General Discussion Type Thing-y
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Michael
General Discussion Type Thing-y
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
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Lallia
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
From: Michael mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com
Date: 9/13/2004 4:53 PM Pacific
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
i am saving everything i have, including notes i've made. it seems to me
having all these bits and pieces will be helpful in the future. seeing these
documents, etc. has a impact, or at least it does for me.
my daughter, who is currently 11 yrs. old, will be the keeper of the records
when i leave this earth. she's knows it, and i think she'll do her part. i
became the keeper of the books after my mother passed away, and i've been able
to add more info and documents. my mom would be happy, i know, because she
felt bad that no one in the family was very interested. luckily, i've been
able to raise the interest level of the family when it comes to our genealogy.
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Andy.III
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling.
What?? Leave something and deny them the thrill of the chase?? Never !!
Andy.III
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Michael
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
On 14 Sep 2004 00:20:15 GMT, jezebeltoyou@aol.computer (Lallia) wrote:
Thanks a lot for replying. I'm glad there's actual people out
there<g>.
I'm hoping to get my kids involved (the oldest in only 8 right now),
but so far I seem to be the only one in the family who is into it
right now. Although, I kinda wanted to clarify something... I was
referring to your personal day to day, not just research you've done
about your ancestors. Are you saving copies of local papers on
momentus events, that sort of thing? Also, to expand just a little:
photos. Do you save every single snapshot? Are you saving the actual
prints, or scanning them (if you don't digital already<g>) and saving
them on a CD, computer, etc? Just more food for thought
Michael
From: Michael mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com
Date: 9/13/2004 4:53 PM Pacific
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
i am saving everything i have, including notes i've made. it seems to me
having all these bits and pieces will be helpful in the future. seeing these
documents, etc. has a impact, or at least it does for me.
my daughter, who is currently 11 yrs. old, will be the keeper of the records
when i leave this earth. she's knows it, and i think she'll do her part. i
became the keeper of the books after my mother passed away, and i've been able
to add more info and documents. my mom would be happy, i know, because she
felt bad that no one in the family was very interested. luckily, i've been
able to raise the interest level of the family when it comes to our genealogy.
Thanks a lot for replying. I'm glad there's actual people out
there<g>.
I'm hoping to get my kids involved (the oldest in only 8 right now),
but so far I seem to be the only one in the family who is into it
right now. Although, I kinda wanted to clarify something... I was
referring to your personal day to day, not just research you've done
about your ancestors. Are you saving copies of local papers on
momentus events, that sort of thing? Also, to expand just a little:
photos. Do you save every single snapshot? Are you saving the actual
prints, or scanning them (if you don't digital already<g>) and saving
them on a CD, computer, etc? Just more food for thought
Michael
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MisNomer
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
What documentation I have found / get is kept for whomever wants it. I have
scanned in some pictures that I think other family memebers would like to see,
but am keeping the rest of them as hard copies. Hopefully my son / daughter
will keep up the tree when I am gone. Meanwhile someone sent me a lovely little
write up by email about a celebration we all attended. I will add a hardcopy of
that to the files. (he writes good) . There are just not many documents other
than spoken stories about my parents lives that I remember - correctly or
incorrectly. And our stories well, have never given it much thought, but it may
be something that could be done. Trouble is adding more to ones life always
entails taking something else from it.... ah housework... that can be
deleted....
take care
Liz
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:53:59 GMT, Michael <mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com>
wrote:
scanned in some pictures that I think other family memebers would like to see,
but am keeping the rest of them as hard copies. Hopefully my son / daughter
will keep up the tree when I am gone. Meanwhile someone sent me a lovely little
write up by email about a celebration we all attended. I will add a hardcopy of
that to the files. (he writes good) . There are just not many documents other
than spoken stories about my parents lives that I remember - correctly or
incorrectly. And our stories well, have never given it much thought, but it may
be something that could be done. Trouble is adding more to ones life always
entails taking something else from it.... ah housework... that can be
deleted....
take care
Liz
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:53:59 GMT, Michael <mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com>
wrote:
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
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Dick Stephens
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
"Andy.III" <agh3rd@aol.com-Host> wrote in message
news:20040913210855.25562.00000593@mb-m29.aol.com...
I'm going to leave 20 different documents--census, property records, tax
statements, etc.--on which my last name will be spelled 16 different ways.
Dick Stephens
news:20040913210855.25562.00000593@mb-m29.aol.com...
What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? <<snip
What?? Leave something and deny them the thrill of the chase?? Never !!
Andy.III
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I'm going to leave 20 different documents--census, property records, tax
statements, etc.--on which my last name will be spelled 16 different ways.
Dick Stephens
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Dennis Lee Bieber
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:09:44 GMT, "Dick Stephens"
<hootman2@NOSPAMcomcast.net> declaimed the following in alt.genealogy:
least three different spellings of my name on the credit card offers I
receive in the mail. <G>
Don't know if any one still has the strangest one though...
D.L. Engr
A contraction of
D. L. Bieber
Assoc. Engr.
(a title I held for about 6 months when I first hired into Lockheed)
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<hootman2@NOSPAMcomcast.net> declaimed the following in alt.genealogy:
I'm going to leave 20 different documents--census, property records, tax
statements, etc.--on which my last name will be spelled 16 different ways.
Heh... I don't even have to go to that effort... There are at
least three different spellings of my name on the credit card offers I
receive in the mail. <G>
Don't know if any one still has the strangest one though...
D.L. Engr
A contraction of
D. L. Bieber
Assoc. Engr.
(a title I held for about 6 months when I first hired into Lockheed)
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Phyllis
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
Among other things, I am saving cancelled checks. Year by year you can
tell a lot about a person or family by their cancelled checks. What
people spend their money on is what is important to them. You can tell
where they went to church, what their address was in what year,
insurance companies and what was insured (house, renter's insurance,
health, life, etc), the name of their spouse, etc. Although mine do
not, some even have the Social Security number imprinted upon them.
Because I was the one who went to the drug store to buy the money order
when I was a child, I can still remember the name of the man from whom
we rented our house. Of course, this would probably only be of interest
to someone compiling a family history as opposed to genealogical facts.
Michael wrote:
tell a lot about a person or family by their cancelled checks. What
people spend their money on is what is important to them. You can tell
where they went to church, what their address was in what year,
insurance companies and what was insured (house, renter's insurance,
health, life, etc), the name of their spouse, etc. Although mine do
not, some even have the Social Security number imprinted upon them.
Because I was the one who went to the drug store to buy the money order
when I was a child, I can still remember the name of the man from whom
we rented our house. Of course, this would probably only be of interest
to someone compiling a family history as opposed to genealogical facts.
Michael wrote:
What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
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Kristen L. Renneker
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
"Michael" <mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com> wrote in message
news:vt9ck0l3pf6kj31s1ad98g44bgvfl8vm2u@4ax.com...
<snip>
.. My question
I'm only saving the big stuff...documents, the kids' vaccination records
(has lots of different info on it), a couple items from each school year, I
save all pictures and negatives (except the really bad ones
I'm keeping
a website for each of the girls that chronicles her childhood...first words,
foods, when she got her teeth, etc. I'm not saving anything of particularly
historical significance like newspapers or anything, my house gets cluttered
up enough as it is...I would drown in paper if I did. We have a couple of
heirlooms that will be passed down...their christening gowns (the older girl
was baptized in the gown my mom wore, and I made the younger girl's gown out
of my wedding dress) I don't keep a journal...I am a horrible writer and it
never kept my interest. Though, I have a nice bound sketchbook that I keep,
and a scrapbook of the years my husband and I dated (I kept every ticket
stub, card, letter, email, etc.)
kristen
news:vt9ck0l3pf6kj31s1ad98g44bgvfl8vm2u@4ax.com...
<snip>
.. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scrap of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance?
snip
Michael
I'm only saving the big stuff...documents, the kids' vaccination records
(has lots of different info on it), a couple items from each school year, I
save all pictures and negatives (except the really bad ones
a website for each of the girls that chronicles her childhood...first words,
foods, when she got her teeth, etc. I'm not saving anything of particularly
historical significance like newspapers or anything, my house gets cluttered
up enough as it is...I would drown in paper if I did. We have a couple of
heirlooms that will be passed down...their christening gowns (the older girl
was baptized in the gown my mom wore, and I made the younger girl's gown out
of my wedding dress) I don't keep a journal...I am a horrible writer and it
never kept my interest. Though, I have a nice bound sketchbook that I keep,
and a scrapbook of the years my husband and I dated (I kept every ticket
stub, card, letter, email, etc.)
kristen
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Mick Gurling
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
"Michael" <mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com> wrote in message
news:vt9ck0l3pf6kj31s1ad98g44bgvfl8vm2u@4ax.com...
While I'm a bit of a pack rat in terms of what I keep, multile filing
cabinets of it. I also keep scanned copies of the important documents (as I
see it) on CD. My problem is more the level of interest I get from family
members, in particular the next generations. I really so far expect the
results of my hobby to end up lost and forgotten.
Still it gave me a great deal of plesure and I have passed some of it on to
more distant relatives that I have located who were interested in part of my
findings at least.
It would be nice to find somewhere to be able to archive it and update that
archive where I would be sure it was available for some future relative to
pick it up and use it as part of their researches.
news:vt9ck0l3pf6kj31s1ad98g44bgvfl8vm2u@4ax.com...
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
While I'm a bit of a pack rat in terms of what I keep, multile filing
cabinets of it. I also keep scanned copies of the important documents (as I
see it) on CD. My problem is more the level of interest I get from family
members, in particular the next generations. I really so far expect the
results of my hobby to end up lost and forgotten.
Still it gave me a great deal of plesure and I have passed some of it on to
more distant relatives that I have located who were interested in part of my
findings at least.
It would be nice to find somewhere to be able to archive it and update that
archive where I would be sure it was available for some future relative to
pick it up and use it as part of their researches.
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E-Traveller
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
"Mick Gurling" <mick@skyweb.net> wrote in message
news:7JWdnQ1bY8QSo9XcRVn-vA@skyweb.net...
My family seem to have been document keepers and I ended up as the
repository for information for my multinational family. I have original
birth certs, passports, marriage certs, christening certs etc. These I save
and add to when I get new material. I am digging up everything I can find
about my ancestors everyday lives.
My mother died very suddenly at 68 a few years ago and I realized that all
her memories are gone. I had many talks about her family, but now know
better to have asked. I have asked my brother and sister to open a desktop
folder to which they can add childhood memories whenever they occur.
Whoever takes over from me will have both hard copy and electronic copies of
everything. Electronic updates go to each family annualy so the data should
be safe.
Jim
--
Researching Saunders, Phillippo, St. Aubyn, Crichton-Stuart, Stonehouse,
Scott, James, Eastoe, Aldis, Gordon, Walton and Gifford in Wales, Jamaica,
England, Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong
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"Michael" <mhardyNOSPAM@NOSPAMgt.rr.com.com> wrote in message
news:vt9ck0l3pf6kj31s1ad98g44bgvfl8vm2u@4ax.com...
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Michael
While I'm a bit of a pack rat in terms of what I keep, multile filing
cabinets of it. I also keep scanned copies of the important documents (as
I
see it) on CD. My problem is more the level of interest I get from family
members, in particular the next generations. I really so far expect the
results of my hobby to end up lost and forgotten.
Still it gave me a great deal of plesure and I have passed some of it on
to
more distant relatives that I have located who were interested in part of
my
findings at least.
It would be nice to find somewhere to be able to archive it and update
that
archive where I would be sure it was available for some future relative
to
pick it up and use it as part of their researches.
My family seem to have been document keepers and I ended up as the
repository for information for my multinational family. I have original
birth certs, passports, marriage certs, christening certs etc. These I save
and add to when I get new material. I am digging up everything I can find
about my ancestors everyday lives.
My mother died very suddenly at 68 a few years ago and I realized that all
her memories are gone. I had many talks about her family, but now know
better to have asked. I have asked my brother and sister to open a desktop
folder to which they can add childhood memories whenever they occur.
Whoever takes over from me will have both hard copy and electronic copies of
everything. Electronic updates go to each family annualy so the data should
be safe.
Jim
--
Researching Saunders, Phillippo, St. Aubyn, Crichton-Stuart, Stonehouse,
Scott, James, Eastoe, Aldis, Gordon, Walton and Gifford in Wales, Jamaica,
England, Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong
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Annasplace
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
I got into the "saving thing-gy" kind of late since I just got started on
genealogy a few years ago and realize how important some of this is.
I have saved all pictures (I have most of the historical ones which are not
many, as well as current ones) on my laptop (in case of a fire, flood,
hurricane, earthquake, I can at least grab it and run.) I also make CD's on
occasion and pass them out to different relatives, none of which are too
interested but their children may be some day.
One of the important things I think to save are letters. They are of immense
value, I find, in my research.
And lastly, after doing family research and realizing that the family story is
being pieced together with many assumptions about what was going on in their
lives at the time, I decided to write my memoirs. I formed a writing group so
that we can take turns reading to each other our life stories, and by next year
I hope to have it published (not for sale but just for the family--about 15
copies.)
After that, I am going to write about my "major" families and what I have found
in my research. Not just family trees but I plan to write about the times that
they lived in and how that might have influenced them. These I will probably
have put together at a place like Kinko's. They put together and "bind" books
for a nominal price. Then I will pass them out to each member of the family so
the record will be there whether anyone is interested or not. I hope to have
my "Roper and Myers" branch done by the next family reunion in 2 years.
One last thing I have done (got it ready for this past year's reunion) was a
scrapbook. I used a double page for each generation (starting back with the
first generation that I had pictures for) and "journaled" a very brief
paragraph or two about those people. For one of my great-grandmothers, I had
lots of pictures and she was an "uncommon" woman, so she got 4 page (or 2
double pages.) My grandparents each got a double page as individuals and a
double page together. The "journaling" done with computer fonts told little
stories and memories about them. Then each of their children got a double page
with their children on it (my generation) also with memories, and then of
course, since it was my scrapbook, I and both of my brothers got a double page
and each of my children got their own double page. The point was to make this
like the comic books, an "abridged" version of our family story with lots of
pictures and enough copy so that anyone who took time to read it would learn
something about their "roots." One last thing about the scrapbook thing-y--I
am not at all creative or arts-y, but this was a great project, which although
it took a lot of time, I was very happy with the results and it was well
received at the reunion.
Sorry I have rambled on--I would like to hear what the rest of you are doing,
too.
Anna
genealogy a few years ago and realize how important some of this is.
I have saved all pictures (I have most of the historical ones which are not
many, as well as current ones) on my laptop (in case of a fire, flood,
hurricane, earthquake, I can at least grab it and run.) I also make CD's on
occasion and pass them out to different relatives, none of which are too
interested but their children may be some day.
One of the important things I think to save are letters. They are of immense
value, I find, in my research.
And lastly, after doing family research and realizing that the family story is
being pieced together with many assumptions about what was going on in their
lives at the time, I decided to write my memoirs. I formed a writing group so
that we can take turns reading to each other our life stories, and by next year
I hope to have it published (not for sale but just for the family--about 15
copies.)
After that, I am going to write about my "major" families and what I have found
in my research. Not just family trees but I plan to write about the times that
they lived in and how that might have influenced them. These I will probably
have put together at a place like Kinko's. They put together and "bind" books
for a nominal price. Then I will pass them out to each member of the family so
the record will be there whether anyone is interested or not. I hope to have
my "Roper and Myers" branch done by the next family reunion in 2 years.
One last thing I have done (got it ready for this past year's reunion) was a
scrapbook. I used a double page for each generation (starting back with the
first generation that I had pictures for) and "journaled" a very brief
paragraph or two about those people. For one of my great-grandmothers, I had
lots of pictures and she was an "uncommon" woman, so she got 4 page (or 2
double pages.) My grandparents each got a double page as individuals and a
double page together. The "journaling" done with computer fonts told little
stories and memories about them. Then each of their children got a double page
with their children on it (my generation) also with memories, and then of
course, since it was my scrapbook, I and both of my brothers got a double page
and each of my children got their own double page. The point was to make this
like the comic books, an "abridged" version of our family story with lots of
pictures and enough copy so that anyone who took time to read it would learn
something about their "roots." One last thing about the scrapbook thing-y--I
am not at all creative or arts-y, but this was a great project, which although
it took a lot of time, I was very happy with the results and it was well
received at the reunion.
Sorry I have rambled on--I would like to hear what the rest of you are doing,
too.
Anna
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Phyllis
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
I think hard copies are very important. It won't do anyone any good to
have it on a hard drive or disks that no one can open because a hundred
years from now they will be obsolete. Hard copies never go out of style
and all you need to get the information is a pair of eyes.
E-Traveller wrote:
have it on a hard drive or disks that no one can open because a hundred
years from now they will be obsolete. Hard copies never go out of style
and all you need to get the information is a pair of eyes.
E-Traveller wrote:
Whoever takes over from me will have both hard copy and electronic copies of
everything. Electronic updates go to each family annualy so the data should
be safe.
Jim
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Mick Gurling
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
"Phyllis" <phyllisnilsson@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
news:4149F199.5000006@buckeye-express.com...
that I keep hard copies of everything, even downloaded records, They too are
subject to the ravages of time and physycal damage via many previously
unforseen events.
Thus I also keep them on my hard drive and CD/DVD. This way if my physycal
records get irreparably damaged I can at least produce copies from the
scans. As time progresses and new media apear there's always an overlap
period to transfer more important data to the newest medium. Also in fact
it's still possible to transfer data from even the most archaic of computer
media if it's imortant enough to make the time and money investment.
Yes I still have the means to read original 5-1/4 floppies at home if I wish
to, and amazingly connecting such a drive on my Win 2000 machine still
requires no extra special software. What I do though is 'export' records
from paf or Legacy into plain text files as well as keeping them in the
program's proprietary format. I don't see the future end of .txt for some
time yet.
Thus physical and electronic in various formats written not only locally but
on CD I can put in various arts of the world with relatives provide to my
mind security that some copy will survive for future generations.
--
Mick G CT-USA
Researching:
Gorbals: Bryan, McDonald
Hereford: James, South, Yarranton.
St Giles in the Fields: Barnett, Bryan, Cleary, Gurling, Holland, Ing,
Yarranton.
Southwark: Quinton, Richards.
Stafford/Salop Belliston, Boycott, Yorke
news:4149F199.5000006@buckeye-express.com...
I think hard copies are very important. It won't do anyone any good to
have it on a hard drive or disks that no one can open because a hundred
years from now they will be obsolete. Hard copies never go out of style
and all you need to get the information is a pair of eyes.
E-Traveller wrote:
Whoever takes over from me will have both hard copy and electronic
copies of
everything. Electronic updates go to each family annualy so the data
should
be safe.
Jim
This discussion has come up before and while I agree with you to the extent
that I keep hard copies of everything, even downloaded records, They too are
subject to the ravages of time and physycal damage via many previously
unforseen events.
Thus I also keep them on my hard drive and CD/DVD. This way if my physycal
records get irreparably damaged I can at least produce copies from the
scans. As time progresses and new media apear there's always an overlap
period to transfer more important data to the newest medium. Also in fact
it's still possible to transfer data from even the most archaic of computer
media if it's imortant enough to make the time and money investment.
Yes I still have the means to read original 5-1/4 floppies at home if I wish
to, and amazingly connecting such a drive on my Win 2000 machine still
requires no extra special software. What I do though is 'export' records
from paf or Legacy into plain text files as well as keeping them in the
program's proprietary format. I don't see the future end of .txt for some
time yet.
Thus physical and electronic in various formats written not only locally but
on CD I can put in various arts of the world with relatives provide to my
mind security that some copy will survive for future generations.
--
Mick G CT-USA
Researching:
Gorbals: Bryan, McDonald
Hereford: James, South, Yarranton.
St Giles in the Fields: Barnett, Bryan, Cleary, Gurling, Holland, Ing,
Yarranton.
Southwark: Quinton, Richards.
Stafford/Salop Belliston, Boycott, Yorke
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D. Stussy
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y (What to leave behind)
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Michael wrote:
Photo album (or collection): I find that many people FAIL to label exactly who
is in each picture (because they are all generally known to the original owner
of the album). Labelling the people makes it "useful" to the future
generation(s) who cannot identify the pictured people because their lives never
overlapped.
I'll admit I'm kinda new to the genealogy arena, and I've got some
questions that are related, and I thought I'd try to get some
discussion on them. Kinda shoot the breeze with people who share the
same interest, pick your brains, that sort of thing. My question
dejour is: What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. As
yoiu might guess, I'm not hoping for a lot of "yes" or "no" 's from
you guys. Feel free to elaborate, or even give ideas of items I might
have missed, or that you think would be good to leave to the future.
Hope to hear from y'all
Photo album (or collection): I find that many people FAIL to label exactly who
is in each picture (because they are all generally known to the original owner
of the album). Labelling the people makes it "useful" to the future
generation(s) who cannot identify the pictured people because their lives never
overlapped.
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D. Stussy
Re: General Discussion Type Thing-y
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Andy.III wrote:
They will still have that. Perhaps it won't be until their day that Mr. X
ancestor of yours becomes traceable.....
What (if anything) are you doing to help your descendents
in their research? What papers, pictures, files, memorabelia, etc are
you leaving? How do you decide what's worth leaving? Are you leaving
just the important paperwork (deeds, birth certificates, marriage
certificates)? Are you going to save every conceivable scarp of paper
and let them sort it out? Are you saving just personal items, or are
you trying to keep items of historical importance? Do you keep a
journal of any kind? Just a few ideas to start the ball rolling.
What?? Leave something and deny them the thrill of the chase?? Never !!
They will still have that. Perhaps it won't be until their day that Mr. X
ancestor of yours becomes traceable.....