I was prompted to do this post after getting some questions last week about metadata as it applies to our family history photos. I had to share because this is a topic where you may not realize you have an issue until it’s too late. When it comes to organizing your digital family photos, here […]
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I am ecstatic and over the moon today! For, last night, I received a wonderful gift from a cousin. That was the gift of family pictures! This is a picture of my paternal grandfather William Koonce Sr. (in black), his brother Harvey (in white), and Harvey’s wife, Mary. This fabulous picture was sent to me
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How we manage our photos is an important aspect of doing family history work; whether photos from the past or photos from our present – they all tell stories. Today, Facebook announced that everyone now has the ability to transfer your Facebook photos & videos into your Google Photos account. This is a handy
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It’s Mother’s Day and I am quite assuredly taking advantage of the day to do something for me. That’s how it should be done, right? So, over the past week or so, I’ve worked on making additional progress with my physical photo organization. I’ve blogged several times about it over the past few months –
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Except, I can’t do a “Wordless Wednesday” post without words – ha! My mother recently found this picture of her junior high school in the photo gallery of the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections. This is Public School 126, John Ericsson Junior High School. Her finding prompted me to add specific events in my
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This past week has been a hard one for my city and the surrounding region. Nashville and the Mid-Tennessee region experienced bad storms Monday night and a tornado that covered a 50-mile path along the ground. Fortunately, I and my family are okay and our neighborhood did not suffer damage. That cannot be said for
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This is a photo of the envelope that my uncle Stanley (1950-2010) sent to my grandmother back in 1984. This letter is notable because Stanley was a “wanderer.” He would leave New York and go travel and the family would never really know where he was at. His return address here is “On the
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The genealogy vacation extravaganza continues! Today I spent my time at the Nashville Public Library in their Nashville Room. I came to realized I’d seriously underappreciated the resources in the Nashville Room for I learned today much more about their holdings. As with yesterday, everything I gathered today will eventually go to the TNGenWeb &
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This weekend I traveled to Washington D.C. for a professional conference. My trip was short, but I did get to spend most of the day Friday at the Library of Congress (LOC). I’ve been to LOC before as a visitor/tourist, so I didn’t feel compelled to take many pictures. I’d not been as a user
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The topic of the first Carnival of African-American Genelaogy prompts us all to consider our individual roles in slave research. Luckie, our gracious carnival host, provides four topic areas to choose from for this initial go-round. I have chosen to blog about the following: As a descendant of slaves, have you been able to
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