Kingdom if others can be of help.> >> > --> > Namaste,> >> > Viviana Rowntree> >> > Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly,> > Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile!!> > _______________________________________________> > Ansteorra mailing list> > Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org> >> _______________________________________________> Ansteorra mailing list> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org