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Multimedia Storytelling Reaches Technological Heights with Brian Storm

Posted by Stefani Twyford on April 27, 2010 at 11:57am

At the end of March I attended an all-day workshop on Multimedia Storytelling led by Brian Storm of MediaStorm, an award-winning company based in New York and focused on creating cinematic narratives for distribution across a variety of platforms.

The workshop was put on by FotoFest, a Houston based arts organization, as part of their 2010 Biennial.
FotoFest’s purpose “is to promote the exchange of art and ideas through international programs and the presentation of photographic art. Their progr

Old San Juan Cemetery

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 27, 2010 at 11:07am

A few months ago we took a vacation to Puerto Rico. It's the perfect place to explore early American Colonial History. San Juan was founded in 1521, and the explorer Ponce de Leon was one of its early governors. You can visit the walled city, its half dozen fortresses, and even Ponce de Leon's house. The narrow streets of Old San Juan are perfect for exploring by foot, and there is even a "Duck Tour" so you can have a guided trip inside the city and view the walls from the harbor.

This photo is i

Record Search adds almost 4 million Non-conformist records

Posted by James Tanner on April 27, 2010 at 7:24am

FamilySearch'sRecord Search has added a huge index of 3,920,183 records ofEnglish Non-conformists held at the National Archives in London. Theserecords are known as RG4 through 8. For example, RG4 areregisters (authenticated by the Non-Parochial Registers Commissioners)of births, baptisms, deaths, burials and marriages. They cover datesfrom 1567 to 1858. You can find a description of the content of eachseries by clicking here.
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What do I need to know and do to restore damaged photos -- Part Three

Posted by James Tanner on April 26, 2010 at 9:46pm

In thinking about my last post, I realized that I had mentioned that all digital editing is destructive. That issue needs to beexplained further especially to anyone involved in restoring scannedimages of old photographs.

Before taking even the first step in restoring old photos, you should understand whathappens when an image is scanned or otherwise digitized. Thedigitization process involves creating a numerical representation of theinformation contained in the original photograph. In both phot

Mom's Birthday Surprise, Need Your Help

Posted by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 6:17pm

HI Everyone,

I am asking for your help if you think this would be fun.
Mom will be 90 in June. I thought it would be fun if she received cards from people wishing her a 90th birthday. Someone mentioned 90 cards for 90th birthday, so that is my goal, the more the better.
My brother is giving her a celebration party but this is something she can remember and cherish for a long time.
She is the one that got me started in genealogy. I know some of you are her distant kin, but I think it would be

Northern Ireland Douglases

Posted by William Douglas on April 26, 2010 at 12:17pm

I am seeking help with these Northern Ireland families

Matthew Ford Married Elizabeth Knox in 1750. She was the sister of Viscount Northland.
They had a son, Matthew and a daughter, Elizabeth.
Matthew married Catherine Brownlow in 1782.
Their son, Rev William Brownlow Ford married Theodocia Douglas in 1812.
The daughter, Elizabeth married Thomas Douglas of Grace Hall in 1785. It was their daughter Theodocia who married William.

Thomas Douglas was the son of Charles Douglas and Theodocia St George (his

The Mayflower - Some New Insights in a New Book

Posted by William S Dean on April 26, 2010 at 12:00pm

Making Haste from Babylon by Nick Bunker is a new history of the Mayflower Pilgrims with in-depth research from apparently hitherto untapped archives. Author Bunker also went to the places prominent in Mayflower history. It's a "non-standard, non-linear" history with promising trivia and anecdotes which shed new insight into the character and actions of the usually lauded and glossed-over reality of these men and women. It's true that "heritage" is often white-washed and our view of the Pilgrim

April 24 Seminar Great Find.

Posted by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 9:50am

We held our mini seminar at the South Branch Library last Saturday. We had 25+ people in attendance.
Many were new faces and we were glad to see this turn out.

After my talk on doing Genealogy Finding Who You Are. Which was intended to get people started with out incurring major expense. Genealogy can be fun and educational, it can help one to better understand their family and it's past. We are the sum of that past and our children and grandchildren are the sum of ours. They need to learn abou

General Meeting Chula Vista Genealogy Society Wed April 28

Posted by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 9:34am

Wednesday April 28 at the SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY AT ORANGE AND FOURTH ST.
Change of venue, due to census people taking over the Civic Center meeting place.

Myrna Goodwin will be talking about LAND RECORDS.

I love to use Land Records they are so helpful in research, You learn the terms of Grantor, Grantee,etc.
They help you to learn the links between families at time. For me they helped me determine which person of same name was mine.

Come listen to Myrna give her talk and learn some great information

What do I need to know and do to restore damaged photographs? Part Two

Posted by James Tanner on April 25, 2010 at 7:19pm

Restoring old photographs

The photoabove was scanned from small, 3 x 5 inch photo. As you can see theoriginal is badly creased and torn. After spending some time with AdobePhotoshop, here is the first pass at removing some of the most obviousdefects: (Click on the images to get a full size view).
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lindak, yes vachel, james wm, frances. which of vachel's children do you descend from?

Posted by dorana on April 25, 2010 at 4:17pm

lindak, yes vachel, james wm, frances. which of vachel's children do you descend from?

dillingham/lindak

Posted by dorana on April 25, 2010 at 4:15pm

Lindak, yes, I am. Vachel, James, Wm, Francis.

Which of Vachel's children is your relative?

Why Irish Genealogy is So Difficult And Some Links to Help

Posted by William S Dean on April 25, 2010 at 11:00am

Lately in the chat room here, we've been discussing how difficult it is doing Irish genealogical research. For those who are seeking their Irish roots and hitting brick walls, I thought I'd mention here some of the problems in Irish genealogy.

Census Reports Destroyed

According to the National Archives of Ireland's website http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/, "The first fullgovernment census of Ireland was taken in 1821 with further censuses at ten-yearly intervals from 1831 through to 1911. No

What do I need to restore damaged photographs? Part One

Posted by James Tanner on April 25, 2010 at 8:54am

In the recentepisode of Who DoYou Think You Are, Susan Sarandon carried around a old laminatedphoto of her grandmother. With today's technology, she could have hadthe old photo scanned and restored, however, that was never mentioned inthe episode. Neither did they mention, later on in the hour, that theother photos she found could be easily digitally copied. I am sure thatalmost everyone realizes that any photograph can be digitized and thedigital copies of old photos can be edited to "restore"

james and son william dillingham

Posted by dorana on April 24, 2010 at 12:17pm

looking for a document to connect james dillingham to wm young dillingham to frances dillingham or will of

james dillingham ky? @1830

Compiled Genealogy Bibliography

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 24, 2010 at 11:41am

I learned about this idea from Martin Holleck at the “Slovak Yankee” blog. He posted a list of compiled genealogies that contain his closest ancestors. It is amazing how making up a list like this shows the holes in my research, or perhaps the need for me to put together some sort of a book or genealogical article for some of these families. Some old colonial families are so well documented that I stopped looking for compiled genealogies on some lineages, and that is certainly a hole in my resea

Echeverrias in the Gold Rush

Posted by Patricia Aceves Wyble on April 24, 2010 at 12:53am

My 3rd great-grandparents Teofilo Estolano Echeverria and Jesus Gertrudis Lebrija are my most-traveled ancestors so far.

I have him in 1844 in BajaCalifornia as possibly some kind of government employee - see Google Books.

According to the 1850 US Census and 1852California Census, Teofilo was born in Jalisco in 1818, and Gertrudis (as she is usually known) in Baja California in 1831 (her baptismal record from La Paz confirmed this). He's a merchant and a land-owner. They have three children born i

Update On The Book Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy

Posted by Ayesart on April 23, 2010 at 9:00am

Update on the book Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy

Added: Friday, April 23rd 2010 at 10:54am by ayesart

Category: Education > History > American History

Related Tags: history, spain, america, books

Many people are familiar with Juan Ponce de Leon and the mythos that surround him. But many do not know who the real man was.

Juan Ponce de Leon His new and Revised Genealogy is one of the most extensive and complete biographical works to date that reveals the many facets of J

Please read the interview with David E. Rencher on NFS

Posted by James Tanner on April 23, 2010 at 8:35am

Randy Seaver,of Genea-Musingshas a multi-partinterview with David E. Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer forFamilySearch.org. If you have anyinterest in New FamilySearchat all, you will want to read this insightful interview. Thanks toRandy for publishing this hugely useful information.

Who was Ralph Carum Tanner? And why do I care?

Posted by James Tanner on April 21, 2010 at 9:41pm

In my last post, I related some of the problems found in an Ancestry.comFamily Tree containing information supposedly about myGreat-grandfather, Henry Martin Tanner. Primary in those problems wasthe addition of three extra children to the Henry Martin/Eliza EllenTanner Family including one "Ralph Carum Tanner." In searching the Web and inNew FamilySearch,I find a number of instances of family tree submissions containing theelusive Ralph CarumTanner as a child in the Henry Tanner family.

Looking a

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Multimedia Storytelling Reaches Technological Heights with Brian Storm

Old San Juan Cemetery

Record Search adds almost 4 million Non-conformist records

What do I need to know and do to restore damaged photos -- Part Three

Mom's Birthday Surprise, Need Your Help

Northern Ireland Douglases

The Mayflower - Some New Insights in a New Book

April 24 Seminar Great Find.

General Meeting Chula Vista Genealogy Society Wed April 28

What do I need to know and do to restore damaged photographs? Part Two

lindak, yes vachel, james wm, frances. which of vachel's children do you descend from?

dillingham/lindak

Why Irish Genealogy is So Difficult And Some Links to Help

What do I need to restore damaged photographs? Part One

james and son william dillingham

Compiled Genealogy Bibliography

Echeverrias in the Gold Rush

Update On The Book Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy

Update on the book Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy

Please read the interview with David E. Rencher on NFS

Who was Ralph Carum Tanner? And why do I care?

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