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Canning. The Family Curator - Family Curator. How to Scan an Elephant Bonus Handout - Family Curator. Presented by Denise May Levenick, The Family Curator New Blog PostFrom Microfilm to Megapixels: Use a Digital Camera as a Film Scanner Photographing microfilm on a film reader desk using a wi-fi compact camera connected to my smartphone as a remote shutter release. This review gives information on my setup and equipment. For a FREE Copy of my new expanded Scanning Guidelines from How to Archive Family Keepsakes, click here. Thank you for attending my presentation at RootsTech. Please contact me with questions or comments, and let me know if this presentation was useful to you.
My Favorite Digitizing Tools These are the tools I use for my digitizing projects with a few (very personal) comments noting what I like about the products. Epson Perfection V600 Flatbed Scanner with Film Carrier My scanner of choice is the Epson Perfection series. Canon CanoScan LIDE210 Scanner FlipPal Mobile Scanner Scanning is a boring and lonely activity. Remote Camera Shutter Release Samsung WF350 Adjustable Tripod. Liberty_Ships_of_WWII.
The South. Why You Can't Find a Death Record (and Some Things That Might Help) - Amy Johnson CrowAmy Johnson Crow. Your ancestor’s death record is one of those things that you’re supposed to have. Let’s face it — death is one event that is certain to take place at some point. Plus, death records are usually filled will all sorts of genealogical goodness. But sometimes there’s that ancestor who just doesn’t cooperate. You’ve looked and looked, but the record cannot be found.
Why can’t you find that death record? Here are some possible reasons, plus some things you can do about it. Not every place started keeping civil death records at the same time. While there’s nothing you can do about a record that was never created, there are some workarounds. Ancestors can be so inconsiderate sometimes. Rev. There are other sources that can give the place of death.
If your ancestor was in the military, especially in the Civil War or later, take a look at his pension. If all else fails, start tracing his children. Researching female ancestors can be challenging since their surnames change at each marriage. Genealogy free online made possible by USGenWeb Project.
Family History Questionnaire. By Virginia Allee Introduction The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide you with a mind jogger to help you in making notes on your own life or to guide you in recording the life experiences of another member of your family. The information you record will become an important link between you and your descendants. It will serve as a means of conveying a picture of what your life has been like and a sense of what has been important to you. At the top of a sheet of paper write: The full name, date and place of birth of yourself.
Write your thought on sheets of good quality paper numbering each answer to correspond to the appropriate question. Read only a few questions ahead or you will never get started. Do not start out trying to produce a finished composition; just let your memories flow naturally. Work for short periods of time. Grandparents What were the names of your mother’s parents? [back to top] Childhood: The Family Home What type of house did you live in as a child?
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Digital Books Libraries. LDS Gospel Doctrine Plus. Newest Genealogy Records. GenealogyInTime Magazine maintains the most complete list available on the internet of the newest genealogy record sets from around the world. We tell you what you need to know. May 2015 Australia – FamilySearch.org has started a new browsable image collection of the 1828 census from New South Wales. So far, 2,500 images are in the collection. Two copies of the 1828 New South Wales census were created. The images in the FamilySearch collection can be searched by place.
This is an image of a page from the 1828 New South Wales census. Australia – FamilySearch.org has created a new browsable image collection of Tasmanian civil registrations of births. The images in this collection are organized by place and then by year. Note in this example of a birth register for Hamilton, Tasmania in 1910 that no father is listed and the mother is shown as unmarried. Ireland – FindMyPast has put online a collection of 1.5 million records of admission and discharge registers from the Dublin workhouses.
INDEXING HELPS. Family History. Writing and Oral Histories. Invitations and Blessings of FH work. FS pages on getting members involved. Family Search Partners and Apps. Louisiana. African American. Genealogy Abbreviations. Spanish Record Extraction - An Instructional Guide.